Player The career record for most runs scored by a
major-league player is 2,295, held by
Rickey Henderson (1979–2003). The season record for most runs scored is 198, set by
Billy Hamilton of the
Philadelphia Phillies in 1894. The so-called modern-day record (1900 and after) is 177, achieved by
Babe Ruth of the
New York Yankees in 1921. The record for most seasons leading one of the major leagues in runs scored is 8, held by Babe Ruth (
American League: 1919–21, 1923, 1924, 1926–28). The record for most consecutive games with at least one run scored is 18, shared by the Yankees'
Red Rolfe (August 9–August 25, 1939) and the
Cleveland Indians'
Kenny Lofton (August 15–September 3, 2000). The record for most runs scored by a player in a single game is 7, set by
Guy Hecker of the
American Association's
Louisville Colonels on August 15, 1886. The modern-day record of 6 is shared by fourteen players (eight of whom attained it before 1900). Of the six modern-day players to score 6 runs in a game, the first to perform the feat was
Mel Ott of the
New York Giants on August 4, 1934 (he repeated the accomplishment ten years later, making him the only player ever to do it twice); the most recent was
Shawn Green, then of the
Los Angeles Dodgers, on May 23, 2002.
Team The record for most runs scored by a major-league team during a single season is 1,212, set by the
Boston Beaneaters (now the
Atlanta Braves) in 1894. The modern-day record is 1,067, achieved by the New York Yankees in 1931. The team record for most consecutive games with at least one run scored (i.e., most consecutive games not being
shut out) is 308, set by the Yankees between August 3, 1931, and August 2, 1933. The team record for most runs in its overall history (up until 2022) is the
Chicago Cubs with 100,875. The record for most runs scored by a team in a single game is 36, set by the
Chicago Colts (now the
Chicago Cubs) against the Louisville Colonels (which joined the
National League in 1892) on June 29, 1897. The modern-day record of 30 was set on August 22, 2007, by the
Texas Rangers against the
Baltimore Orioles. The National League record was set by the
Atlanta Braves with 29 runs against the
Miami Marlins on September 9, 2020. The highest combined score in a game is 49 runs on August 25, 1922, when the Chicago Cubs defeated the
Philadelphia Phillies 26–23. The record for most runs scored by a team in a single inning is 18, set by the
Chicago White Stockings (now the Chicago Cubs) against the
Detroit Wolverines on September 6, 1883. The modern-day record is 17, achieved by the
Boston Red Sox against the
Detroit Tigers on June 18, 1953.
Postseason The
Los Angeles Dodgers scored 11 runs against the
Atlanta Braves in Game 3 in the first inning of the
2020 NLCS, the record for the most postseason runs in a single inning.
World Series The Yankees'
Mickey Mantle holds the record for most career World Series runs scored with 42 (1951–53, 1955–58, 1960–64). The record for most runs scored in a single World Series, shared by two players, is 10, achieved both times in a six-game Series:
Reggie Jackson of the Yankees was the first to do it, in
1977; the
Toronto Blue Jays'
Paul Molitor equaled him in 1993. The most runs ever scored by a player in a World Series game is 4, a record shared by ten players. Babe Ruth set the mark on October 6, 1926, while with the Yankees; it was matched most recently by
Albert Pujols of the
St. Louis Cardinals in Game 3 of the
2011 World Series. On October 2, 1936, playing the
New York Giants, the Yankees set the team record for most runs scored in a single World Series game with 18. Players crossed the plate a record 29 times in the highest-scoring World Series game in history on October 20, 1993, as the Blue Jays beat the Phillies 15–14 at
Veterans Stadium in Game 4 of the
1993 World Series. ==See also==