Left on Base Records by Baseball Almanac

Left on Base Records

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a record book for leaving baserunners left on base — including left on base by a team marks, single season left on base marks and game related left on base records.

"It's like a dog who has never had table scraps. I really don't know what it (the playoffs) tastes like. I would love to get a taste of the playoffs. I hope I will get to, and I hope it's this year. I am not on the three-year or four-year plan to get to there. I am on a one-year plan." - Todd Helton in Baseball Digest (May 2004)

Left on Base Player Records
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Most In A Game	AL	Trot Nixon	Boston	12	06-12-2003
		David Ortiz	Boston		05-14-2009
	NL	Glenn Beckert	Chicago	12	09-16-1972
		Todd Helton	Colorado		04-11-1998
Left on Base Team Records in a Single Season
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Fewest In A Season	AL	Kansas City Athletics		925	1957
	NL	Chicago Cubs		964	1924
Most In A Season	AL	St. Louis Browns		1,334	1941
	NL	Cincinnati Reds		1,328	1976
Left on Base Team Records in a Game
Record	Lg	Team(s)		Data
Most In a Game 9-Innings	AL	New York [vs Boston]		20	09-21-1956
	NL	Boston [vs Baltimore]		18	08-15-1897
		Pittsburgh [vs Cincinnati]			09-08-1905
		Boston [vs St. Louis]			07-11-1923
		St. Louis [vs Philadelphia]			09-15-1928
		New York [vs Philadelphia]			08-07-1943
		St. Louis [vs Cincinnati]			06-10-1944
		St. Louis [vs Philadelphia]			09-14-1950
		Pittsburgh [vs Boston]			06-05-1951
		Atlanta [vs Los Angeles]			06-23-1986
Record	Lg	Team(s)		Data
Left on Base Record Book by Baseball Almanac

Why is there no listing for players leaving men on base over the course of a career or a single season? Because the data / research is simply not yet available.

The most runners left on base during a nine-inning shutout is sixteen. It has occurred twice in Major League history: May 24, 1994, when St. Louis shutout Philadelphia and May 7, 1998, when Seattle shutout Toronto.

The fewest runners left on base during a nine-inning game? Zero —of course— and it has been accomplished many times in both the American & National League.

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