Ahead of the 2023 Major League Baseball season, a pitch clock was introduced to speed up the pace of the game. As a result, an average game during the 2023 MLB season lasted 2 hours and 42 minutes. This was more than 20 minutes shorter than an average game during the previous season when the pitch clock had not yet been introduced.
Average length of Major League Baseball games from 2000 to 2023
(in hours)
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Baseball Reference. (November 15, 2023). Average length of Major League Baseball games from 2000 to 2023 (in hours) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1310998/mlb-game-length/
Baseball Reference. "Average length of Major League Baseball games from 2000 to 2023 (in hours)." Chart. November 15, 2023. Statista. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1310998/mlb-game-length/
Baseball Reference. (2023). Average length of Major League Baseball games from 2000 to 2023 (in hours). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1310998/mlb-game-length/
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Average length of Major League Baseball games from 2000 to 2023 (in hours) [Graph], Baseball Reference, November 15, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1310998/mlb-game-length/
