Heres longest at-bat in baseball history, which will drive you crazy

May 2024 · 1 minute read

The pace-of-play police have a crime on their hands.

San Francisco’s Brandon Belt worked the longest at-bat in major league history in Sunday’s first inning, seeing 21 pitches from the Angels’ Jaime Barria, who probably won’t be long for the game after throwing 49 pitches (and allowing no runs) in the inning.

With a runner on first and no one out, Belt fouled off 16 pitches — including 10 in a row — before flying out in an at-bat the Giants say lasted 12 minutes and 45 seconds.

Major League Baseball said the 21 pitches are the most pitches in an at-bat ever, beating a 1998 matchup between Cleveland’s Bartolo Colon and Houston’s Ricky Gutierrez by one.

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