Since the implementation of the “runner on second” provision, the rate at which games are terminated in the first extra inning has skyrocketed to 73 percent, nearly three in four. Of those, 37 - 17 percent - qualified for characterization as ‘marathon’ games, lasting more than 12 innings.įorty-four percent of 2019 extra inning MLB games ended in the 10th inning. In 2019, the last season played under traditional extra innings rules, there were 208 extra inning games.
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