The Texas Rangers and the Cleveland Indians are tied for the most runs by an AL team in a loss, with 17 runs.

Interpreted as:

team most runs in a regular-season game in losses al

	TEAM	R	L	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	W	L%	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Rangers	17	1	8/12/2008	TEX	@	BOS	L 17-19	0	1.000	47	20	7	0	1	17	3	1	6	0	0	53	30	8	0	2	0	0	.426	.453	.638	1.091
2	Indians	17	1	7/10/1932	CLE	vs	PHA	L 17-18	0	1.000	83	33	9	0	1	16	10	0	7	1	0	95	45	10	2				.398	.462	.542	1.005
3	Athletics	16	1	5/5/2000	OAK	@	TEX	L 16-17	0	1.000	43	16	3	0	5	16	8	0	8	0	1	51	34	8	0	0	0	0	.372	.471	.791	1.261
4	Tigers	16	1	9/14/1998	DET	vs	CWS	L 16-17	0	1.000	58	22	4	1	3	16	1	0	10	1	0	60	37	8	0	1	1	0	.379	.383	.638	1.021
5	Tigers	15	1	5/8/2004	DET	@	TEX	L 15-16	0	1.000	45	16	3	0	1	15	6	1	7	1	0	53	22	4	1	0	0	0	.356	.442	.489	.931
6	White Sox	15	1	7/29/1934	CWS	vs	DET	L 15-16	0	1.000	44	19	3	1	3	14	6	0	3	0	0	50	33	7	0				.432	.500	.750	1.250
7	Indians	15	1	6/15/1925	CLE	@	PHA	L 15-17	0	1.000	50	24	3	1	2	12	2	0	8	5	0	53	35	6	1				.480	.500	.700	1.200
8	White Sox	15	1	6/2/1925	CWS	@	DET	L 15-16	0	1.000	47	21	6	2	1	15	6	0	2	0	0	54	34	9	1				.447	.509	.723	1.233
9	Tigers	15	1	9/9/1921	DET	@	CWS	L 15-20	0	1.000	45	20	1	1	0	13	6	0	2	2	0	53	23	2	2				.444	.510	.511	1.021
10	Highlanders	15	1	5/3/1912	NYH	@	PHA	L 15-18	0	1.000	41	14	3	1	0	14	8	0	4	0		49	19	4	0				.341	.449	.463	.912
11	White Sox	15	1	6/18/1911	CWS	@	DET	L 15-16	0	1.000	42	16	0	2	0	12	6	0	7	4		50	20	2	2				.381	.458	.476	.935
12	Senators	15	1	7/1/1907	WSH	@	NYH	L 15-16	0	1.000	44	19	3	0	1	13	3	1	3	3		48	25	4	0				.432	.479	.568	1.047
13	Twins	14	1	7/28/2021	MIN	vs	DET	L 14-17	0	1.000	43	16	1	0	7	14	7	1	8	0	0	51	38	8	0	0	0	0	.372	.471	.884	1.354
14	White Sox	14	1	7/6/2007	CWS	vs	MIN	L 14-20	0	1.000	44	18	5	1	3	14	4	1	7	0	0	49	34	9	0	0	0	0	.409	.469	.773	1.242
15	White Sox	14	1	6/19/2004	CWS	@	MON	L 14-17	0	1.000	41	15	4	0	2	14	7	2	5	0	1	50	25	6	0	0	1	1	.366	.480	.610	1.090
16	Mariners	14	1	8/5/2001	SEA	@	CLE	L 14-15	0	1.000	50	17	4	0	0	13	2	1	7	0	0	54	21	4	0	1	0	0	.340	.370	.420	.790
17	White Sox	14	1	7/5/1998	CWS	@	BOS	L 14-15	0	1.000	39	12	4	0	2	11	8	1	3	0	0	48	22	6	0	0	0	2	.308	.438	.564	1.002
18	White Sox	14	1	7/30/1988	CWS	vs	CAL	L 14-15	0	1.000	42	15	2	2	3	14	7	0	6	0	0	50	30	7	0	1	1	0	.357	.440	.714	1.154
19	Blue Jays	14	1	6/29/1987	TOR	vs	NYY	L 14-15	0	1.000	44	16	3	0	3	13	4	0	6	1	0	48	28	6	0	0	0	0	.364	.417	.636	1.053
20	Athletics	14	1	7/23/1961	KCA	vs	DET	L 14-17	0	1.000	46	17	5	0	2	13	7	1	9	1	0	54	28	7	0	0	0	0	.370	.463	.609	1.072
21	Tigers	14	1	9/7/1959	DET	@	CLE	L 14-15	0	1.000	39	13	2	0	4	14	6	0	3	0	0	45	27	6	0	0	1	1	.333	.422	.692	1.115
22	Indians	14	1	8/28/1950	CLE	@	BSA	L 14-15	0	1.000	41	15	4	0	0	12	10	1	5	1	0	52	19	4	0		0	0	.366	.500	.463	.963
23	Athletics	14	1	6/29/1950	PHA	vs	BSA	L 14-22	0	1.000	42	15	5	2	0	14	10	0	1	0	0	52	24	7	0		0	0	.357	.481	.571	1.052
24	Athletics	14	1	7/18/1936	PHA	vs	CWS	L 14-21	0	1.000	46	20	4	2	1	14	1	2	3	0	0	49	31	7	0				.435	.469	.674	1.143
25	Yankees	14	1	7/18/1934	NYY	@	CLE	L 14-15	0	1.000	45	20	1	1	2	14	6	1	4	2	1	52	29	4	0				.444	.519	.644	1.164