most earned runs allowed in a game

George Leclair has given up the most earned runs in a game, with 20 earned runs against the Indianapolis Hoosiers on August 16, 1914.

Interpreted as:
most earned runs allowed by a player in a regular-season game
NAMEERDATETMOPPDECGSERASOCGSHOSVIPHRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWP
1George Leclair
G. Leclair
20
8/16/1914
@
L
1
22.50
0
1
0
0
8.0
24
21
0
8
0
0
51
0
2Howard Ehmke
H. Ehmke
16
9/28/1923
vs
L
1
24.00
6
0
0
0
6.0
21
17
2
4
0
0
42
0
3Jack Bracken
J. Bracken
16
9/15/1901
@
L
1
20.57
1
1
0
0
7.0
24
21
1
3
2
0
49
1
4Bob Feller
B. Feller
15
8/26/1938
@
L
1
19.29
7
0
0
0
7.0
15
15
2
9
0
0
44
1
5Slick Castleman
S. Castleman
15
6/9/1936
@
L
1
16.88
2
1
0
0
8.0
18
15
1
3
0
0
45
1
6Flint Rhem
F. Rhem
15
8/4/1933
vs
L
1
16.88
1
0
0
0
8.0
21
16
0
3
1
0
47
0
7Hugh McQuillan
H. McQuillan
15
9/11/1927
@
L
1
20.25
2
0
0
0
6.2
17
16
1
3
0
0
39
0
8Nelson Greene
N. Greene
15
6/20/1925
@
0
20.25
0
0
0
0
6.2
18
15
3
3
0
1
40
1
9Win Noyes
W. Noyes
15
9/5/1919
vs
L
1
19.29
3
0
0
0
7.0
22
15
1
2
1
0
43
0
10Jack Katoll
J. Katoll
15
9/12/1902
vs
L
1
15.00
0
1
0
0
9.0
23
15
0
1
0
0
49
0
11Jim Hughes
J. Hughes
15
8/20/1902
@
L
1
16.88
3
1
0
0
8.0
21
15
1
3
0
0
45
0
12Al Maul
A. Maul
15
9/5/1901
vs
L
1
15.00
3
1
0
0
9.0
22
15
1
5
0
0
52
0
13Casey Patten
C. Patten
15
7/24/1901
@
L
1
16.88
1
1
0
0
8.0
20
17
0
4
0
0
52
0
14Vin Mazzaro
V. Mazzaro
14
5/16/2011
vs
0
54.00
2
0
0
0
2.1
11
14
1
3
0
0
0
21
1
15Mike Oquist
M. Oquist
14
8/3/1998
vs
L
1
25.20
3
0
0
0
5.0
16
14
4
3
0
0
0
32
0
16Bill Travers
B. Travers
14
8/14/1977
@
L
1
16.43
4
0
0
0
7.2
18
14
2
4
1
0
0
45
2
17Al Jurisich
A. Jurisich
14
6/28/1947
@
L
1
15.75
1
1
0
0
8.0
16
14
3
6
0
0
46
0
18Les McCrabb
L. McCrabb
14
4/16/1942
@
0
31.50
0
0
0
0
4.0
14
14
2
2
1
1
29
1
19Chubby Dean
C. Dean
14
9/28/1940
@
L
1
15.75
1
1
0
0
8.0
19
16
1
5
0
0
47
2
20Carl Doyle
C. Doyle
14
6/8/1940
@
0
31.50
2
0
0
0
4.0
16
14
1
4
4
0
36
2
21Jim Walkup
J. Walkup
14
7/25/1937
vs
L
1
15.75
3
0
0
0
8.0
16
14
1
5
0
0
44
1
22Hod Lisenbee
H. Lisenbee
14
9/11/1936
@
L
1
15.75
1
1
0
0
8.0
26
17
2
4
0
0
51
1
23Dutch Schesler
D. Schesler
14
7/11/1931
vs
0
15.75
1
0
0
0
8.0
22
16
4
0
1
1
48
0
24Johnny Miljus
J. Miljus
14
7/25/1929
@
L
1
42.00
0
0
0
0
3.0
13
14
3
3
0
0
25
0
25Ted Lyons
T. Lyons
14
7/21/1924
@
L
1
15.75
3
1
0
0
8.0
18
16
0
5
0
0
48
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for earned runs going back to the 1923 season.
Some of the information used here was obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.

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