Through some research for WasWatching.com, I came across a game from 1976 where the Yankees Catfish Hunter and the Angels Frank Tanana started against each other – and they both went 13 innings in the contest.  This got me curious as to how many other games were played since 1957 where both starting pitchers went 13+ innings in the game.  Thanks to Baseball-Reference.com’s Play Index Pitching Gamelog Finder, it’s easy to find all games since 1957 where a starter went 13+ innings.  Then, cutting and pasting the results into Excel allows us to see that there have been just nine games since 1957 where both starters threw 13+ innings in the contest:

May 21, 1957 - Ray Moore vs. Jim Bunning 
June 5, 1958 - Ralph Terry vs. Camilo Pascual 
July 2, 1963 - Juan Marichal vs. Warren Spahn 
June 6, 1964 - Jim Bouton vs. Dean Chance 
October 2, 1965 - Chris Short vs. Rob Gardner 
September 24, 1971 - Ken Forsch vs. Clay Kirby 
May 26, 1973 - Stan Bahnsen vs. Gaylord Perry 
June 14, 1974 - Luis Tiant vs. Nolan Ryan 
August 27, 1976 - Frank Tanana vs. Catfish Hunter 

Pretty cool list, huh?  There are some brand-name hurlers among these 18 pitchers. 

That October 2, 1965 game was something – It was the next to the last day of the season, second game of a double-header, both starters went 15 innings, the game went 18 innings, and was called a tie, 0-0, after eighteen.  You don’t see that everyday.

Mark your calenders for August 27, 2007.  That date will be the 31st anniversary of the game between Hunter and Tanana – which is the last time that two starting pitchers went 13+ innings in the same game.  Based on the way that baseball is played today, I suspect that contest may be the very last time ever where two starting pitchers went 13+ innings pitched in the same game.

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