Sunday's 15 inning epic against the Cubs was the 5th longest game in Petco Park history and the 15th longest game in Padres history. At 5 hours and 13 minutes it's tied with a game in Philly from 1980.
The second longest game ever was a frustrating battle with Colorado in 2008. To refresh your memory that was the game cursed by "Jeff" the Ram's Head. Here's the Game Thread from that game. It's also somehow appropriate that the Game Recap is probably the shortest one ever.
Padres games over 5 hours long
Year | Date | Home/Away | Opponent | Runs | Runs Against | Outcome | Innings | Time |
1980 | 15-Aug | HOU | 1 | 3 | L | 20 | 6:17 | |
2008 | 17-Apr | COL | 1 | 2 | L | 22 | 6:16 | |
1979 | 25-Aug | PIT | 3 | 4 | L | 19 | 6:12 | |
2008 | 25-May | CIN | 12 | 9 | W | 18 | 5:57 | |
2009 | 7-Jun | ARI | 6 | 9 | L | 18 | 5:45 | |
1977 | 21-May | @ | MON | 11 | 8 | W | 21 | 5:33 |
1970 | 23-May | @ | SFG | 17 | 16 | W | 15 | 5:29 |
1971 | 24-Sep | HOU | 1 | 2 | L | 21 | 5:25 | |
1989 | 27-Jun | @ | LAD | 5 | 3 | W | 17 | 5:21 |
1982 | 13-Sep | @ | LAD | 3 | 4 | L | 16 | 5:20 |
2001 | 19-Jun | SFG | 4 | 3 | W | 15 | 5:16 | |
1990 | 15-Aug | MON | 3 | 5 | L | 17 | 5:15 | |
2009 | 16-May | CIN | 6 | 5 | W | 16 | 5:14 | |
1996 | 22-Jun | CHC | 6 | 9 | L | 16 | 5:14 | |
2013 | 25-Aug | CHC | 3 | 2 | W | 15 | 5:13 | |
1980 | 21-Aug | @ | PHI | 8 | 9 | L | 17 | 5:13 |
1992 | 8-Sep | @ | SFG | 5 | 6 | L | 16 | 5:04 |
1996 | 8-Jun | PIT | 8 | 9 | L | 14 | 5:03 | |
1997 | 13-Jun | @ | ANA | 8 | 7 | W | 14 | 5:03 |
1980 | 26-Aug | @ | NYM | 8 | 6 | W | 18 | 5:01 |
1992 | 24-Apr | CIN | 6 | 7 | L | 16 | 5:01 | |
1982 | 26-Jun | @ | SFG | 7 | 6 | W | 15 | 5:00 |
2008 | 19-Sep | @ | WSN | 11 | 6 | W | 14 | 5:00 |
Conversely you may remember that back on May 18th of this year that the Padres played their 3rd shortest game at Petco Park.
Here's a table of the longest and shortest game for each Padres season. It's crazy that there were 5 seasons where the longest game wasn't even 4 hours long. Those were the good ol' days of baseball.
Longest and Shortest games for each season
Year | Shortest | Longest |
1969 | 1:41 | 3:55 |
1970 | 1:46 | 5:29 |
1971 | 1:19 | 5:25 |
1972 | 1:50 | 4:30 |
1973 | 1:30 | 3:51 |
1974 | 1:38 | 4:35 |
1975 | 1:37 | 4:41 |
1976 | 1:31 | 4:18 |
1977 | 1:29 | 5:33 |
1978 | 1:33 | 3:35 |
1979 | 1:52 | 6:12 |
1980 | 1:50 | 6:17 |
1981 | 1:50 | 4:28 |
1982 | 1:49 | 5:20 |
1983 | 1:59 | 4:36 |
1984 | 1:38 | 4:24 |
1985 | 1:49 | 3:47 |
1986 | 1:57 | 4:41 |
1987 | 1:58 | 4:10 |
1988 | 1:59 | 4:24 |
1989 | 2:01 | 5:21 |
1990 | 1:52 | 5:15 |
1991 | 1:59 | 4:44 |
1992 | 1:28 | 5:04 |
1993 | 1:26 | 4:30 |
1994 | 2:08 | 4:57 |
1995 | 1:55 | 4:29 |
1996 | 1:59 | 5:14 |
1997 | 1:16 | 5:03 |
1998 | 1:54 | 4:31 |
1999 | 1:39 | 3:39 |
2000 | 2:04 | 4:49 |
2001 | 1:59 | 5:16 |
2002 | 1:55 | 4:51 |
2003 | 2:14 | 4:08 |
2004 | 2:07 | 4:05 |
2005 | 1:53 | 4:19 |
2006 | 2:02 | 4:42 |
2007 | 2:04 | 4:55 |
2008 | 1:58 | 6:16 |
2009 | 2:11 | 5:45 |
2010 | 2:02 | 4:27 |
2011 | 2:03 | 4:19 |
2012 | 1:58 | 4:45 |
2013 | 2:01 | 5:13 |