Left on Base Records

Major League Baseball 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.

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Left on Base Records

Players Left on Base in a Game Records

Most Runners Left on Base
By A Player
In A Game (Any Length)

Bold=Lg Record

AL Dustin Pedroia Boston Red Sox 13 09-15-2017
15 Innings
Trot Nixon Boston Red Sox 12 06-12-2003
13 Innings
David Ortiz Boston Red Sox 05-14-2009
12 Innings
NL Ryan Zimmerman Washington Nationals 14 05-08-2016
13 Innings
Glenn Beckert Chicago Cubs 12 09-16-1972
9 Innings
Todd Helton Colorado Rockies 04-11-1998
9 Innings

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Team Left on Base in a Single Season Records

Fewest Runners Left on Base
In A Season (By a Team)
AL 1957 Kansas City Athletics 925 1957
NL 1924 Chicago Cubs 964 1924
Most Runners Left on Base
In A Season (By a Team)
AL 1941 St. Louis Browns 1,334 1941
NL 1976 Cincinnati Reds 1,328 1976

Left on Base Records

Team Left on Base in a Game Records

Most Runners Left on Base
In a 9-Inning Game (By a Team)
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
Left on Base Records | Research by Baseball Almanac, Inc.
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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 Philadelphia shut out St. Louis (4-0), and May 7, 1998, when Toronto shutout Seattle (6-0).

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.