Math Faculty Publications Math 2004 I Don't Care If I Ever Get Back: Marathons Lasting 20 or More Innings Phil Lowry Darren B. Glass Gettysburg College Follow this and additional works at: https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/mathfac Part of the Mathematics Commons, and the Sports Sciences Commons Share feedback about the accessibility of this item. Lowry, Phile. I Don't Care If I Ever Get Back: Marathons Lasting 20 or More Innings. The asB eball Research Journal, 33, 8-28. This is the publisher's version of the work. This publication appears in Gettysburg College's institutional repository by permission of the copyright owner for personal use, not for redistribution. Cupola permanent link: https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/mathfac/2 This open access article is brought to you by The uC pola: Scholarship at Gettysburg College. It has been accepted for inclusion by an authorized administrator of The uC pola. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. I Don't Care If I Ever Get Back: Marathons Lasting 20 or More Innings Abstract This article looks at marathon games of baseball. For purposes of this article, a marathon is defined as a game lasting 20 or more innings. In my research I have discovered 341 marathons. These games are hard to find. Leagues either keep no records, or keep track only of their longest game; only the Texas League keeps records on all marathons. Nobody has ever before explored such questions as: What is the probability a game will go x number of innings? How often should we expect a marathon of 20 or more innings, or 40 or more innings? What is the probability the 26-inning major league record will be broken this year? Which is “rarer,” the 26-inning major league record, 33-inning minor league record, or 45-inning “other” category record? In this article we’ll answer these questions.