<P> The record for most consecutive games with at least one run scored is 18, shared by the Yankees' Red Rolfe (August 9--August 25, 1939) and the Cleveland Indians' Kenny Lofton (August 15--September 3, 2000). The record for most runs scored by a player in a single game is 7, set by Guy Hecker of the American Association's Louisville Colonels on August 15, 1886 . The modern - day record of 6 is shared by fourteen players (eight of whom attained it before 1900). Of the six modern - day players to score 6 runs in a game, the first to perform the feat was Mel Ott of the New York Giants on August 4, 1934 (he repeated the accomplishment ten years later, making him the only player ever to do it twice); the most recent was Shawn Green, then of the Los Angeles Dodgers, on May 23, 2002 . </P> <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>

Most runs by a team in a game