Cal ripken jr longest baseball game

It was even longer: 8, innings without being replaced. Ripken was replaced by a pinch-hitter on June 4, His amazing streak began the next day in the first inning against Minnesota. He played every inning to finish , and he played every inning in , , , and Ripken set the all-time record on August 31, , when he completed the first inning against the Mariners.

Pinkney had set the mark over six seasons from to , playing mostly in the American Association. The streak finally ended on September 14, Ripken played the first seven innings and batted in the top of the eighth, but he was replaced in the field by future manager Ron Washington.

By then, Toronto was already up and had hit nine home runs. I decided to compile a list of the longest streaks of consecutive innings in major league history. After research, I confirmed that LaChance indeed compiled one of the longest streaks in major league history: 3, innings from to Freeman, on the other hand, fell short of his legend.

He would have compiled a streak of 4, innings — the third-longest ever — if he had not been ejected at some point on September 9, G2 , in the middle of the streak. Instead, he ends up with separate streaks of 2, and 1, innings. It was reported as 8, for twenty-five years, but no one had bothered to double-check the total.

In recent years, we have not seen anyone make a serious run at a long streak. Since Fryman, the longest is 1, by Richie Sexson from March to April — barely one season! Until , George Pinkney held the record for consecutive innings played with 5, in a row.

The record lasted for 95 years. Now, a note on my calculations. A player was given credit for a full inning played unless he was replaced during any part of that inning. Since he did not play the entire eighth inning, he was credited with only seven innings for that contest.

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