7 players are tied for the most runs in a game, with 6 runs. The first three are Joe Randa on September 9, 2004, Shawn Green on May 23, 2002 and Edgardo Alfonzo on August 30, 1999.
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highest total scoring by a player MLB regular-season game| NAME | R | DATE | TM | OPP | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | HBP | SO | SB | CS | PA | TB | XBH | SH | SF | IBB | GIDP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | J. Randa | 6 | 9/9/2004 |  KCR | @ |  DET | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 |  | S. Green | 6 | 5/23/2002 |  LAD | @ |  MIL | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 |  | E. Alfonzo | 6 | 8/30/1999 |  NYM | @ |  HOU | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 |  | S. Owen | 6 | 8/21/1986 |  BOS | @ |  CLE | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 |  | F. Torre | 6 | 9/2/1957 |  MIL | @ |  CHC | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | | J. Pesky | 6 | 5/8/1946 |  BSA | vs |  CWS | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7 |  | M. Ott | 6 | 4/30/1944 |  NYG | vs |  BKN | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8 | | M. Ott | 6 | 8/4/1934 | NYG | @ |  PHN | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9 |  | M. Moniak | 5 | 6/24/2023 |  LAA | @ |  COL | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 |  | A. GarcÃa | 5 | 4/22/2023 |  TEX | vs |  OAK | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 |  | T. Story | 5 | 5/19/2022 |  BOS | vs |  SEA | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 |  | L. Gurriel Jr. | 5 | 9/12/2021 |  TOR | @ |  BAL | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 |  | L. UrÃas | 5 | 8/12/2021 |  MIL | @ |  CHC | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 |  | T. Pham | 5 | 7/16/2021 |  SDP | @ |  WSH | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 |  | B. Bichette | 5 | 6/13/2021 | TOR | @ | BOS | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | | C. Taylor | 5 | 5/2/2021 | LAD | @ | MIL | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 |  | J. Abreu | 5 | 9/12/2020 | CWS | vs | DET | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | | A. Duvall | 5 | 9/9/2020 |  ATL | vs |  MIA | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 |  | D. Swanson | 5 | 9/9/2020 | ATL | vs | MIA | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 |  | A. Riley | 5 | 9/9/2020 | ATL | vs | MIA | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 |  | A. Dickerson | 5 | 9/1/2020 |  SFG | @ | COL | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 |  | G. Springer | 5 | 5/12/2019 |  HOU | vs | TEX | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 |  | M. Carpenter | 5 | 6/26/2018 |  STL | vs | CLE | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 |  | J. Candelario | 5 | 4/25/2018 | DET | @ |  PIT | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 |  | M. Betts | 5 | 4/10/2018 | BOS | vs |  NYY | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for runs going back to the 1901 season.
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