Throughout recent seasons, Major League Baseball has been criticized for length of the games. A report indicated that the average game lasts three hours and 30 minutes. A sample of 17 games revealed the following times to completion. (Note that the minutes have been changed to fractions of hours, so that the game that lasted two hours and 24 minutes is reported at 2.40 hours.)
|
S. No
|
Game Hours
|
|
1
|
2.98
|
|
2
|
2.4
|
|
3
|
2.7
|
|
4
|
2.25
|
|
5
|
3.23
|
|
6
|
3.17
|
|
7
|
2.93
|
|
8
|
3.18
|
|
9
|
2.8
|
|
10
|
2.38
|
|
11
|
3.75
|
|
12
|
3.2
|
|
13
|
3.27
|
|
14
|
2.52
|
|
15
|
2.58
|
|
16
|
4.45
|
|
17
|
2.45
|