Are you aware of any baseball games in Canada that have lasted 20 or more innings? Well if you are, Baseball Researcher Phil Lowry wants to know about it.
Phil has compiled a list of games (see below) that have gone 20 innings or longer that were played on Canadian soil.
If you are aware of any such games missing from the following list, please contact Phil via e-mail at plowry1176@aol.com.
List of games to date:
- 22 innings – Recreation Field, Vancouver, BC – 7/31/1909 – Northwestern League – Portland Colts 3 Vancouver Beavers 0.
- 22 innings – Lions Park, Birch Hills, SK – 8/2/1919 – Northern Saskatchewan League – Melfort 1 Birch Hills 1.
- 20 innings– Hamilton Athletic Association (H.A.A.) Grounds, Hamilton, ON – 6/14/1920 – Michigan-Ontario League – London Cockneys (later Tecumseh’s) 5 Hamilton Tigers 4.
- 20 innings– Hanlan’s Point (III), Toronto, ON - 6/2/1921 – International League – Buffalo Bisons 3 Toronto Maple Leafs 2 in 4:05.
- 20 innings– Municipal Stadium, Trois-Riviéres, QC – 7/5/1938 – Provincial League - Trois Riviéres 4 Québec City Athletiques 3 in 4:45 – finished at 2:15 AM in the early morning of 7/6.
- 20 innings– Thetford Mines, QC - 9/7/1947 – Québec Eastern Townships Independent Intermediate League playoffs – Drummondville Forestiers Catholiques (Catholic Foresters) 3 St-Maurice de Thetford Mines Mineurs (Miners) 3 in 4:50 – finished at 7:20 PM.
- 21 innings– Waterloo Park, Waterloo, ON - 9/25/1950 – Intercounty League Championship Series – Waterloo Tigers 7 Brantford Red Sox 6.
- 23 innings– Royal Athletic Park, Victoria, BC – 5/5/1951 – Western International League - Salem Senators 1 Victoria Athletics 0 in 4:36 in afternoon game, then Salem 3 Victoria 1 in 2:01 in evening game – 1200 fans for afternoon game; 2800 fans for evening game - afternoon game finished at 7:06 PM.
- 20 innings– Civic Center, Drummondville, QC – 7/8/1952 and 8/12/1952 – Provincial League - Three Rivers Yankees 3 Drummondville Cubs 2, suspended after 19 innings.
- 20 innings– Legion Sportsmen’s Park, Lloydminster, SK – 6/18/1957 and 7/28/1957 – Western Canada League – Lloydminster Meridians 4 North Battleford Beavers 3, suspended after 9 innings.
- 20 innings– Henderson Stadium (I), Lethbridge, AB – 7/25/1964 – Western Canada League – Saskatoon Blues 6 Lethbridge Cardinals 5 in 5:25 – 150 fans.
- 26 innings– Belleville Fairgrounds, Belleville, ON – 6/7/1975 – Ontario League – St. Catharines Jackets 8 Belleville 2; 2nd game postponed – finished at 12:00 Midnight.
- 21 innings– Olympic Stadium, Montréal, QC – 5/21/1977 - National League – Padres 11 Expos 8 in 5:33 – 16,892 fans, 8000 fans at end – finished at 1:15 AM in the early morning of 5/22.
- 21 innings– Foothills Stadium, Calgary, AB – 6/4/1977 – Southern Alberta Junior League – Calgary Spikes 4 Medicine Hat Tigers 3.
- 21 innings– Howard Talbot Park, Leaside, ON - 8/4/1979 – Midget Age 16-17 Tournament - Hamilton Mahoney 2 Welland Rowdies 1 in 4:00.
- 22 innings– Parc Victor Gadbois, Montréal, QC - 8/30/1981 – Ligue Montréal Junior (Montréal Junior League) - St. Leonard Cougars 2 Sud-Ouest (Southwest) 1 in 5:30 – finished at 7:30 PM.
- 22 innings– Olympic Stadium, Montréal, QC – 8/23/1989 – National League – Dodgers 1 Expos 0 in 6:14 – 21,742 fans - finished at 1:25 AM in the early morning of 8/24.
- 20 innings– Jubilee Field, Yorkton, SK – 6/19/2008 and 6/22/2008 – Western Major League – Sherwood Park Dukes 5 Yorkton Cardinals 3 in 5:16, rain delay 0:20 top 12th, suspended after 3:13 and 11 innings – 475 fans on 6/19; 225 fans when suspended; 316 fans on 6/22 – suspended at 10:38 PM; finished at 4:08 PM.
- 20 innings– Arnold Anderson Stadium, Brantford, ON – 7/3/2009 – Intercounty League – London Majors 8 Brantford Red Sox 7 in 6:15 – 500 fans; 250 fans at end - finished at 2:15 AM in the early morning of 7/4.
- 20 innings– Barrie Community Sports Complex, Barrie, ON – 8/30/2009 – Intercounty League Championship Series – 1040 fans; 275 fans at end - Brantford Red Sox 7 Barrie Baycats 5 in 5:05 – finished at 12:05 AM in the early morning of 8/31.
