most runs in a single game by a team ever

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

Interpreted as:
most runs in a single regular-season game by a team ever
TEAM R DATE TM OPP RESULT AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HBP SO SB CS PA TB XBH SH SF IBB GIDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
1 Colts
Colts
36
6/29/1897
CHI CHI
vs
LOU
W
36-7
2 White Stockings
White Stockings
35
7/24/1882
CWS CWS
vs
CLE
W
35-4
3 White Stockings
White Stockings
31
7/3/1883
CWS CWS
vs
BUF
W
31-7
4 Rangers
Rangers
30
8/22/2007
TEX TEX
@
BAL BAL
W
30-3
57
29
2
0
6
30
8
0
11
0
0
65
49
8
0
0
0
0
.509
.569
.860
1.429
5 Reds
Reds
30
6/18/1893
CIN CIN
vs
LOU
W
30-12
6 Brewers
Brewers
30
9/10/1891
MIL MIL
vs
WSH WSH
W
30-3
7
Athletics
30
6/26/1890
PHP
@
BUF
W
30-12
8 Beaneaters
Beaneaters
30
6/9/1883
BSN BSN
vs
DET
W
30-8
9 White Stockings
White Stockings
30
7/22/1876
CWS CWS
vs
LOU
W
30-7
10 Braves
Braves
29
9/9/2020
ATL ATL
vs
MIA MIA
W
29-9
47
23
2
0
7
28
9
1
9
2
0
58
46
9
0
1
0
0
.489
.569
.979
1.548
11 White Sox
White Sox
29
4/23/1955
CWS CWS
@
KCA KCA
W
29-6
54
29
5
0
7
28
6
1
4
1
1
63
55
12
0
2
1
0
.537
.571
1.019
1.590
12 Red Sox
Red Sox
29
6/8/1950
BSA BSA
vs
SLA SLA
W
29-4
53
28
9
1
7
29
11
0
2
0
0
64
60
17
0
0
0
.528
.609
1.132
1.741
13 Phillies
Phillies
29
8/17/1894
PHI PHI
vs
LOU
W
29-4
14 Giants
Giants
29
6/15/1887
NYG NYG
vs
PHN PHN
W
29-1
15 Beaneaters
Beaneaters
29
6/20/1883
BSN BSN
vs
PHN PHN
W
29-4
16 Blue Jays
Blue Jays
28
7/22/2022
TOR TOR
@
BOS BOS
W
28-5
57
29
5
0
5
28
5
1
9
0
0
63
49
10
0
0
0
0
.509
.556
.860
1.415
17 Cardinals
Cardinals
28
7/6/1929
SLN SLN
@
PHN PHN
W
28-6
53
28
4
1
2
25
9
1
1
0
0
65
40
7
2
.528
.603
.755
1.358
18 Beaneaters
Beaneaters
28
9/3/1896
BSN BSN
vs
STL STL
W
28-7
19 Colts
Colts
28
8/25/1891
CHI CHI
vs
BKN BKN
W
28-5
20
Ward's Wonders
28
7/12/1890
BKP
vs
BUF
W
28-16
21 Athletics
Athletics
28
4/23/1888
PHA PHA
vs
CLE
W
28-7
22 Beaneaters
Beaneaters
28
8/27/1887
BSN BSN
vs
PIT PIT
W
28-14
23
Browns
28
4/30/1887
STL
vs
CLE
W
28-11
24
Grays
28
8/21/1883
PRO
vs
PHN PHN
W
28-0
25
Dark Blues
28
5/13/1876
HAR
vs
NYM NYM
W
28-3
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete team, game-level data for runs going back to the 1901 season.
Some of the information used here was obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.

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