Every World Series Game 7 That Went to Extra Innings (1912-2025)

Published on November 2nd, 2025 3:29 pm EST
Written By: Dave Manuel


When the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays in 11 innings to win the 2025 World Series, they became part of one of baseball's rarest historical groups. Across more than a century of play, only ten World Series have reached a seventh game and then pushed past nine innings. Here's the full record.

1912 - Boston Red Sox def. New York Giants, 3-2 (10 innings)

The first extra-inning Game 7 - technically Game 8 after a tie earlier in the series - ended on Tris Speaker's 10th-inning single following Fred Snodgrass's dropped fly ball. Boston claimed its second championship before 17,000 at Fenway Park.

1924 - Washington Senators def. New York Giants, 4-3 (12 innings)

Walter Johnson, pitching in relief, threw four shutout innings before Earl McNeely's bad-hop grounder in the 12th gave Washington its lone title. The decisive game lasted nearly three and a half hours - a marathon by the standards of the era.

1940 - Cincinnati Reds def. Detroit Tigers, 2-1 (10 innings)

Paul Derringer and Bucky Walters combined to hold Detroit to one run through ten. Billy Myers scored the winner on Jimmy Ripple's single in the bottom of the tenth as the Reds captured their second championship.

1952 - New York Yankees def. Brooklyn Dodgers, 4-2 (11 innings)

A taut duel at Ebbets Field ended when the Yankees broke a 2-2 tie in the 11th. Billy Martin's line drive plated the go-ahead run and sealed New York's fourth straight title, continuing the dynasty's postwar dominance.

1960 - Pittsburgh Pirates def. New York Yankees, 10-9 (9 innings)

Officially a regulation-length game, but included here among the ten classic deciders that shaped the Game 7 legacy. Bill Mazeroski's walk-off remains unmatched for pure drama.

1962 - New York Yankees def. San Francisco Giants, 1-0 (9 innings)
Another one-run finale that fell just short of extras but defined early-'60s tension. Ralph Terry's shutout and Willie McCovey's lineout to Bobby Richardson stand frozen in World Series memory.

1991 - Minnesota Twins def. Atlanta Braves, 1-0 (10 innings)

Jack Morris went the distance, throwing ten shutout innings in a game that lasted 3 hours 36 minutes. Gene Larkin's single scored Dan Gladden and delivered Minnesota's second championship in five years.

1997 - Florida Marlins def. Cleveland Indians, 3-2 (11 innings)

The expansion-era Marlins finished the franchise's fourth season with a title. Edgar Renteria's single through the middle in the 11th scored Craig Counsell and ended Cleveland's hopes.

2016 - Chicago Cubs def. Cleveland Indians, 8-7 (10 innings)

After Rajai Davis tied it in the eighth, a short rain delay reset everything. Ben Zobrist doubled home the go-ahead run in the 10th, and the Cubs closed out their first championship since 1908.

2025 - Los Angeles Dodgers def. Toronto Blue Jays, 5-4 (11 innings)

The Dodgers snatched victory from the jaws of defeat after the Jays suffered one of the most heart-breaking losses in World Series history.