most runs allowed in a complete game

Allan Travers has allowed the most runs in a complete game, with 24 runs against the Philadelphia Athletics on May 18, 1912.

Interpreted as:
most runs allowed in a regular-season complete game by a player
NAME R CG DATE TM OPP DEC GS ERA SO SHO SV IP H ER HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP
1 Allan Travers
A. Travers
24
1
5/18/1912
DET DET
@
PHA PHA
L
1
1
0
0
8.0
26
0
7
0
0
52
0
2 Jack Katoll
J. Katoll
23
1
9/2/1902
BAL BAL
@
CLE CLE
L
1
9.00
0
0
0
8.0
23
8
1
3
0
0
56
0
3 George Leclair
G. Leclair
21
1
8/16/1914
PTF
@
IND
L
1
22.50
0
0
0
8.0
24
20
0
8
0
0
51
0
4 Jack Bracken
J. Bracken
21
1
9/15/1901
CLE CLE
@
DET DET
L
1
20.57
1
0
0
7.0
24
16
1
3
2
0
49
1
5 Doc Parker
D. Parker
21
1
6/21/1901
CIN CIN
@
BKN BKN
L
1
15.75
0
0
0
8.0
26
14
1
2
0
0
51
1
6 Roy Patterson
R. Patterson
21
1
5/5/1901
CWS CWS
@
MIL MIL
L
1
14.00
2
0
0
9.0
25
14
1
2
0
0
57
0
7 Tom Sheehan
T. Sheehan
20
1
9/29/1915
PHA PHA
@
WSH WSH
L
1
13.50
3
0
0
8.0
23
12
0
4
1
0
52
0
8 Bob Groom
B. Groom
20
1
5/11/1911
WSH WSH
@
CWS CWS
L
1
4
0
0
8.0
21
1
2
2
0
51
1
9 Al Orth
A. Orth
19
1
5/7/1903
WSH WSH
@
PHA PHA
L
1
11.25
3
0
0
8.0
22
10
2
4
0
0
53
1
10 Bill Phillips
B. Phillips
19
1
6/24/1901
CIN CIN
@
PHN PHN
L
1
11.25
4
0
0
8.0
22
10
1
4
0
0
54
1
11 Cy Falkenberg
C. Falkenberg
18
1
8/16/1910
CLE CLE
vs
PHA PHA
L
1
5
0
0
9.0
23
0
2
0
0
50
1
12 Burt Keeley
B. Keeley
18
1
8/8/1908
WSH WSH
@
DET DET
L
1
5
0
0
8.0
22
0
3
0
0
49
2
13 Hod Lisenbee
H. Lisenbee
17
1
9/11/1936
PHA PHA
@
CWS CWS
L
1
15.75
1
0
0
8.0
26
14
2
4
0
0
51
1
14 Ed Lafitte
E. Lafitte
17
1
10/8/1911
DET DET
@
SLA SLA
L
1
2
0
0
8.0
21
0
1
0
0
47
1
15 Bill Duggleby
B. Duggleby
17
1
9/19/1903
PHN PHN
@
CIN CIN
L
1
2
0
0
8.0
19
0
4
0
0
46
0
16 Mike O'Neill
M. O'Neill
17
1
5/31/1903
SLN SLN
@
CHC CHC
L
1
3
0
0
8.0
17
0
3
0
0
46
0
17 Jack Harper
J. Harper
17
1
6/30/1902
SLA SLA
vs
CLE CLE
L
1
13.00
4
0
0
9.0
13
13
3
9
0
0
50
0
18 Pete Dowling
P. Dowling
17
1
8/12/1901
CLE CLE
vs
CWS CWS
L
1
13.00
1
0
0
9.0
18
13
0
5
2
0
50
0
19 Casey Patten
C. Patten
17
1
7/24/1901
WSH WSH
@
CWS CWS
L
1
16.88
1
0
0
8.0
20
15
0
4
0
0
52
0
20 Roscoe Miller
R. Miller
17
1
6/24/1901
DET DET
@
BAL BAL
L
1
15.75
0
0
0
8.0
22
14
0
3
2
0
50
0
21 Chubby Dean
C. Dean
16
1
9/28/1940
PHA PHA
@
BSA BSA
L
1
15.75
1
0
0
8.0
19
14
1
5
0
0
47
2
22 Ted Lyons
T. Lyons
16
1
7/21/1924
CWS CWS
@
WSH WSH
L
1
15.75
3
0
0
8.0
18
14
0
5
0
0
48
0
23 Elmer Myers
E. Myers
16
1
8/21/1917
PHA PHA
@
CLE CLE
L
1
14.63
1
0
0
8.0
21
13
0
4
0
0
48
1
24 Charlie Wheatley
C. Wheatley
16
1
9/27/1912
DET DET
@
CLE CLE
L
1
2
0
0
8.0
21
1
5
1
0
46
5
25 Harry Coveleski
H. Coveleski
16
1
9/28/1910
CIN CIN
@
NYG NYG
L
1
3
0
0
8.0
14
1
11
2
0
48
1
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for complete games and runs allowed going back to the 1901 season.
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