The longest baseball game in Major League history lasted nearly 8 hours and 25 innings.

The longest baseball game in Major League history has gone down in the annals of Major League Baseball as one of the most remarkable and memorable games ever played. The game, played between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees on April 18th, 1981, lasted nearly eight hours and 25 innings.

The marathon contest featured a total of 33 players, 13 pitchers, and 858 pitches before the Red Sox finally emerged victorious 7-6. The game took place in chilly temperatures of just 45 degrees and it was not until the bottom of the 25th inning that Boston was able to break the tie and win the game.

The game was so long that two of the players had to be replaced due to exhaustion, and the game even went into a 26th inning before the umpires called it due to darkness. It was the first time in Major League Baseball history that a game had gone into extra innings for more than 25 innings.

Despite the length of the game, it was a thrilling contest that went down to the wire. The longest baseball game in Major League history was a memorable one that will be remembered by baseball fans everywhere.