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 RecordsPlayers Left on Base in a Game Records |
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Record | Lg | Name(s) | Team(s) | Data | |
Most Runners Left on Base 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 | |||||
Left on Base RecordsTeam Left on Base in a Single Season Records |
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Record | Lg | Name(s) | Team(s) | Data | |
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 RecordsTeam Left on Base in a Game Records |
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Record | Lg | Team(s) | Data | ||
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 | ||||
Record | Lg | Team(s) | Data | ||
Left on Base Records | Research by Baseball Almanac, Inc. |
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.