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We are the Marathon Seekers Group, eleven SABR members who are constantly looking to discover Baseball Marathons lasting 20 or more innings. So far, we have 648. But we know that we are touching only the tip of the iceberg.
These games are very difficult to discover. Through much experience, we have learned that the three best places to find such games are (1) during the 1900 through 1929 era, at the height of Town Ball games; (2) Latino Baseball in the Caribbean and in Latin America; and (3) current games as they occur.
We hope that Diamondbacks fans will review this list, and contact me, Phil Lowry, via e-mail at [email protected], if you know of a game not on the list, or if you can provide missing details for a game already on the List.
We offer an Official Certificate to all who find a new game not yet on the List. Thank you very much for your help.
Philip J. Lowry
Author, Baseball's Longest Games
ARIZONA (4)
20 – Municipal Stadium (I), Phoenix - 8/18/1951 – Southwest International League – Bisbee-Douglas Copper Kings 2 Phoenix Senators 2 – called at 12:00 Midnight.
20 – Hi Corbett Field, Tucson – 6/3/1970 – Pacific Coast League - Hawai’i Islanders 6 Tucson Toros 5 in 4:58 – finished at 12:58 AM in the early morning of 6/4.
20 – Municipal Stadium (II), Phoenix – 6/23/1990 – Pacific Coast League – Calgary Cannons 12 Phoenix Firebirds 9 in 6:39 – finished at 1:49 AM in the early morning of 6/24.
20 – Sancet Stadium, Tucson – 1/27/2007 – National Collegiate Athletic Association/University of Arizona Wildcats intrasquad game – Team A vs. Team B.
NEW MEXICO (2)
20 – Placitas - 7/3/1956 – Bernalillo County Semi-Pro League – Los Ranchos de Albuquerque 5 Placitas 3 in 5:00.
21 – Tingley Field, Albuquerque – 5/3/1957 – Western League – Albuquerque Dukes 5 Colorado Springs Sky Sox 3 in 4:55 – 2116 fans – finished at 7:55 PM.
These games are very difficult to discover. Through much experience, we have learned that the three best places to find such games are (1) during the 1900 through 1929 era, at the height of Town Ball games; (2) Latino Baseball in the Caribbean and in Latin America; and (3) current games as they occur.
We hope that Diamondbacks fans will review this list, and contact me, Phil Lowry, via e-mail at [email protected], if you know of a game not on the list, or if you can provide missing details for a game already on the List.
We offer an Official Certificate to all who find a new game not yet on the List. Thank you very much for your help.
Philip J. Lowry
Author, Baseball's Longest Games
ARIZONA (4)
20 – Municipal Stadium (I), Phoenix - 8/18/1951 – Southwest International League – Bisbee-Douglas Copper Kings 2 Phoenix Senators 2 – called at 12:00 Midnight.
20 – Hi Corbett Field, Tucson – 6/3/1970 – Pacific Coast League - Hawai’i Islanders 6 Tucson Toros 5 in 4:58 – finished at 12:58 AM in the early morning of 6/4.
20 – Municipal Stadium (II), Phoenix – 6/23/1990 – Pacific Coast League – Calgary Cannons 12 Phoenix Firebirds 9 in 6:39 – finished at 1:49 AM in the early morning of 6/24.
20 – Sancet Stadium, Tucson – 1/27/2007 – National Collegiate Athletic Association/University of Arizona Wildcats intrasquad game – Team A vs. Team B.
NEW MEXICO (2)
20 – Placitas - 7/3/1956 – Bernalillo County Semi-Pro League – Los Ranchos de Albuquerque 5 Placitas 3 in 5:00.
21 – Tingley Field, Albuquerque – 5/3/1957 – Western League – Albuquerque Dukes 5 Colorado Springs Sky Sox 3 in 4:55 – 2116 fans – finished at 7:55 PM.