Phil Lowry posted the following to SABR-L.  I'm sure he'd be interested in other Asian baseball marathons, as well.  If you can help, please contact him directly at: PLowry1176@...

 

Rod Nelson

 

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Here's a list of the 25 games lasting 20 innings or longer discovered  SO FAR
in Japan. We have found ONLY TWO in the last 10 years, college games in 2002
and 2006. Games by  decades:

1930's three
1940's three
1950's eleven
1960's one
1970's two
1980's one
1990's two
2000's two

We MUST BE MISSING many games  from this list. If you know of any such games
that have been OMITTED from this  list, please e-mail Phil Lowry at (plowry1176@...)  so that he may update  and correct the records. Thank you very much for your help.

Phil Lowry

25 innings – Koshien Kyujo (Stadium), Osaka – 8/19/1933 – Koshien National 
High School Tournament Semifinal – Chukyo-shogyo 1 Akashi-chugaku 0 in 4:55 –
finished at 6:05 PM.

20 – Kobe - ?/??/1934 – Kobe Junior High School League – Akaishi-chuugaku 
vs. Kobe-ichi-chuugaku. UNKNOWN BALLFIELD, DATE, FINAL SCORE

35 – Matsue Kyujo (Stadium), Matsue – 7/20/1935 and 7/21/1935 – Junior High 
School League – Oota Chu 2 Matsue Chu (later Matsue Kita Koto-gakko) 1 in
6:58,  suspended after 4:48 and 23 innings - another version says 23 – Shimane –
Junior  High School League - ?/??/1935 – Taisha Chugakkou vs. Ota Chugakkou
in tie game;  replayed next day and Ota defeated Taisha in 12 innings. WHICH
VERSION IS  CORRECT ?

20 – Nishinomiya Kyujo (Stadium), Nishinomiya – 7/13/1941 – Japanese 
Federation – Taiyo 1 Hanshin 0 in 2:43.

28 – Korakuen Kyujo (Stadium), Tokyo – 5/24/1942 – Japanese Federation – 
Taiyo 4 Nagoya 4 in 3:47 – finished at 6:27 PM.

25 - unknown – 7/??/1948 – Koshien National High School Tournament Regional 
Qualifier – one high school team defeated another high school team.

24 - unknown – 7/??/1951 – Koshien National High School Tournament Regional 
Qualifier – Morioka Number One High School vs. Aomori High School, final
score  1-0.

30 – Tokyo - 8/30/1951 – Junior High School League – Takefu Junior High 
School 0 Kohama Junior High School 0 in 5:45 – finished at 2:45 PM.

28 – Tokyo Kyujo (Stadium), Tokyo – 9/8/1951 – Industrial League – Marubeni
Trading Company 2 Kajima Coal Company 1.

21 – Nishinomiya Kyujo (Stadium), Nishinomiya - 7/3/1952 – Central League 
vs. Pacific League – Central League All-Stars 2 Pacific League All-Stars 2 in 
4:30.

21 – unknown - 7/??/1952 – Koshien National High School Tournament Regional 
Qualifier – Tsuru (Otsuki) High School defeated unknown high school.

20 – Nishi-Kyogoku Kyujo (Stadium), Kyoto – 9/7/1952 – Central League – 
Shochiku 2 Taiyo 1 in 3:13.

22 – Korakuen Kyujo (Stadium), Tokyo – 6/25/1953 – Pacific League – Daiei 
Stars 4 Kintetsu 4 in 4:33.

20 – Korakuen Kyujo (Stadium), Tokyo – 8/9/1953 – Pacific League – Kintetsu
5 Toei 4 in 4:46.

23 – Osaka Kyujo (Stadium), Osaka – 10/10/1954 – Pacific League – Kintetsu 
1 Toei 0 in 4:30.

25 – Shikoku Kyujo (Stadium), Shikoku – 4/28/1958 – High School League – 
Takamatsu-shogyo 2 Tokushima-shogyo 0 in 5:47.

29 – Nishi-Kyogoku Kyujo (Stadium), Kyoto – 5/2/1959 – National Municipal 
League Championships – Nippon Shinyaku (New Pharmaceuticals) Company 2
Kurashiki  Reiyon (Rayon) Company (later Kuraray Company) 1 in 6:14.

22 – Korakuen Kyujo (Stadium), Tokyo – 7/29/1962 – Tokyo Industrial League  –
Nippon Beer Company 1 Denden Kinki Company 0 in 5:27.

20 – Meiji Jingu Kyujo (Stadium), Tokyo – 6/24/1970 – All-University League 
Semifinal – Kansai University 3 Hosei University 2 in 4:54.

27 – Ube City Kyujo (Stadium), Ube City – 5/13/1973 and 5/14/1973 – High 
School League – Matsue Sho 2 Shimonoseki Sho 0, suspended after 18  innings.

45 – Ibaraki-Mito Kenei (Prefectural) Kyujo (Stadium), Mito – 9/20/1983 – 
Amateur Industrial Emperor’s Cup Nan-shiki Tournament – Tokyo Raito (Light) 
Kogyo (Manufacturing Company) 2 Miyazaki Tanaka Byouin (Hospital) 1 in 8:19, 
umpire snack break delay 0:06 top 26th, players refused 0:30 break top 26th – 
100 fans at end - finished at 5:15 PM.

22 – Ojiyama Kyujo (Stadium), Otsu – 5/4/1993 – Kansai Gakusei (Osaka 
University) League – Kwansei Gakuin (University) 3 Ritsumeikan University 2 in 
4:45.

20 – Kyoto or Kobe - ?/??/1997 – Kinki District High School League – Kyoto 
Heian-koukou 8 Kobe Ikuei-koukou 7.

23 – Fukuoka Dome, Fukuoka – 10/26/2002 – Kyushu College League Semifinal –
Nihon Bunri University 2 Kyushu Kyoritsu (Community College) 1 in 6:00.

20 – Nishi-Kyogoku Kyujo (Stadium), Kyoto – 10/22/2006 – Kansai University 
League – Doshisha University 2 Ritsumeikan University 1 in 4:59 – 2000 fans –
finished at 8:20 PM.