most runs allowed by a starting pitcher in a game

Allan Travers has allowed the most runs by a starting pitcher in a game, with 24 runs versus the Philadelphia Athletics on May 18, 1912.

Interpreted as:
most runs allowed by a starting pitcher in a regular-season game
NAME R DATE TM OPP DEC GS ERA SO CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP
1 Allan Travers
A. Travers
24
5/18/1912
DET DET
@
PHA PHA
L
1
1
1
0
0
8.0
26
0
7
0
0
52
0
2 Jack Katoll
J. Katoll
23
9/2/1902
BAL BAL
@
CLE CLE
L
1
9.00
0
1
0
0
8.0
23
8
1
3
0
0
56
0
3 George Leclair
G. Leclair
21
8/16/1914
PTF
@
IND
L
1
22.50
0
1
0
0
8.0
24
20
0
8
0
0
51
0
4 Jack Bracken
J. Bracken
21
9/15/1901
CLE CLE
@
DET DET
L
1
20.57
1
1
0
0
7.0
24
16
1
3
2
0
49
1
5 Doc Parker
D. Parker
21
6/21/1901
CIN CIN
@
BKN BKN
L
1
15.75
0
1
0
0
8.0
26
14
1
2
0
0
51
1
6 Roy Patterson
R. Patterson
21
5/5/1901
CWS CWS
@
MIL MIL
L
1
14.00
2
1
0
0
9.0
25
14
1
2
0
0
57
0
7 Tom Sheehan
T. Sheehan
20
9/29/1915
PHA PHA
@
WSH WSH
L
1
13.50
3
1
0
0
8.0
23
12
0
4
1
0
52
0
8 Bob Groom
B. Groom
20
5/11/1911
WSH WSH
@
CWS CWS
L
1
4
1
0
0
8.0
21
1
2
2
0
51
1
9 Al Orth
A. Orth
19
5/7/1903
WSH WSH
@
PHA PHA
L
1
11.25
3
1
0
0
8.0
22
10
2
4
0
0
53
1
10 Bill Phillips
B. Phillips
19
6/24/1901
CIN CIN
@
PHN PHN
L
1
11.25
4
1
0
0
8.0
22
10
1
4
0
0
54
1
11 Cy Falkenberg
C. Falkenberg
18
8/16/1910
CLE CLE
vs
PHA PHA
L
1
5
1
0
0
9.0
23
0
2
0
0
50
1
12 Burt Keeley
B. Keeley
18
8/8/1908
WSH WSH
@
DET DET
L
1
5
1
0
0
8.0
22
0
3
0
0
49
2
13 Archie Stimmel
A. Stimmel
18
9/23/1901
CIN CIN
vs
BKN BKN
L
1
12.60
1
0
0
0
5.0
20
7
2
1
0
0
0
14 Hod Lisenbee
H. Lisenbee
17
9/11/1936
PHA PHA
@
CWS CWS
L
1
15.75
1
1
0
0
8.0
26
14
2
4
0
0
51
1
15 Howard Ehmke
H. Ehmke
17
9/28/1923
BSA BSA
vs
NYY NYY
L
1
24.00
6
0
0
0
6.0
21
16
2
4
0
0
42
0
16 Ed Lafitte
E. Lafitte
17
10/8/1911
DET DET
@
SLA SLA
L
1
2
1
0
0
8.0
21
0
1
0
0
47
1
17 Bill Duggleby
B. Duggleby
17
9/19/1903
PHN PHN
@
CIN CIN
L
1
2
1
0
0
8.0
19
0
4
0
0
46
0
18 Mike O'Neill
M. O'Neill
17
5/31/1903
SLN SLN
@
CHC CHC
L
1
3
1
0
0
8.0
17
0
3
0
0
46
0
19 Jack Harper
J. Harper
17
6/30/1902
SLA SLA
vs
CLE CLE
L
1
13.00
4
1
0
0
9.0
13
13
3
9
0
0
50
0
20 Pete Dowling
P. Dowling
17
8/12/1901
CLE CLE
vs
CWS CWS
L
1
13.00
1
1
0
0
9.0
18
13
0
5
2
0
50
0
21 Casey Patten
C. Patten
17
7/24/1901
WSH WSH
@
CWS CWS
L
1
16.88
1
1
0
0
8.0
20
15
0
4
0
0
52
0
22 Roscoe Miller
R. Miller
17
6/24/1901
DET DET
@
BAL BAL
L
1
15.75
0
1
0
0
8.0
22
14
0
3
2
0
50
0
23 Chubby Dean
C. Dean
16
9/28/1940
PHA PHA
@
BSA BSA
L
1
15.75
1
1
0
0
8.0
19
14
1
5
0
0
47
2
24 Flint Rhem
F. Rhem
16
8/4/1933
PHN PHN
vs
NYG NYG
L
1
16.88
1
0
0
0
8.0
21
15
0
3
1
0
47
0
25 Hugh McQuillan
H. McQuillan
16
9/11/1927
BSN BSN
@
CIN CIN
L
1
20.25
2
0
0
0
6.2
17
15
1
3
0
0
39
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for runs allowed going back to the 1901 season.
Some of the information used here was obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
6/12
DET DET
@
BAL BAL
6:35 PM
Fri
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CIN CIN
@
DET DET
7:10 PM
Sat
6/14
CIN CIN
@
DET DET
1:10 PM
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6/15
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@
DET DET
12:05 PM
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DET DET
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Cardinals Cardinals
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Mon
5/26
CIN CIN
@
KCR KCR
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Mon
5/26
ATH ATH
@
HOU HOU
1-11
Mon
5/26
PIT PIT
@
AZ AZ
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CLE CLE
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NYM NYM
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
6/12
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@
NYM NYM
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Thu
6/12
TEX TEX
@
MIN MIN
1:10 PM
Thu
6/12
SFG SFG
@
COL COL
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Thu
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DET DET
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BAL BAL
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KCR KCR
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