Runs Scored League by League Totals on Baseball Almanac

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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