which mlb team has the fewest runs allowed in a 162 game season (before 2020)

Before 2020, 17 teams were tied for giving up the fewest runs in a game, with 0 runs. The first three are the St. Louis Cardinals on September 29, 2019 and on September 13, 2019, the Arizona Diamondbacks on September 29, 2019, on September 20, 2019 and on September 14, 2019 and the Los Angeles Dodgers on September 29, 2019, on September 28, 2019 and on September 26, 2019.

Interpreted as:
Which MLB team has the fewest runs allowed in a 162 regular-season game season (before 2020)?
TEAM R DATE TM OPP RESULT ERA SO SHO SV IP H ER HR BB HBP IBB TBF WP K/9 BB/9 K/BB HR/9 K% BB% WHIP BABIP RA H/9
1 Cardinals
Cardinals
0
9/29/2019
STL STL
vs
CHC CHC
W
9-0
0.00
7
0
0
9.0
3
0
0
1
0
0
28
0
7.00
1.00
7.00
0.00
25.0
3.6
0.44
.150
0.00
3.00
2 Diamondbacks
Diamondbacks
0
9/29/2019
ARI ARI
vs
SDP SDP
W
1-0
0.00
7
0
0
9.0
8
0
0
0
1
0
34
0
7.00
0.00
0.00
20.6
0.0
0.89
.308
0.00
8.00
3 Dodgers
Dodgers
0
9/29/2019
LAD LAD
@
SFG SFG
W
9-0
0.00
8
0
0
9.0
3
0
0
3
0
0
31
0
8.00
3.00
2.67
0.00
25.8
9.7
0.67
.150
0.00
3.00
4 Dodgers
Dodgers
0
9/28/2019
LAD LAD
@
SFG SFG
W
2-0
0.00
12
0
1
9.0
7
0
0
0
1
0
35
0
12.00
0.00
0.00
34.3
0.0
0.78
.318
0.00
7.00
5 Mets
Mets
0
9/28/2019
NYM NYM
vs
ATL ATL
W
3-0
0.00
12
0
1
9.0
4
0
0
5
1
1
37
2
12.00
5.00
2.40
0.00
32.4
13.5
1.00
.211
0.00
4.00
6 Athletics
Athletics
0
9/28/2019
OAK OAK
@
SEA SEA
W
1-0
0.00
6
0
1
9.0
6
0
0
1
1
0
35
1
6.00
1.00
6.00
0.00
17.1
2.9
0.78
.222
0.00
6.00
7 Astros
Astros
0
9/27/2019
HOU HOU
@
LAA LAA
W
4-0
0.00
7
0
0
9.0
3
0
0
1
0
0
29
0
7.00
1.00
7.00
0.00
24.1
3.4
0.44
.143
0.00
3.00
8 Dodgers
Dodgers
0
9/26/2019
LAD LAD
@
SDP SDP
W
1-0
0.00
12
0
1
9.0
3
0
0
2
0
0
32
1
12.00
2.00
6.00
0.00
37.5
6.3
0.56
.167
0.00
3.00
9 White Sox
White Sox
0
9/26/2019
CWS CWS
vs
CLE CLE
W
8-0
0.00
10
0
0
9.0
4
0
0
0
0
0
32
0
10.00
0.00
0.00
31.3
0.0
0.44
.182
0.00
4.00
10 Rays
Rays
0
9/25/2019
TBR TBR
vs
NYY NYY
W
4-0
0.00
16
0
0
9.0
1
0
0
5
0
0
32
0
16.00
5.00
3.20
0.00
50.0
15.6
0.67
.091
0.00
1.00
11 Astros
Astros
0
9/25/2019
HOU HOU
@
SEA SEA
W
3-0
0.00
10
0
1
9.0
2
0
0
1
0
0
29
0
10.00
1.00
10.00
0.00
34.5
3.4
0.33
.111
0.00
2.00
12 Indians
Indians
0
9/24/2019
CLE CLE
@
CWS CWS
W
11-0
0.00
14
0
0
9.0
6
0
0
1
0
0
34
0
14.00
1.00
14.00
0.00
41.2
2.9
0.78
.316
0.00
6.00
13 Astros
Astros
0
9/24/2019
HOU HOU
@
SEA SEA
W
3-0
0.00
18
0
1
9.0
4
0
0
1
0
0
32
1
18.00
1.00
18.00
0.00
56.3
3.1
0.56
.308
0.00
4.00
14 Braves
Braves
0
9/20/2019
ATL ATL
vs
SFG SFG
W
6-0
0.00
7
0
0
9.0
4
0
0
1
0
0
33
0
7.00
1.00
7.00
0.00
21.2
3.0
0.56
.160
0.00
4.00
15 Athletics
Athletics
0
9/20/2019
OAK OAK
vs
TEX TEX
W
8-0
0.00
7
0
0
9.0
2
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
7.00
0.00
0.00
25.9
0.0
0.22
.100
0.00
2.00
16 Diamondbacks
Diamondbacks
0
9/20/2019
ARI ARI
@
SDP SDP
W
9-0
0.00
12
0
0
9.0
3
0
0
3
0
0
32
0
12.00
3.00
4.00
0.00
37.5
9.4
0.67
.176
0.00
3.00
17 Indians
Indians
0
9/19/2019
CLE CLE
vs
DET DET
W
7-0
0.00
9
0
0
9.0
9
0
0
1
0
0
37
0
9.00
1.00
9.00
0.00
24.3
2.7
1.11
.333
0.00
9.00
18 Athletics
Athletics
0
9/18/2019
OAK OAK
vs
KCR KCR
W
1-0
0.00
19
0
0
11.0
4
0
0
3
0
2
39
0
15.55
2.45
6.33
0.00
48.7
7.7
0.64
.235
0.00
3.27
19 Yankees
Yankees
0
9/17/2019
NYY NYY
vs
LAA LAA
W
8-0
0.00
13
0
0
9.0
6
0
0
4
1
0
36
1
13.00
4.00
3.25
0.00
36.1
11.1
1.11
.333
0.00
6.00
20 Mariners
Mariners
0
9/17/2019
SEA SEA
@
PIT PIT
W
6-0
0.00
5
0
0
9.0
8
0
0
1
0
0
34
0
5.00
1.00
5.00
0.00
14.7
2.9
1.00
.286
0.00
8.00
21 Nationals
Nationals
0
9/15/2019
WSH WSH
vs
ATL ATL
W
7-0
0.00
5
0
0
9.0
4
0
0
1
0
0
32
0
5.00
1.00
5.00
0.00
15.6
3.1
0.56
.154
0.00
4.00
22 Twins
Twins
0
9/14/2019
MIN MIN
@
CLE CLE
W
2-0
0.00
9
0
1
9.0
5
0
0
1
2
0
36
0
9.00
1.00
9.00
0.00
25.0
2.8
0.67
.208
0.00
5.00
23 Mets
Mets
0
9/14/2019
NYM NYM
vs
LAD LAD
W
3-0
0.00
12
0
1
9.0
3
0
0
0
1
0
31
0
12.00
0.00
0.00
38.7
0.0
0.33
.167
0.00
3.00
24 Diamondbacks
Diamondbacks
0
9/14/2019
ARI ARI
vs
CIN CIN
W
1-0
0.00
7
0
1
9.0
3
0
0
2
0
0
30
0
7.00
2.00
3.50
0.00
23.3
6.7
0.56
.143
0.00
3.00
25 Braves
Braves
0
9/13/2019
ATL ATL
@
WSH WSH
W
5-0
0.00
6
0
0
9.0
3
0
0
3
0
0
32
0
6.00
3.00
2.00
0.00
18.8
9.4
0.67
.130
0.00
3.00
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete team, 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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HR

113

24th

R

521

16th

SO

874

29th

ERA

4.17

20th

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Brewers Brewers
75
44
.630
Cubs Cubs
67
51
.568
7.5
Reds Reds
63
58
.521
13.0
Cardinals Cardinals
61
60
.504
15.0
Pirates Pirates
51
70
.421
25.0
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Wed
8/13
COL COL
@
STL STL
2:15 PM
Fri
8/15
NYY NYY
@
STL STL
8:15 PM
Sat
8/16
NYY NYY
@
STL STL
7:15 PM
Sun
8/17
NYY NYY
@
STL STL
2:15 PM
Mon
8/18
STL STL
@
MIA MIA
6:40 PM
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STL Cardinals

61 - 60

0

Final

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COL Rockies

31 - 88

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Phillies Phillies
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50
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Mets Mets
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NL Central W L PCT GB
Brewers Brewers
75
44
.630
Cubs Cubs
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NL West W L PCT GB
Dodgers Dodgers
68
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Padres Padres
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AL East W L PCT GB
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70
50
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AL Central W L PCT GB
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69
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Sun
7/27
CHC CHC
@
MIL MIL
4-8
Sun
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ATL ATL
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KCR KCR
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Sun
7/27
PIT PIT
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Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Wed
8/13
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Wed
8/13
PIT PIT
@
MIL MIL
2:10 PM
Wed
8/13
WSH WSH
@
KCR KCR
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Wed
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TEX TEX
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