most earned runs in a complete game with fewer than 100 pitches

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

Interpreted as:
most earned runs in a regular-season complete game by a player with fewer than 100 pitches
NAME ER CG DATE TM OPP DEC GS ERA SO SHO SV IP H R HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP
1 George Leclair
G. Leclair
20
1
8/16/1914
PTF
@
IND
L
1
22.50
0
0
0
8.0
24
21
0
8
0
0
51
0
2 Jack Bracken
J. Bracken
16
1
9/15/1901
CLE CLE
@
DET DET
L
1
20.57
1
0
0
7.0
24
21
1
3
2
0
49
1
3 Slick Castleman
S. Castleman
15
1
6/9/1936
NYG NYG
@
CIN CIN
L
1
16.88
2
0
0
8.0
18
15
1
3
0
0
45
1
4 Jack Katoll
J. Katoll
15
1
9/12/1902
BAL BAL
vs
WSH WSH
L
1
15.00
0
0
0
9.0
23
15
0
1
0
0
49
0
5 Jim Hughes
J. Hughes
15
1
8/20/1902
BKN BKN
@
CIN CIN
L
1
16.88
3
0
0
8.0
21
15
1
3
0
0
45
0
6 Al Maul
A. Maul
15
1
9/5/1901
NYG NYG
vs
PIT PIT
L
1
15.00
3
0
0
9.0
22
15
1
5
0
0
52
0
7 Casey Patten
C. Patten
15
1
7/24/1901
WSH WSH
@
CWS CWS
L
1
16.88
1
0
0
8.0
20
17
0
4
0
0
52
0
8 Al Jurisich
A. Jurisich
14
1
6/28/1947
PHN PHN
@
NYG NYG
L
1
15.75
1
0
0
8.0
16
14
3
6
0
0
46
0
9 Chubby Dean
C. Dean
14
1
9/28/1940
PHA PHA
@
BSA BSA
L
1
15.75
1
0
0
8.0
19
16
1
5
0
0
47
2
10 Hod Lisenbee
H. Lisenbee
14
1
9/11/1936
PHA PHA
@
CWS CWS
L
1
15.75
1
0
0
8.0
26
17
2
4
0
0
51
1
11 Ted Lyons
T. Lyons
14
1
7/21/1924
CWS CWS
@
WSH WSH
L
1
15.75
3
0
0
8.0
18
16
0
5
0
0
48
0
12 Bill Phillips
B. Phillips
14
1
9/24/1901
CIN CIN
vs
BKN BKN
L
1
14.00
3
0
0
9.0
21
16
2
0
1
0
51
0
13 Roscoe Miller
R. Miller
14
1
6/24/1901
DET DET
@
BAL BAL
L
1
15.75
0
0
0
8.0
22
17
0
3
2
0
50
0
14 Doc Parker
D. Parker
14
1
6/21/1901
CIN CIN
@
BKN BKN
L
1
15.75
0
0
0
8.0
26
21
1
2
0
0
51
1
15 Roy Patterson
R. Patterson
14
1
5/5/1901
CWS CWS
@
MIL MIL
L
1
14.00
2
0
0
9.0
25
21
1
2
0
0
57
0
16 Luke Hamlin
L. Hamlin
13
1
9/4/1944
PHA PHA
@
NYY NYY
L
1
14.63
4
0
0
8.0
19
14
4
1
0
0
41
0
17 Firpo Marberry
F. Marberry
13
1
5/30/1932
WSH WSH
@
PHA PHA
L
1
14.63
3
0
0
8.0
14
13
5
5
0
0
43
0
18 Jack Berly
J. Berly
13
1
5/30/1932
PHN PHN
@
BKN BKN
L
1
14.63
2
0
0
8.0
10
13
3
7
0
0
41
0
19 Bill Sherdel
B. Sherdel
13
1
7/3/1929
SLN SLN
@
PIT PIT
L
1
14.63
2
0
0
8.0
21
13
0
3
0
0
45
0
20 Percy Jones
P. Jones
13
1
8/24/1925
CHC CHC
@
BKN BKN
L
1
14.63
0
0
0
8.0
10
13
2
9
0
0
42
2
21 Carl Mays
C. Mays
13
1
7/17/1923
NYY NYY
@
CLE CLE
L
1
14.63
2
0
0
8.0
20
13
1
4
1
0
44
0
22 Howard Ehmke
H. Ehmke
13
1
6/13/1921
DET DET
@
NYY NYY
L
1
14.63
3
0
0
8.0
16
13
4
4
1
0
45
0
23 Milt Watson
M. Watson
13
1
5/2/1919
PHN PHN
@
NYG NYG
L
1
14.63
2
0
0
8.0
16
14
1
5
1
0
46
0
24 Bill Sherdel
B. Sherdel
13
1
6/25/1918
SLN SLN
@
CHC CHC
L
1
14.63
2
0
0
8.0
12
14
1
6
0
0
41
0
25 Elmer Myers
E. Myers
13
1
8/21/1917
PHA PHA
@
CLE CLE
L
1
14.63
1
0
0
8.0
21
16
0
4
0
0
48
1
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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Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
5/14
TBR TBR
@
TOR TOR
8-3
Wed
5/14
ATH ATH
@
LAD LAD
2-19
Thu
5/15
CWS CWS
@
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5/15
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
5/31
CIN CIN
@
CHC CHC
2:20 PM
Sat
5/31
ATH ATH
@
TOR TOR
3:07 PM
Sat
5/31
CWS CWS
@
BAL BAL
4:05 PM
Sat
5/31
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@
PHI PHI
4:05 PM
Sat
5/31
STL STL
@
TEX TEX
4:05 PM