The Kansas City Royals, the New York Yankees and the Detroit Tigers were tied for the most runs in a game in 1982, with 18 runs.

Interpreted as:

MLB team most run in a regular-season game 1982

	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	18	9/12/1982	KCR	vs	MIN	W 18-7	42	20	5	0	4	17	7	0	7	3	0	51	37	9	0	2	1	0	.476	.529	.881	1.410
2	Yankees	18	9/5/1982	NYY	@	KCR	W 18-7	43	15	3	1	4	15	8	0	2	0	0	51	32	8	0	0	0	0	.349	.451	.744	1.195
3	Tigers	18	7/15/1982	DET	@	MIN	W 18-2	47	19	8	0	3	18	5	0	7	0	0	53	36	11	0	1	0	1	.404	.453	.766	1.219
4	Royals	17	5/11/1982	KCR	vs	MIL	W 17-3	43	21	6	0	3	17	4	0	2	0	0	48	36	9	1	0	0	1	.488	.532	.837	1.369
5	Giants	16	8/18/1982	SFG	@	PIT	W 16-9	42	16	4	1	3	16	4	0	7	1	0	47	31	8	0	1	0	1	.381	.426	.738	1.164
6	White Sox	16	7/11/1982	CWS	@	TOR	W 16-7	41	17	4	0	4	16	6	0	4	0	0	48	33	8	0	1	0	2	.415	.479	.805	1.284
7	Expos	16	7/4/1982	MON	@	PIT	W 16-6	49	21	8	1	1	16	5	0	3	0	0	57	34	10	0	3	0	0	.429	.456	.694	1.150
8	Dodgers	15	10/2/1982	LAD	@	SFG	W 15-2	43	17	2	0	3	15	5	0	9	0	0	49	28	5	0	1	1	0	.395	.449	.651	1.100
9	Brewers	15	9/24/1982	MIL	vs	BAL	W 15-6	42	18	4	0	2	14	5	0	3	0	0	47	28	6	0	0	0	1	.429	.489	.667	1.156
10	Pirates	15	9/14/1982	PIT	vs	CHC	W 15-5	33	13	2	0	2	15	7	0	8	0	1	44	21	4	1	3	0	0	.394	.465	.636	1.101
11	Phillies	15	8/14/1982	PHI	@	MON	W 15-11	43	19	8	0	1	13	7	0	4	0	0	52	30	9	1	1	1	1	.442	.510	.698	1.207
12	Angels	15	7/16/1982	CAL	@	CLE	W 15-0	41	14	3	1	1	14	7	3	3	0	0	51	22	5	0	0	0	0	.341	.471	.537	1.007
13	Cardinals	15	6/29/1982	STL	@	PHI	W 15-3	41	17	3	1	2	15	5	0	7	0	1	48	28	6	1	1	0	0	.415	.468	.683	1.151
14	Indians	15	5/7/1982	CLE	@	OAK	W 15-6	44	19	2	2	1	15	7	0	5	0	0	51	28	5	0	0	1	1	.432	.510	.636	1.146
15	Brewers	15	4/9/1982	MIL	@	TOR	W 15-4	40	16	3	0	1	15	11	1	6	0	0	54	22	4	1	1	1	2	.400	.528	.550	1.078
16	Brewers	14	9/19/1982	MIL	vs	NYY	W 14-1	38	15	5	1	2	14	2	0	3	0	0	42	28	8	0	2	0	0	.395	.405	.737	1.142
17	Brewers	14	9/17/1982	MIL	vs	NYY	W 14-0	37	15	2	1	2	12	5	0	3	0	0	44	25	5	0	2	0	1	.405	.455	.676	1.130
18	Yankees	14	9/11/1982	NYY	vs	MIL	W 14-2	40	18	4	1	2	14	3	1	4	0	0	45	30	7	0	1	0	0	.450	.489	.750	1.239
19	White Sox	14	8/31/1982	CWS	vs	CLE	W 14-6	40	15	3	1	2	10	4	0	7	2	0	44	26	6	0	0	2	1	.375	.432	.650	1.082
20	Indians	14	8/24/1982	CLE	vs	CWS	W 14-7	40	16	5	0	1	13	5	0	4	2	0	46	24	6	1	0	0	0	.400	.467	.600	1.067
21	White Sox	14	8/3/1982	CWS	@	NYY	W 14-2	44	19	2	1	3	14	6	0	6	0	0	51	32	6	0	1	1	0	.432	.490	.727	1.217
22	Brewers	14	7/2/1982	MIL	vs	BOS	W 14-5	43	17	2	0	4	14	1	0	2	1	0	44	31	6	0	0	1	0	.395	.409	.721	1.130
23	Pirates	14	6/26/1982	PIT	@	MON	W 14-5	47	19	2	0	0	11	3	0	6	0	0	50	21	2	0	0	1	1	.404	.440	.447	.887
24	Royals	14	6/6/1982	KCR	@	NYY	W 14-1	47	22	5	1	1	14	5	0	11	0	1	52	32	7	0	0	0	0	.468	.519	.681	1.200
25	Royals	14	5/29/1982	KCR	@	TEX	W 14-1	45	19	0	1	0	13	6	0	7	0	1	52	21	1	0	1	0	1	.422	.481	.467	.947