The Kansas City Athletics put up the most runs by an AL team in a game with >0 games played in 1961, with 20 runs against the Twins on April 25, 1961.

Interpreted as:

team most runs in a regular-season game 1961 al

	TEAM	R	G	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	Athletics	20	1	4/25/1961	KCA	vs	MIN	W 20-2	39	16	5	3	0	17	10	0	5	0	0	50	27	8	0	1	1	0	.410	.520	.692	1.212
2	Athletics	17	1	8/31/1961	KCA	@	LAA	W 17-3	45	19	1	1	4	15	5	0	8	1	0	50	34	6	0	0	0	2	.422	.480	.756	1.236
3	Tigers	17	1	8/12/1961	DET	@	MIN	W 17-3	43	17	4	0	1	16	10	0	5	0	0	54	24	5	1	0	1	0	.395	.509	.558	1.068
4	Tigers	17	1	7/23/1961	DET	@	KCA	W 17-14	45	17	4	1	0	15	8	0	5	2	0	54	23	5	0	1	0	0	.378	.463	.511	.974
5	Angels	16	1	7/21/1961	LAA	vs	WSH	W 16-5	43	20	2	1	1	15	8	2	8	2	0	55	27	4	1	1	0	1	.465	.556	.628	1.183
6	Tigers	15	1	7/20/1961	DET	vs	BAL	W 15-8	35	14	3	0	3	15	8	0	6	1	0	44	26	6	1	0	2	1	.400	.512	.743	1.254
7	Tigers	15	1	6/23/1961	DET	@	CLE	W 15-7	41	15	2	1	4	15	7	1	7	0	1	49	31	7	0	0	0	0	.366	.469	.756	1.225
8	White Sox	15	1	6/21/1961	CWS	vs	CLE	W 15-3	39	14	1	0	3	15	3	1	2	1	0	43	24	4	0	0	0	0	.359	.419	.615	1.034
9	Red Sox	14	1	9/11/1961	BOS	@	WSH	W 14-4	40	13	3	0	1	13	11	0	3	0	0	51	19	4	0	0	0	1	.325	.471	.475	.946
10	Athletics	14	1	7/23/1961	KCA	vs	DET	L 14-17	46	17	5	0	2	13	7	1	9	1	0	54	28	7	0	0	0	0	.370	.463	.609	1.072
11	Yankees	14	1	7/7/1961	NYY	vs	BOS	W 14-3	40	16	3	0	1	14	3	0	5	0	0	44	22	4	0	1	0	1	.400	.432	.550	.982
12	Red Sox	14	1	6/16/1961	BOS	vs	WSH	W 14-9	32	11	2	1	0	14	15	1	2	0	0	50	15	3	2	0	0	1	.344	.563	.469	1.031
13	Indians	14	1	6/6/1961	CLE	@	WSH	W 14-3	39	16	1	1	3	13	4	0	0	0	0	46	28	5	2	1	0	2	.410	.455	.718	1.172
14	White Sox	14	1	5/28/1961	CWS	@	NYY	W 14-9	40	13	2	1	3	13	6	0	4	0	0	46	26	6	0	0	0	2	.325	.413	.650	1.063
15	Senators	14	1	5/27/1961	WSH	vs	MIN	W 14-4	40	19	6	2	3	14	3	2	7	0	0	46	38	11	0	1	0	0	.475	.522	.950	1.472
16	Angels	13	1	9/28/1961	LAA	vs	WSH	W 13-4	33	12	2	1	2	13	5	1	4	0	1	42	22	5	2	1	0	1	.364	.450	.667	1.117
17	Athletics	13	1	9/10/1961	KCA	vs	MIN	W 13-1	36	17	5	1	0	13	6	0	3	0	2	45	24	6	1	2	1	0	.472	.523	.667	1.189
18	Athletics	13	1	9/5/1961	KCA	vs	LAA	W 13-12	37	14	1	0	1	13	6	2	3	0	0	46	18	2	1	0	0	0	.378	.489	.486	.975
19	Athletics	13	1	9/4/1961	KCA	vs	LAA	W 13-7	39	15	2	0	2	12	7	0	7	1	0	46	23	4	0	0	0	0	.385	.478	.590	1.068
20	Twins	13	1	8/13/1961	MIN	vs	DET	W 13-5	39	15	5	1	1	12	6	0	6	1	0	45	25	7	0	0	0	1	.385	.467	.641	1.108
21	Yankees	13	1	7/2/1961	NYY	vs	WSH	W 13-4	34	12	1	0	5	13	9	0	3	0	1	43	28	6	0	0	0	1	.353	.488	.824	1.312
22	Red Sox	13	1	6/18/1961	BOS	vs	WSH	W 13-12	38	11	1	1	2	11	6	1	5	0	0	45	20	4	0	0	0	0	.289	.400	.526	.926
23	Indians	13	1	5/25/1961	CLE	@	LAA	W 13-5	42	17	2	0	4	13	3	0	6	0	0	46	31	6	0	1	0	1	.405	.435	.738	1.173
24	Indians	13	1	5/15/1961	CLE	@	BOS	W 13-2	46	21	5	0	1	10	3	0	2	0	0	50	29	6	0	1	0	1	.457	.480	.630	1.110
25	Twins	13	1	5/13/1961	MIN	vs	LAA	W 13-6	38	14	0	1	4	12	3	0	3	1	0	42	28	5	1	0	0	0	.368	.415	.737	1.151