What is the length of a baseball game?

Despite MLB's efforts to quicken the pace of games, the length of a nine-inning contest actually "jumped to 3 hours, 5 minutes, 45 seconds" through 119 games this ... However, the "biggest complaint of baseball fans -- both young and old -- is that the pace of the game is too sluggish" (N.Y. POST, 4/16). read more

However, in 2007, the average length of the game increased to 2 hours and 51 minutes, and it has not been below 2 hours and 50 minutes through the 2010 season. Reasons for Concern During the 1970s, the average time of a Major League Baseball game was approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes. read more

The changes helped cut the average game length by 12 minutes, from three hours and eight minutes in 2014 to two hours and 56 minutes a year ago – but baseball games were still more than 20 minutes longer than the average NHL game and 40 minutes longer than the average NBA game. read more