<P> The record for most runs scored by a major - league team during a single season is 1,212, set by the Boston Beaneaters (now the Atlanta Braves) in 1894 . The modern - day record is 1,067, achieved by the New York Yankees in 1931 . The team record for most consecutive games with at least one run scored (i.e., most consecutive games not being shut out) is 308, set by the Yankees between August 3, 1931, and August 2, 1933 . The team record for most runs in its overall history (up until 2013) is the Chicago Cubs with 94,138 . </P> <P> The record for most runs scored by a team in a single game is 36, set by the Chicago Colts (now the Chicago Cubs) against the Louisville Colonels (which joined the National League in 1892) on June 29, 1897 . The modern - day record of 30 was set on August 22, 2007, by the Texas Rangers against the Baltimore Orioles in the first game of a doubleheader at Oriole Park . The Rangers scored 5 runs in the fourth inning, 9 in the sixth, 10 in the eighth, and 6 in the ninth . On August 25, 1922, the highest - scoring game in major - league history took place: the Chicago Cubs defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 26--23, a total of 49 runs . </P> <P> The record for most runs scored by a team in a single inning is 18, set by the Chicago White Stockings (now the Chicago Cubs) against the Detroit Wolverines on September 6, 1883 . The modern - day record is 17, achieved by the Boston Red Sox against the Detroit Tigers on June 18, 1953 . </P> <P> The Yankees' Mickey Mantle holds the record for most career World Series runs scored with 42 (1951--53, 1955--58, 1960--64). The record for most runs scored in a single World Series, shared by two players, is 10, achieved both times in a six - game Series: Reggie Jackson of the Yankees was the first to do it, in 1977; the Toronto Blue Jays' Paul Molitor equaled him in 1993 . The most runs ever scored by a player in a World Series game is 4, a record shared by ten players . Babe Ruth set the mark on October 6, 1926, while with the Yankees; it was matched most recently by Albert Pujols of the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 3 of the 2011 World Series . </P>

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