Runs Scored Records by Baseball Teams in a Season, Game and Inning by Baseball Almanac

Runs Scored Teams Records

Runs being scored over the course of a season by a team during a game, an inning, and a few other variations are presented in this runs scored record book. Records are presented in alphabetical order and ties within records are alphabetized.

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Runs Scored Season Records
Record	Lg	Team(s)	Data
Fewest In A Season By A League Leader	AL	Philadelphia	622	1905
Fewest In A Season By A League Leader	NL	St. Louis	590	1915
Fewest In A Season By A Pennant Winner	AL	Boston	550	1916
Fewest In A Season By A Pennant Winner	NL	Chicago	571	1907
Fewest In A Season	AL	Washington	380	1909
Fewest In A Season	NL	St. Louis	372	1908
Most In A Season In Any Month	AL	New York	275	08-1938
Most In A Season In Any Month	NL	Philadelphia	312	08-1894
Most In A Season	AL	New York	1,067	1931
Most In A Season	NL	Boston	1,220	1894
Most In A Season At Home Games	AL	Boston	625	1950
Most In A Season At Home Games	NL	Colorado	658	1996
Most In A Season Away Games	AL	New York	591	1930
Most In A Season Away Games	NL	Chicago	492	1929
Most In A Season By A Pennant Winner	AL	New York	1,065	1936
Most In A Season By A Pennant Winner	NL	Baltimore	1,170	1894
Runs Scored Game Records
Record	Lg	Team(s)	Data
Most In A Doubleheader By Both Teams	AL	Boston 35 vs Philadelphia 19	54	07-04-1939
Most In A Doubleheader By Both Teams	NL	Boston 43 at Cincinnati 11	54	08-21-1894
Most In A Doubleheader By One Team	AL	Texas 39 (vs Baltimore 10)	39	08-22-2007
	AL	Texas 39 (vs Baltimore 10)	39	08-22-2007
	NL	Boston 43 (at Cincinnati 11)	43	08-21-1894
Most In A Game By Both Teams	AL	Boston 22 vs Philadelphia 14	36	06-29-1950
Most In A Game By Both Teams	NL	Chicago 26 vs Philadelphia 23	49	08-25-1922
Most In A Game By One Team	AL	Texas 30 (vs Baltimore 3)	30	08-22-2007
Most In A Game By One Team	NL	Chicago 36 (vs Louisville 7)	36	06-29-1897
Most In Any Inning By Both Teams	AL	Cleveland 13 vs Boston 6	19	04-10-1977
	AL	Cleveland 13 vs Boston 6	19	8^th Inning
	NL	Chicago 18 vs Detroit 0	18	09-06-1883
	NL	Chicago 18 vs Detroit 0	18	7^th Inning
Most In Any Inning By One Team	AL	Boston 17 (vs Detroit 0)	17	06-18-1953
	AL	Boston 17 (vs Detroit 0)	17	7^th Inning
	NL	Chicago 18 (vs Detroit 0)	18	09-06-1883
	NL	Chicago 18 (vs Detroit 0)	18	7^th Inning
Most On Opening Day	AL	Cleveland 21 vs St. Louis 14	35	04-14-1925
Most On Opening Day	NL	Philadelphia 19 at Boston 17	36	04-19-1900
Runs Scored Inning-by-Inning Records
Record	Lg	Team(s)	Data
Most By Inning 1^st (1 Team)	AL	Cleveland (vs Philadelphia)	14	06-18-1950
	AL	Boston (vs Florida)	14	06-27-2003
	NL	Boston (vs Baltimore)	16	06-18-1894
Most By Inning 1^st (2 Teams)	AL	Oakland 13 vs California 3	16	07-05-1996
Most By Inning 1^st (2 Teams)	NL	Boston 16 vs Baltimore 0	16	06-18-1894
Most By Inning 2^nd (1 Team)	AL	Kansas City (vs Chicago)	13	04-21-1956
	AL	New York (vs Tampa Bay)	13	04-18-2005
	NL	New York (vs Cleveland)	13	07-19-1890
		Atlanta (vs Houston)		09-20-1972
		San Diego (vs Pittsburgh)		05-31-1994
Most By Inning 2^nd (2 Teams)	AL	Chicago 8 vs New York 8	16	08-02-2007
	NL	New York 13 vs Cleveland 0	13	07-19-1890
		Chicago 10 vs Philadelphia 3		08-25-1922
		Brooklyn 11 vs New York 2		04-29-1930
		Atlanta 13 vs Houston 0		09-20-1972
		San Diego 13 vs Pittsburgh 0		05-31-1994
Most By Inning 3^rd (1 Team)	AL	New York (vs Washington)	12	09-11-1949
Most By Inning 3^rd (1 Team)	NL	Cleveland (vs Washington)	14	08-07-1889
Most By Inning 3^rd (2 Teams)	AL	Boston 8 vs Detroit 5	13	07-02-1995
Most By Inning 3^rd (2 Teams)	NL	Cleveland 14 vs Washington 0	14	08-07-1889
Most By Inning 4^th (1 Team)	AL	Chicago (vs Washington)	13	09-26-1943
Most By Inning 4^th (1 Team)	NL	Hartford (vs New York)	15	05-13-1876
Most By Inning 4^th (2 Teams)	AL	Chicago 13 vs Washington 0	13	09-26-1943
	NL	Hartford 15 vs New York 0	15	05-13-1876
	NL	Chicago 14 vs Philadelphia 1	15	08-25-1922
Most By Inning 5^th (1 Team)	AL	New York (vs Washington)	14	07-06-1920
Most By Inning 5^th (1 Team)	NL	Chicago (vs Pittsburgh)	13	08-16-1890
Most By Inning 5^th (2 Teams)	AL	Texas 10 vs Detroit 8	18	05-08-2004
Most By Inning 5^th (2 Teams)	NL	Brooklyn 11 vs New York 5	16	06-03-1890
Most By Inning 6^th (1 Team)	AL	Cleveland (vs Boston)	13	07-07-1923
	AL	Detroit (vs New York)	13	06-17-1925
	NL	Montreal (vs San Francisco)	13	05-07-1997
Most By Inning 6^th (2 Teams)	AL	Philadelphia 10 vs New York 5	15	09-05-1912
	AL	Detroit 10 vs Minnesota 5	15	06-13-1967
	NL	New York 10 vs Cincinnati 5	15	06-12-1979
Most By Inning 7^th (1 Team)	AL	Boston (vs Detroit)	17	06-18-1953
Most By Inning 7^th (1 Team)	NL	Chicago (vs Detroit)	18	09-06-1883
Most By Inning 7^th (2 Teams)	AL	Boston 17 vs Detroit 0	17	06-18-1953
Most By Inning 7^th (2 Teams)	NL	Chicago 18 vs Detroit 0	18	09-06-1883
Most By Inning 8^th (1 Team)	AL	Texas (vs Baltimore)	16	04-19-1996
Most By Inning 8^th (1 Team)	NL	Brooklyn (vs Cincinnati)	13	08-08-1954
Most By Inning 8^th (2 Teams)	AL	Cleveland 13 vs Boston 6	19	04-10-1977
	NL	New York 11 vs Pittsburgh 3	14	05-25-1954
	NL	Brooklyn 13 vs Cincinnati 1	14	08-08-1954
Most By Inning 9^th (1 Team)	AL	California (vs Texas)	13	09-14-1978
	AL	Detroit (vs Texas)	13	08-08-2001
	NL	Baltimore (vs Boston)	14	04-24-1894
Most By Inning 9^th (2 Teams)	AL	Toronto 11 vs Seattle 4	15	07-20-1984
Most By Inning 9^th (2 Teams)	NL	Boston 10 vs New York 7	17	06-20-1912
Most By Inning 10^th (1 Team)	AL	Minnesota (vs Oakland)	11	06-21-1969
Most By Inning 10^th (1 Team)	NL	Boston (vs New York)	10	06-17-1887
Most By Inning 10^th (2 Teams)	AL	Minnesota 11 vs Oakland 1	12	06-21-1969
Most By Inning 10^th (2 Teams)	NL	New York 6 vs Brooklyn 5	11	04-24-1955
Most By Inning 11^th (1 Team)	AL	Philadelphia (vs Detroit)	8	05-01-1951
		Texas (vs Seattle)		09-23-1991
		Seattle (vs Kansas City)		09-08-2002
	NL	Kansas City (vs Detroit)	10	07-21-1886
Most By Inning 11^th (2 Teams)	AL	Seattle 6 vs Boston 5	11	05-16-1969
	NL	New York 6 vs Chicago 5	11	06-30-1979
	NL	Pittsburgh 6 vs Chicago 5	11	04-21-1991
Most By Inning 12^th (1 Team)	AL	New York (vs Detroit)	11	07-26-1928
Most By Inning 12^th (1 Team)	NL	Chicago (vs Pittsburgh)	9	07-23-1923
Most By Inning 12^th (2 Teams)	AL	New York 8 vs Detroit 3	11	05-14-1923
	AL	New York 11 vs Detroit 0	11	07-26-1928
	NL	Chicago 9 vs Pittsburgh 0	9	07-23-1923
		New York 8 vs Brooklyn 1		05-30-1940
		Houston 8 vs Cincinnati 1		06-02-1966
		San Diego 5 vs Houston 4		07-05-1969
Record	Lg	Team(s)	Data
Runs Scored Team Records

American League Runs Scored During EVERY Inning of a 9-Inning Game (A.L. Record is All 8 Innings / No Team at 9)
Team(s)	Opponent	Date
Boston	Cleveland	09-16-1903
Cleveland	Boston	07-07-1923
New York	St. Louis	07-26-1939
Chicago	Boston	05-11-1949
Kansas City	Oakland	09-14-1998
New York	Toronto	04-29-2006
Team(s)	Opponent	Date

National League Runs Scored During EVERY Inning of a 9-Inning Game
Team(s)	Opponent	Date
Cleveland	Boston	08-15-1889
Washington	Boston	06-22-1894
Cleveland	Philadelphia	07-12-1894
Chicago	Louisville	06-29-1897
New York	Philadelphia	06-01-1923
St. Louis	Chicago	09-13-1964
Colorado	Chicago	05-05-1999
Team(s)	Opponent	Date

In 1930 Chicago, of the National League, set the Major League record by scoring more runs (218) against one club - Philadelphia - than any other team.

The 1894 Boston Beaneaters set the Major League record for the team with the most one-hundred run hitters with seven.

Did you know that on September 4, 1902, Boston played Pittsburgh in a double header and they combined to score the fewest runs by both teams during a double header with one?

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