what is the largest margin of victory in baseball in a single game

The Chicago White Stockings have the highest run differential by a team in a game, with a differential of 31 runs versus the Cleveland Blues on July 24, 1882.

Interpreted as:
What is the largest margin of victory in baseball in a single regular-season game?
TEAM DIFF DATE TM OPP RESULT AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HBP SO SB CS PA TB XBH SH SF IBB GIDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
1 White Stockings
White Stockings
31
7/24/1882
CWS CWS
vs
CLE
W
35-4
35
2 Colts
Colts
29
6/29/1897
CHI CHI
vs
LOU
W
36-7
36
3 Giants
Giants
28
6/15/1887
NYG NYG
vs
PHN PHN
W
29-1
29
4
Grays
28
8/21/1883
PRO
vs
PHN PHN
W
28-0
28
5 Rangers
Rangers
27
8/22/2007
TEX TEX
@
BAL BAL
W
30-3
57
30
29
2
0
6
30
8
0
11
0
0
65
49
8
0
0
0
0
.509
.569
.860
1.429
6 Brewers
Brewers
27
9/10/1891
MIL MIL
vs
WSH WSH
W
30-3
30
7 Red Sox
Red Sox
25
6/8/1950
BSA BSA
vs
SLA SLA
W
29-4
53
29
28
9
1
7
29
11
0
2
0
0
64
60
17
0
0
0
.528
.609
1.132
1.741
8 Phillies
Phillies
25
8/17/1894
PHI PHI
vs
LOU
W
29-4
29
9 Beaneaters
Beaneaters
25
6/20/1883
BSN BSN
vs
PHN PHN
W
29-4
29
10
Dark Blues
25
5/13/1876
HAR
vs
NYM NYM
W
28-3
28
11 Angels
Angels
24
6/24/2023
LAA LAA
@
COL COL
W
25-1
52
25
28
5
0
5
25
6
1
3
0
0
59
48
10
0
0
0
3
.538
.593
.923
1.516
12 Indians
Indians
24
7/7/1923
CLE CLE
vs
BSA BSA
W
27-3
43
27
24
5
2
0
25
14
1
1
4
2
61
33
7
3
.558
.672
.767
1.440
13 Quakers
Quakers
24
6/28/1887
PHN PHN
@
IND
W
24-0
24
14 Giants
Giants
24
6/11/1887
NYG NYG
vs
WSH WSH
W
26-2
26
15 Grays
Grays
24
6/24/1886
BKN BKN
vs
BAL BAL
W
25-1
25
16 Gothams
Gothams
24
5/27/1885
NYG NYG
vs
BUF
W
24-0
24
17 White Stockings
White Stockings
24
7/3/1883
CWS CWS
vs
BUF
W
31-7
31
18 Blue Jays
Blue Jays
23
7/22/2022
TOR TOR
@
BOS BOS
W
28-5
57
28
29
5
0
5
28
5
1
9
0
0
63
49
10
0
0
0
0
.509
.556
.860
1.415
19 White Sox
White Sox
23
4/23/1955
CWS CWS
@
KCA KCA
W
29-6
54
29
29
5
0
7
28
6
1
4
1
1
63
55
12
0
2
1
0
.537
.571
1.019
1.590
20 Indians
Indians
23
8/12/1948
CLE CLE
@
SLA SLA
W
26-3
55
26
29
5
1
4
24
6
0
4
4
0
61
48
10
0
2
.527
.574
.873
1.446
21 Yankees
Yankees
23
5/24/1936
NYY NYY
@
PHA PHA
W
25-2
45
25
19
3
3
6
25
16
0
5
0
0
61
46
12
0
.422
.574
1.022
1.596
22 Reds
Reds
23
6/4/1911
CIN CIN
vs
BSN BSN
W
26-3
44
26
23
4
3
1
11
2
3
6
57
36
8
0
.523
.632
.818
1.450
23 Pirates
Pirates
23
8/1/1893
PIT PIT
@
STL STL
W
25-2
25
24 Colts
Colts
23
8/25/1891
CHI CHI
vs
BKN BKN
W
28-5
28
25 Red Stockings
Red Stockings
23
7/6/1883
CIN CIN
vs
BAL BAL
W
23-0
23
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