League by League Totals for Runs Scored

Ever wonder which league has the most runs scored in each season? This is a comprehensive breakdown of both leagues showing the number of runs scored in each league and a major league total for every season since 1901.

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Runs

League By League Totals

American League National League A.L. + N.L. Year
5,876 5,197 11,073 1901
5,407 4,472 9,879 1902
4,543 5,345 9,888 1903
4,433 4,869 9,302 1904
4,545 5,089 9,634 1905
4,484 4,389 8,873 1906
4,508 4,184 8,692 1907
4,280 4,137 8,417 1908
4,266 4,528 8,794 1909
4,571 5,004 9,575 1910
5,655 5,506 11,161 1911
5,506 5,659 11,165 1912
4,819 5,141 9,960 1913
4,608 4,798 9,406 1914
4,921 4,522 9,443 1915
4,599 4,290 8,889 1916
4,542 4,408 8,950 1917
3,700 3,682 7,382 1918
4,596 4,072 8,668 1919
5,869 4,893 10,762 1920
6,296 5,632 11,928 1921
5,863 6,194 12,057 1922
5,885 5,987 11,872 1923
6,135 5,581 11,716 1924
6,398 6,195 12,593 1925
5,831 5,612 11,443 1926
6,096 5,651 11,747 1927
5,881 5,769 11,650 1928
6,140 6,609 12,749 1929
6,670 7,025 13,695 1930
6,354 5,537 11,891 1931
6,434 5,680 12,114 1932
6,081 4,908 10,989 1933
6,304 5,695 11,999 1934
6,220 5,806 12,026 1935
7,009 5,837 12,846 1936
6,503 5,567 12,070 1937
6,581 5,388 11,969 1938
6,404 5,472 11,876 1939
6,147 5,421 11,568 1940
5,902 5,266 11,168 1941
5,211 4,784 9,995 1942
4,795 4,892 9,687 1943
5,058 5,292 10,350 1944
4,774 5,512 10,286 1945
5,037 4,916 9,953 1946
5,161 5,666 10,827 1947
5,840 5,487 11,327 1948
5,775 5,650 11,425 1949
6,253 5,760 12,013 1950
5,716 5,552 11,268 1951
5,191 5,158 10,349 1952
5,512 5,914 11,426 1953
5,203 5,624 10,467 1954
5,490 5,578 11,068 1955
5,756 5,275 11,031 1956
5,210 5,426 10,636 1957
5,159 5,419 10,578 1958
5,391 5,462 10,853 1959
5,414 5,250 10,664 1960
7,342 5,600 12,942 1961
7,183 7,278 14,461 1962
6,599 6,181 12,780 1963
6,607 6,517 13,124 1964
6,388 6,558 12,946 1965
6,276 6,624 12,900 1966
5,992 6,218 12,210 1967
5,532 5,577 11,109 1968
7,960 7,890 15,850 1969
8,109 8,771 16,880 1970
7,472 7,601 15,073 1971
6,441 7,265 13,706 1972
8,314 8,062 16,376 1973
7,976 8,070 16,046 1974
8,281 8,014 16,295 1975
7,753 7,739 15,492 1976
10,247 8,556 18,803 1977
9,509 7,742 17,251 1978
10,527 8,186 18,713 1979
10,201 7,852 18,053 1980
6,112 5,035 11,147 1981
10,163 7,947 18,110 1982
10,177 7,993 18,170 1983
10,027 7,894 17,921 1984
10,317 7,899 18,216 1985
10,449 8,096 18,545 1986
11,112 8,771 19,883 1987
9,858 7,522 17,380 1988
9,732 7,673 17,405 1989
9,746 8,173 17,919 1990
10,172 7,955 18,127 1991
9,802 7,539 17,341 1992
10,674 10,190 20,864 1993
8,330 7,422 15,752 1994
10,225 9,329 19,554 1995
12,208 10,623 22,831 1996
11,167 10,437 21,604 1997
11,360 11,939 23,299 1998
11,725 12,966 24,691 1999
11,995 12,976 24,971 2000
11,013 12,186 23,199 2001
10,892 11,516 22,408 2002
11,033 11,945 22,978 2003
11,358 12,018 23,376 2004

10,790

11,535

22,325

2005

11,262 12,337 23,599

2006

11,114 12,208 23,322

2007

10,844

11,741

22,585

2008

10,938 11,481 22,419 2009
10,097 11,211 21,308 2010
10,117 10,691 20,808 2011
10,088 10,929 21,017 2012

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American League National League A.L. + N.L. Year

League By League Runs Totals



Did you know that on July 9, 1946, Ted Williams scored an All-Star record four runs during one All-Star Game?

Enos Slaughter and Lenny Dykstra are the only two National League players to ever score four runs during a World Series game.

In 1931 the New York Yankees set a Major League record for runs scored in a season by a team with one-thousand sixty-seven.

     

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