The Kansas City Royals had the most runs by a team in a game in 1976, with 21 runs versus the Tigers on June 15, 1976.

Interpreted as:

highest scoring team MLB regular-season game in 1976

	TEAM	R	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Royals	21	6/15/1976	KCR	@	DET	W 21-7	48	24	4	1	2	20	4	0	5	0	0	53	36	7	0	1	0	0	.500	.528	.750	1.278
2	Twins	18	9/10/1976	MIN	vs	KCR	W 18-3	38	18	3	1	1	16	14	0	2	1	0	55	26	5	1	2	1	1	.474	.593	.684	1.277
3	Twins	18	9/5/1976	MIN	vs	CWS	W 18-1	43	22	4	1	2	17	7	0	0	2	1	52	34	7	1	1	0	0	.512	.569	.791	1.359
4	Phillies	18	4/17/1976	PHI	@	CHC	W 18-16	50	24	1	2	6	18	3	0	5	0	0	56	47	9	1	2	0	1	.480	.491	.940	1.431
5	Brewers	17	9/7/1976	MIL	vs	CLE	W 17-4	42	20	6	0	1	14	8	1	8	0	0	51	29	7	0	0	1	1	.476	.569	.690	1.259
6	Twins	17	7/24/1976	MIN	@	CWS	W 17-2	42	17	3	1	3	15	11	0	6	0	1	56	31	7	1	2	0	0	.405	.509	.738	1.247
7	Royals	17	5/12/1976	KCR	vs	MIN	W 17-5	43	22	5	1	0	16	4	0	5	1	0	50	29	6	0	3	0	1	.512	.520	.674	1.194
8	Mets	17	4/17/1976	NYM	@	PIT	W 17-1	48	21	6	0	2	17	2	0	5	0	1	51	33	8	1	0	0	0	.438	.460	.688	1.148
9	Royals	16	9/12/1976	KCR	@	MIN	W 16-6	43	14	5	1	0	15	4	1	8	1	1	49	21	6	0	1	0	0	.326	.388	.488	.876
10	Rangers	16	6/6/1976	TEX	vs	DET	W 16-6	34	16	4	0	0	15	8	2	6	0	0	49	20	4	1	4	0	1	.471	.542	.588	1.130
11	Astros	16	5/30/1976	HOU	@	ATL	W 16-5	49	25	1	1	0	15	2	1	5	0	0	54	28	2	1	1	0	2	.510	.528	.571	1.100
12	Cubs	16	4/17/1976	CHC	vs	PHI	L 16-18	48	19	5	0	3	16	6	3	7	0	0	58	33	8	1	0	1	1	.396	.491	.688	1.179
13	Red Sox	15	8/29/1976	BOS	vs	KCR	W 15-6	39	18	2	1	2	14	1	0	5	0	0	43	28	5	0	3	0	1	.462	.442	.718	1.160
14	Royals	15	8/14/1976	KCR	vs	DET	W 15-3	42	18	4	0	1	13	8	0	2	0	0	51	25	5	0	1	1	0	.429	.510	.595	1.105
15	Tigers	15	8/8/1976	DET	vs	CLE	W 15-5	38	15	4	1	1	14	9	0	2	1	0	47	24	6	0	0	1	1	.395	.511	.632	1.142
16	Twins	15	5/15/1976	MIN	@	CAL	W 15-5	42	17	5	0	1	14	8	1	2	2	0	52	25	6	0	1	0	1	.405	.500	.595	1.095
17	Cardinals	15	4/26/1976	STL	@	SFG	W 15-7	43	16	1	1	0	9	4	2	5	0	0	51	19	2	1	1	1	2	.372	.440	.442	.882
18	Astros	14	9/24/1976	HOU	@	SFG	W 14-5	40	15	2	1	1	13	6	0	5	0	0	48	22	4	0	2	1	1	.375	.438	.550	.988
19	Phillies	14	8/24/1976	PHI	@	ATL	W 14-3	45	17	1	0	1	13	4	0	7	0	1	49	21	2	0	0	0	0	.378	.429	.467	.895
20	Yankees	14	7/20/1976	NYY	@	CWS	W 14-9	40	16	2	0	0	13	9	0	4	0	0	50	18	2	0	1	1	1	.400	.500	.450	.950
21	Astros	14	7/18/1976	HOU	@	MON	W 14-1	47	22	2	1	0	13	6	0	6	0	0	54	26	3	1	0	0	1	.468	.528	.553	1.081
22	White Sox	14	6/25/1976	CWS	@	TEX	W 14-9	39	13	2	0	2	12	5	0	3	0	0	48	21	4	3	1	0	1	.333	.400	.538	.938
23	White Sox	14	6/22/1976	CWS	@	KCR	W 14-8	43	16	2	1	3	14	4	0	3	2	0	48	29	6	0	1	1	0	.372	.417	.674	1.091
24	Phillies	14	6/8/1976	PHI	@	LAD	W 14-2	47	20	3	0	0	13	1	1	2	1	0	49	23	3	0	0	0	0	.426	.449	.489	.938
25	Braves	14	6/6/1976	ATL	@	MON	W 14-8	36	12	2	1	2	13	10	0	8	0	0	50	22	5	2	2	1	0	.333	.458	.611	1.069