most runs given up by a team in a mlb game

The Louisville Colonels have given up the most runs by a team in a game, with 36 runs against the Chicago Colts on June 29, 1897.

Interpreted as:
most runs given up by a team in a MLB regular-season game
TEAM R DATE TM OPP RESULT ERA SO SHO SV IP H ER HR BB HBP IBB TBF WP K/9 BB/9 K/BB HR/9 K% BB% WHIP BABIP RA H/9
1
Colonels
36
6/29/1897
LOU
@
CHI CHI
L
7-36
2
Blues
35
7/24/1882
CLE
@
CWS CWS
L
4-35
3
Bisons
31
7/3/1883
BUF
@
CWS CWS
L
7-31
4 Orioles
Orioles
30
8/22/2007
BAL BAL
vs
TEX TEX
L
3-30
30.00
11
0
0
9.0
29
30
6
8
0
0
65
1
11.00
8.00
1.38
6.00
16.9
12.3
4.11
.575
30.00
29.00
5
Colonels
30
6/18/1893
LOU
@
CIN CIN
L
12-30
6 Senators
Senators
30
9/10/1891
WSH WSH
@
MIL MIL
L
3-30
7
Bisons
30
6/26/1890
BUF
vs
PHP
L
12-30
8
Wolverines
30
6/9/1883
DET
@
BSN BSN
L
8-30
9
Grays
30
7/22/1876
LOU
@
CWS CWS
L
7-30
10 Marlins
Marlins
29
9/9/2020
MIA MIA
@
ATL ATL
L
9-29
30.38
9
0
0
8.0
23
27
7
9
1
0
58
0
10.13
10.13
1.00
7.88
15.5
15.5
4.00
.500
32.63
25.88
11 Athletics
Athletics
29
4/23/1955
KCA KCA
vs
CWS CWS
L
6-29
27.00
4
0
0
9.0
29
27
7
6
1
1
63
1
4.00
6.00
0.67
7.00
6.3
9.5
3.89
.489
29.00
29.00
12 Browns
Browns
29
6/8/1950
SLA SLA
@
BSA BSA
L
4-29
29.25
2
0
0
8.0
28
26
7
11
0
0
64
0
2.25
12.38
0.18
7.88
3.1
17.2
4.88
.477
32.63
31.50
13
Colonels
29
8/17/1894
LOU
@
PHI PHI
L
4-29
14 Quakers
Quakers
29
6/15/1887
PHN PHN
@
NYG NYG
L
1-29
15 Quakers
Quakers
29
6/20/1883
PHN PHN
@
BSN BSN
L
4-29
16 Red Sox
Red Sox
28
7/22/2022
BOS BOS
vs
TOR TOR
L
5-28
27.00
9
0
0
9.0
29
27
5
5
1
0
63
2
9.00
5.00
1.80
5.00
14.3
7.9
3.78
.558
28.00
29.00
17 Phillies
Phillies
28
7/6/1929
PHN PHN
vs
SLN SLN
L
6-28
0.00
1
0
0
9.0
28
0
2
9
1
65
0
1.00
9.00
0.11
2.00
1.5
13.8
4.11
.500
28.00
28.00
18 Browns
Browns
28
9/3/1896
STL STL
@
BSN BSN
L
7-28
19 Grooms
Grooms
28
8/25/1891
BKN BKN
@
CHI CHI
L
5-28
20
Bisons
28
7/12/1890
BUF
@
BKP
L
16-28
21
Spiders
28
4/23/1888
CLE
@
PHA PHA
L
7-28
22 Alleghenys
Alleghenys
28
8/27/1887
PIT PIT
@
BSN BSN
L
14-28
23
Spiders
28
4/30/1887
CLE
@
STL
L
11-28
24 Quakers
Quakers
28
8/21/1883
PHN PHN
@
PRO
L
0-28
25 Mutuals
Mutuals
28
5/13/1876
NYM NYM
@
HAR
L
3-28
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete team, 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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NL East W L PCT GB
Mets Mets
48
34
.585
Phillies Phillies
47
34
.580
0.5
NL Central W L PCT GB
Cubs Cubs
48
33
.593
Brewers Brewers
45
36
.556
3.0
NL West W L PCT GB
Dodgers Dodgers
51
31
.622
Padres Padres
44
36
.550
6.0
AL East W L PCT GB
Yankees Yankees
46
34
.575
Rays Rays
46
35
.568
0.5
AL Central W L PCT GB
Tigers Tigers
51
31
.622
Guardians Guardians
40
39
.506
9.5
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Astros Astros
48
33
.593
Mariners Mariners
41
39
.513
6.5

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DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Tue
6/10
CHC CHC
@
PHI PHI
2-7
Tue
6/10
TOR TOR
@
STL STL
5-2
Tue
6/10
DET DET
@
BAL BAL
1-10
Tue
6/10
SFG SFG
@
COL COL
10-7
Wed
6/11
WSH WSH
@
NYM NYM
3-4

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
6/27
NYM NYM
@
PIT PIT
6:40 PM
Fri
6/27
ATH ATH
@
NYY NYY
7:05 PM
Fri
6/27
TBR TBR
@
BAL BAL
7:05 PM
Fri
6/27
STL STL
@
CLE CLE
7:10 PM
Fri
6/27
MIN MIN
@
DET DET
7:10 PM