Before 1920, 25 players were tied for the most runs in a game, with 5 runs. The first three are Tristram Speaker on August 11, 1919, Ty Cobb on July 30, 1917 and Harry Hooper on June 24, 1915.
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most runs by a player in a regular-season game before 1920| NAME | R | DATE | TM | OPP | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | HBP | SO | SB | CS | PA | TB | XBH | SH | SF | IBB | GIDP | |||
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| 1 |  | T. Speaker | 5 | 8/11/1919 |  CLE | @ |  NYY | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2 |  | T. Cobb | 5 | 7/30/1917 |  DET | @ |  WSH | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 3 | | H. Hooper | 5 | 6/24/1915 |  BSA | @ | WSH | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 4 | | M. Carey | 5 | 9/3/1914 |  PTN | @ |  SLN | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 5 | | J. Walsh | 5 | 9/23/1913 |  PHA | vs | DET | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 6 | | M. Carey | 5 | 7/25/1913 | PIT | vs |  PHN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 7 | | B. Becker | 5 | 5/15/1913 |  CIN | @ |  BSN | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 8 | | M. Huggins | 5 | 7/6/1912 | SLN | vs |  CHC | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 9 | | J. Titus | 5 | 6/4/1912 | PHN | vs | PIT | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 10 | | R. Zeider | 5 | 10/8/1911 |  CWS | vs |  CLE | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 11 | | J. Sheckard | 5 | 6/11/1911 | CHC | vs |  BSN | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 12 | | C. Seymour | 5 | 8/11/1909 |  NYG | @ | SLN | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 13 | | G. Schaefer | 5 | 7/17/1908 | DET | @ | PHA | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 14 | | B. Ganley | 5 | 7/17/1907 | WSH | @ | DET | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 15 | | D. Altizer | 5 | 7/2/1906 | WSH | vs |  BSA | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 16 | | M. Huggins | 5 | 8/5/1905 | CIN | vs |  BKN | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 17 | | C. Seymour | 5 | 7/23/1904 | CIN | vs |  BSN | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| 18 | | B. Bradley | 5 | 7/13/1904 |  CLE | @ | NYH | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 19 | | J. Donahue | 5 | 6/27/1904 | CWS | @ | DET | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 20 | | D. Jones | 5 | 5/3/1904 |  CHC | vs | PIT | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 21 | | G. Beaumont | 5 | 7/16/1903 | PIT | vs | NYG | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 22 | | H. Bay | 5 | 9/2/1902 | CLE | vs |  BAL | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 23 | | B. Bradley | 5 | 9/2/1902 | CLE | vs | BAL | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 24 | | H. McFarland | 5 | 8/25/1902 | BAL | vs |  CWS | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 25 | | W. Keeler | 5 | 4/24/1902 | BKN | @ | PHN | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for runs going back to the 1901 season.
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