largest margin of victory in a game while allowing no runs

The Providence Grays have the highest run differential by a team in a game with exactly 0 runs allowed, with a differential of 28 runs versus the Philadelphia Quakers on August 21, 1883.

Interpreted as:
largest margin of victory in a regular-season game while allowing no runs
TEAM DIFF R DATE TM OPP RESULT ERA SO SHO SV IP H ER HR BB HBP IBB TBF WP K/9 BB/9 K/BB HR/9 K% BB% WHIP BABIP RA H/9
1
Grays
28
0
8/21/1883
PRO
vs
PHN PHN
W
28-0
2 Quakers
Quakers
24
0
6/28/1887
PHN PHN
@
IND
W
24-0
3 Gothams
Gothams
24
0
5/27/1885
NYG NYG
vs
BUF
W
24-0
4 Red Stockings
Red Stockings
23
0
7/6/1883
CIN CIN
vs
BAL BAL
W
23-0
5 Indians
Indians
22
0
8/31/2004
CLE CLE
@
NYY NYY
W
22-0
0.00
6
0
0
9.0
5
0
0
1
0
0
33
0
6.00
1.00
6.00
0.00
18.2
3.0
0.67
.192
0.00
5.00
6 Pirates
Pirates
22
0
9/16/1975
PIT PIT
@
CHC CHC
W
22-0
0.00
7
0
0
9.0
3
0
0
0
0
0
30
0
7.00
0.00
0.00
23.3
0.0
0.33
.130
0.00
3.00
7 Cubs
Cubs
21
0
4/23/2022
CHC CHC
vs
PIT PIT
W
21-0
0.00
5
0
0
9.0
3
0
0
0
0
0
30
0
5.00
0.00
0.00
16.7
0.0
0.33
.120
0.00
3.00
8 Yankees
Yankees
21
0
8/13/1939
NYY NYY
@
PHA PHA
W
21-0
0.00
5
1
0
8.0
3
0
0
3
0
30
0
5.63
3.38
1.67
0.00
16.7
10.0
0.75
.136
0.00
3.38
9 Tigers
Tigers
21
0
9/15/1901
DET DET
vs
CLE CLE
W
21-0
0.00
2
1
0
8.0
6
0
0
1
1
-9
32
0
2.25
1.13
2.00
0.00
6.3
3.1
0.88
.214
0.00
6.75
10
Browns
21
0
5/7/1889
STL
vs
COL
W
21-0
11 Brewers
Brewers
20
0
4/22/2010
MIL MIL
@
PIT PIT
W
20-0
0.00
7
0
0
9.0
8
0
0
3
0
0
37
1
7.00
3.00
2.33
0.00
18.9
8.1
1.22
.296
0.00
8.00
12 Red Stockings
Red Stockings
20
0
8/10/1889
CIN CIN
vs
BAL BAL
W
20-0
13 White Stockings
White Stockings
20
0
5/28/1886
CWS CWS
@
WSH WSH
W
20-0
14 Brewers
Brewers
19
0
9/9/2020
MIL MIL
@
DET DET
W
19-0
0.00
11
0
0
9.0
2
0
0
0
0
0
28
0
11.00
0.00
0.00
39.3
0.0
0.22
.118
0.00
2.00
15 Angels
Angels
19
0
5/10/2002
ANA ANA
vs
CWS CWS
W
19-0
0.00
2
0
0
9.0
3
0
0
2
0
0
30
0
2.00
2.00
1.00
0.00
6.7
6.7
0.56
.115
0.00
3.00
16 Expos
Expos
19
0
7/30/1978
MON MON
@
ATL ATL
W
19-0
0.00
5
1
0
9.0
7
0
0
0
1
0
35
0
5.00
0.00
0.00
14.3
0.0
0.78
.241
0.00
7.00
17 Dodgers
Dodgers
19
0
6/28/1969
LAD LAD
@
SDP SDP
W
19-0
0.00
3
1
0
9.0
5
0
0
2
0
0
33
0
3.00
2.00
1.50
0.00
9.1
6.1
0.78
.179
0.00
5.00
18 Cubs
Cubs
19
0
5/13/1969
CHC CHC
vs
SDP SDP
W
19-0
0.00
10
1
0
9.0
3
0
0
4
0
0
33
0
10.00
4.00
2.50
0.00
30.3
12.1
0.78
.158
0.00
3.00
19 Pirates
Pirates
19
0
8/3/1961
PIT PIT
@
STL STL
W
19-0
0.00
7
1
0
9.0
4
0
0
1
0
0
31
0
7.00
1.00
7.00
0.00
22.6
3.2
0.56
.174
0.00
4.00
20 Indians
Indians
19
0
5/18/1955
CLE CLE
@
BOS BOS
W
19-0
0.00
9
1
0
9.0
3
0
0
3
0
0
33
0
9.00
3.00
3.00
0.00
27.3
9.1
0.67
.143
0.00
3.00
21 Red Sox
Red Sox
19
0
4/30/1950
BSA BSA
vs
PHA PHA
W
19-0
0.00
2
1
0
9.0
5
0
0
2
0
0
32
0
2.00
2.00
1.00
0.00
6.3
6.3
0.78
.179
0.00
5.00
22 Cubs
Cubs
19
0
6/7/1906
CHC CHC
@
NYG NYG
W
19-0
0.00
2
0
1
9.0
4
0
0
7
0
35
0
2.00
7.00
0.29
0.00
5.7
20.0
1.22
.154
0.00
4.00
23 Pirates
Pirates
19
0
7/8/1896
PIT PIT
vs
WSH WSH
W
19-0
24 Pirates
Pirates
19
0
7/15/1893
PIT PIT
vs
WSH WSH
W
19-0
25
Reds
19
0
7/16/1890
BSP
vs
BUF
W
19-0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete team, game-level data for runs allowed going back to the 1901 season.
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NL East W L PCT GB
Mets Mets
23
13
.639
Phillies Phillies
19
15
.559
3.0
NL Central W L PCT GB
Cubs Cubs
22
14
.611
Reds Reds
18
18
.500
4.0
NL West W L PCT GB
Dodgers Dodgers
24
11
.686
Padres Padres
23
11
.676
0.5
AL East W L PCT GB
Yankees Yankees
19
16
.543
Red Sox Red Sox
18
18
.500
1.5
AL Central W L PCT GB
Tigers Tigers
22
13
.629
Guardians Guardians
20
14
.588
1.5
AL West W L PCT GB
Mariners Mariners
20
14
.588
Athletics Athletics
20
16
.556
1.0

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Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sat
4/19
MIA MIA
@
PHI PHI
7-5
Sat
4/19
CWS CWS
@
BOS BOS
8-4
Sat
4/19
SEA SEA
@
TOR TOR
8-3
Sat
4/19
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
4-7
Sat
4/19
AZ AZ
@
CHC CHC
3-2

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
5/6
CLE CLE
@
WSH WSH
3:35 PM
Tue
5/6
CLE CLE
@
WSH WSH
6:35 PM
Tue
5/6
LAD LAD
@
MIA MIA
6:40 PM
Tue
5/6
TEX TEX
@
BOS BOS
6:45 PM
Tue
5/6
PHI PHI
@
TBR TBR
7:05 PM