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 2024 MLB season lasted 2 hours and 36 minutes. This was more than 25 minutes shorter than an average game during the 2022 season, when the pitch clock had not yet been introduced.
Average length of Major League Baseball games from 2000 to 2024
(in hours)
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Baseball Reference. (November 21, 2024). Average length of Major League Baseball games from 2000 to 2024 (in hours) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1310998/mlb-game-length/
Baseball Reference. "Average length of Major League Baseball games from 2000 to 2024 (in hours)." Chart. November 21, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1310998/mlb-game-length/
Baseball Reference. (2024). Average length of Major League Baseball games from 2000 to 2024 (in hours). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 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 2024 (in hours) [Graph], Baseball Reference, November 21, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1310998/mlb-game-length/
