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1. On April 18, 1981 and June 23, 1981 Cal Ripken...
Wed Sep 6, 2023, 08:32 AM
Sep 2023

...played in the longest professional baseball game: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_professional_baseball_game
The Pawtucket Red Sox and the Rochester Red Wings, two teams from the Triple-A International League, played the longest game in professional baseball history. It lasted 33 innings, with 8 hours and 25 minutes of playing time. 32 innings were played April 18–19, 1981, at McCoy Stadium in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, and the final 33rd inning was played June 23, 1981. Pawtucket won the game, 3–2.

When Wade Boggs' father complimented him for getting four hits in the game, the player admitted that he actually had 12 at bats.
Record: Most plate appearances by one player in one game: 15, Tom Eaton, Cal Ripken Jr., Dallas Williams (all ROC).

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