most runs allowed by a relief pitcher in one game all-time

Bill Bernhard has given up the most runs by a relief pitcher in a game, with 18 runs versus the Boston Americans on May 2, 1901.

Interpreted as:
most runs allowed by a relief pitcher in one regular-season game all-time
NAME R DATE TM OPP DEC GS ERA SO CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP
1 Bill Bernhard
B. Bernhard
18
5/2/1901
PHA PHA
vs
BSA BSA
0
15.75
0
0
0
0
8.0
19
14
0
3
0
1
0
2 Dutch Schesler
D. Schesler
16
7/11/1931
PHN PHN
vs
NYG NYG
0
15.75
1
0
0
0
8.0
22
14
4
0
1
1
48
0
3 Johnny Stuart
J. Stuart
16
6/22/1925
SLN SLN
vs
PIT PIT
0
11.88
0
0
0
0
8.1
16
11
4
5
1
1
50
0
4 Lefty O'Doul
L. O'Doul
16
7/7/1923
BSA BSA
@
CLE CLE
0
9.00
0
0
0
0
3.0
11
3
0
8
0
0
27
0
5 Tommy Warren
T. Warren
15
4/30/1944
BKN BKN
@
NYG NYG
0
19.80
2
0
0
0
5.0
13
11
2
6
0
1
35
1
6 Nels Potter
N. Potter
15
8/13/1939
PHA PHA
vs
NYY NYY
0
13.50
0
0
0
0
6.0
17
9
4
4
1
1
41
0
7 Nelson Greene
N. Greene
15
6/20/1925
BKN BKN
@
PIT PIT
0
20.25
0
0
0
0
6.2
18
15
3
3
0
1
40
1
8 Carl Cashion
C. Cashion
15
5/29/1912
WSH WSH
@
BSA BSA
0
2
0
0
0
5.0
13
0
9
0
1
37
1
9 Bert Maxwell
B. Maxwell
15
7/17/1908
PHA PHA
vs
DET DET
0
6
0
0
0
7.0
17
0
7
0
1
41
0
10 Vin Mazzaro
V. Mazzaro
14
5/16/2011
KCR KCR
vs
CLE CLE
0
54.00
2
0
0
0
2.1
11
14
1
3
0
0
0
21
1
11 Les McCrabb
L. McCrabb
14
4/16/1942
PHA PHA
@
BSA BSA
0
31.50
0
0
0
0
4.0
14
14
2
2
1
1
29
1
12 Carl Doyle
C. Doyle
14
6/8/1940
BKN BKN
@
CIN CIN
0
31.50
2
0
0
0
4.0
16
14
1
4
4
0
36
2
13 Red Evans
R. Evans
14
7/1/1936
CWS CWS
vs
DET DET
0
18.47
2
0
0
0
6.1
16
13
1
4
0
0
39
0
14 Eddie Rommel
E. Rommel
14
7/10/1932
PHA PHA
@
CLE CLE
W
0
6.88
7
0
0
0
17.0
29
13
0
9
0
1
87
2
15 Elam Vangilder
E. Vangilder
14
7/25/1920
SLA SLA
@
DET DET
0
16.71
2
0
0
0
7.0
16
13
0
4
0
1
41
0
16 Bull Wagner
B. Wagner
14
7/3/1913
BKN BKN
vs
BSN BSN
0
12.91
0
0
0
0
7.2
17
11
2
6
0
1
47
1
17 Jiggs Parson
J. Parson
14
6/4/1911
BSN BSN
@
CIN CIN
0
1
0
0
0
5.0
11
1
7
2
1
31
0
18 Carl Lundgren
C. Lundgren
14
7/3/1904
CHC CHC
vs
SLN SLN
0
1
0
0
0
7.0
16
1
2
0
1
39
0
19 Snake Wiltse
S. Wiltse
14
8/11/1902
BAL BAL
@
CLE CLE
L
0
12.86
2
0
0
0
7.0
19
10
0
1
0
1
0
20 Doc Adkins
D. Adkins
14
7/8/1902
BSA BSA
vs
PHA PHA
0
6.43
1
0
0
0
7.0
16
5
1
3
0
1
0
21 Jordan Yamamoto
J. Yamamoto
13
9/9/2020
MIA MIA
@
ATL ATL
0
40.50
3
0
0
0
2.2
11
12
4
2
0
0
0
22
0
22 Ed Heusser
E. Heusser
13
7/29/1936
SLN SLN
@
BKN BKN
0
14.40
0
0
0
0
5.0
11
8
0
3
0
1
31
3
23 Roxie Lawson
R. Lawson
13
7/14/1931
CLE CLE
@
NYY NYY
0
27.00
3
0
0
0
4.0
12
12
2
7
0
1
31
0
24 Dan Dugan
D. Dugan
13
6/5/1929
CWS CWS
@
BSA BSA
0
31.91
3
0
0
0
3.2
15
13
0
2
0
0
28
0
25 Buck Freeman
B. Freeman
13
6/21/1921
CHC CHC
@
SLN SLN
L
0
20.65
1
0
0
0
5.2
11
13
1
7
0
1
33
1
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for runs allowed going back to the 1901 season.
Some of the information used here was obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.

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