From nationalpastime.com:
May 21, 1943: "At Comiskey Park, it takes only one hour and twenty-nine minutes for the White Sox to defeat the Senators, 1-0. The 89-minute contest is the quickest nine-inning game ever played in the American League."
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MAY 21-QUICKEST AL NIGHT GAME
https://todayinbaseball.com/quickest...ue-night-game/
Excerpts from the todayinbaseball.com article:
"MAY 21, 1943 | CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – How about an hour and 29-minute major league baseball game? That’s all it took the Chicago White Sox to beat the Washington Senators (today’s Minnesota Twins) on this date in 1943. The 1-0 Chicago victory was the quickest night game in American League history. Sox starter Johnny Humphries beat Senator starter Dutch Leonard."
"The National League has the American League beat in the quickest night game category, however. About a year after the above referenced Senators/Sox game, the Boston Braves (today’s Atlanta Braves) beat the Cincinnati Reds 2 to 0 in an hour and fifteen minutes in Cincinnati. And these are just night games."
"It’s remarkable that a game could be played in less than an hour and a half. What’s even more amazing is that 13 of the first 26 games the St. Louis Browns (today’s Baltimore Orioles) played in 1943 took less than 2 hours. Only one took more than 3."
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Flashback to 1919: New York Giants beat Phillies in fastest nine-inning game ever
https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/f...icle-1.2377281
Excerpts from the www.nydailynews.com article:
"It's unlikely that anyone with an hour to kill would think of attending a baseball game as a viable option."
"But on Sept. 28, 1919, New Yorkers who wanted to watch the Giants as they wrapped up their season were able to do just that — with nine minutes to spare."
"In the opener of a double header at the Polo Grounds, the Giants beat the Phillies 6-1 in a game that took only 51 minutes to complete. To this day, the breezy affair remains the fastest nine-inning contest in the history of major league baseball."
"Both Giants and Phils agreed to go after the speed record before the game started," read a recap by the Daily News, which was just a few months old at the time."
""That they shattered the mark and still made seven runs is remarkable. The men went up intent on smacking the first pitch. They did for the most part and this led to the hasty finish."
"The article states that the previous record for the quickest nine-inning game was 56 minutes, set on Aug. 30, 1918, when Brooklyn visited the Polo Grounds."
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MLB GAME LENGTH RECORDS
https://www.baseball-almanac.com/recbooks/rb_gmlg.shtml
May 21, 1943: "At Comiskey Park, it takes only one hour and twenty-nine minutes for the White Sox to defeat the Senators, 1-0. The 89-minute contest is the quickest nine-inning game ever played in the American League."
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MAY 21-QUICKEST AL NIGHT GAME
https://todayinbaseball.com/quickest...ue-night-game/
Excerpts from the todayinbaseball.com article:
"MAY 21, 1943 | CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – How about an hour and 29-minute major league baseball game? That’s all it took the Chicago White Sox to beat the Washington Senators (today’s Minnesota Twins) on this date in 1943. The 1-0 Chicago victory was the quickest night game in American League history. Sox starter Johnny Humphries beat Senator starter Dutch Leonard."
"The National League has the American League beat in the quickest night game category, however. About a year after the above referenced Senators/Sox game, the Boston Braves (today’s Atlanta Braves) beat the Cincinnati Reds 2 to 0 in an hour and fifteen minutes in Cincinnati. And these are just night games."
"It’s remarkable that a game could be played in less than an hour and a half. What’s even more amazing is that 13 of the first 26 games the St. Louis Browns (today’s Baltimore Orioles) played in 1943 took less than 2 hours. Only one took more than 3."
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Flashback to 1919: New York Giants beat Phillies in fastest nine-inning game ever
https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/f...icle-1.2377281
Excerpts from the www.nydailynews.com article:
"It's unlikely that anyone with an hour to kill would think of attending a baseball game as a viable option."
"But on Sept. 28, 1919, New Yorkers who wanted to watch the Giants as they wrapped up their season were able to do just that — with nine minutes to spare."
"In the opener of a double header at the Polo Grounds, the Giants beat the Phillies 6-1 in a game that took only 51 minutes to complete. To this day, the breezy affair remains the fastest nine-inning contest in the history of major league baseball."
"Both Giants and Phils agreed to go after the speed record before the game started," read a recap by the Daily News, which was just a few months old at the time."
""That they shattered the mark and still made seven runs is remarkable. The men went up intent on smacking the first pitch. They did for the most part and this led to the hasty finish."
"The article states that the previous record for the quickest nine-inning game was 56 minutes, set on Aug. 30, 1918, when Brooklyn visited the Polo Grounds."
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MLB GAME LENGTH RECORDS
https://www.baseball-almanac.com/recbooks/rb_gmlg.shtml
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