Most runs scored with no extra base hits or walks
Posted by Andy on November 19, 2007
Using the PI Team Batting Game Finder, I searched for the most runs scored since 1957 in a game with no extra base hits:
Cnt Date Tm Opp GmReslt PA AB **R** H 2B 3B HR XB RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS LOB Batrs
+----+-------------+---+----+-------+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+-----+
1 1979-08-06 KCR @TOR W 16-12 52 42 16 17 0 0 0 0 16 7 0 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 9 13
2 1988-06-03 LAD CIN W 13-5 50 45 13 22 0 0 0 0 11 3 1 8 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 13 17
3 1973-06-18 LAD ATL W 13-3 43 41 13 18 0 0 0 0 12 2 1 4 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 6 10
4 1960-08-07(2) KCA NYY W 13-3 44 35 13 14 0 0 0 0 12 4 0 5 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 7 10
5 1993-06-12 DET TOR W 12-1 45 37 12 15 0 0 0 0 12 6 0 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 10
6 1970-09-08 KCR CAL W 12-0 45 40 12 17 0 0 0 0 11 5 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 11
7 1985-09-20 SDP ATL W 11-1 45 38 11 15 0 0 0 0 9 6 0 6 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 10 16
8 1966-05-14 NYM SFG W 11-4 43 37 11 17 0 0 0 0 10 4 0 4 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 8 12
9 2005-09-17 PHI @FLA W 10-2 41 39 10 11 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 8 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 4 16
10 2004-06-27 STL @KCR W 10-3 44 40 10 15 0 0 0 0 10 2 0 6 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 7 9
11 2003-05-26 PIT @CHC W 10-0 44 34 10 8 0 0 0 0 9 8 0 14 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 13
12 1997-05-18 CHW @OAK W 10-4 44 35 10 12 0 0 0 0 10 6 0 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 7 9
13 1992-08-15 DET @TEX W 10-3 52 36 10 11 0 0 0 0 9 13 1 7 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 15 14
14 1979-05-31 SFG @LAD L 10-12 48 42 10 17 0 0 0 0 10 5 0 9 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 11 15
15 1977-09-10 KCR @MIN W 10-1 43 38 10 13 0 0 0 0 9 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 6 10
16 1970-07-06 LAD @HOU W 10-8 50 40 10 16 0 0 0 0 10 8 2 11 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 10 15
17 1968-07-06(2) CHC PIT W 10-2 42 36 10 13 0 0 0 0 8 4 1 4 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 8 11
18 1963-09-09(2) DET @WSA W 10-7 44 34 10 12 0 0 0 0 9 4 0 2 2 1 3 1 1 1 0 7 14
It's not too surprising that these games are fairly well spread out in history, since it's harder these days to go a whole game with no extra base hits. I am somewhat surprised that many of these games didn't feature a ton of walks, although there are a few doozies in there, such as #13 where the Tigers drew 13 walks off Texas.
And as long as we mentioned it, here are the highest run totals since 1957 while drawing no walks:
Cnt Date Tm Opp GmReslt PA AB **R** H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS LOB Batrs
+----+-------------+---+----+-------+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+-----+
1 1998-06-23 TEX ARI W 16-5 44 43 16 19 2 0 3 14 0 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 12
2 2006-07-02 CHC CHW W 15-11 44 43 15 20 4 0 5 14 0 0 7 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 5 15
3 1978-05-27 MON @PIT W 15-1 48 46 15 20 7 1 2 15 0 0 8 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 6 10
4 2005-06-14 CHC FLA W 14-0 41 40 14 18 5 1 4 13 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 13
5 1998-08-14 CHW SEA W 14-2 41 37 14 16 5 0 2 14 0 0 4 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 3 10
6 1998-05-08 BOS @KCR W 14-3 48 45 14 20 4 0 3 13 0 0 9 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 7 12
7 1988-05-28 CHC HOU W 14-7 46 43 14 19 2 1 3 14 0 0 5 1 0 2 3 0 2 0 8 12
8 1986-06-27 TOR @NYY W 14-7 48 47 14 19 6 1 3 14 0 0 7 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 7 12
9 1979-06-15 KCR @MIL W 14-11 48 47 14 21 1 0 2 13 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 15
10 1967-06-11 PHI @PIT W 14-1 48 44 14 17 3 3 1 14 0 0 2 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 7 10
11 1997-06-25 BOS @TOR W 13-12 44 42 13 16 2 1 5 13 0 0 4 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 4 11
12 1989-09-07 NYM STL W 13-1 43 41 13 15 5 0 3 11 0 0 7 0 1 1 4 0 1 0 6 17
13 1987-06-27 OAK @CLE W 13-3 46 46 13 19 3 0 5 12 0 0 7 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 13
14 1985-07-13 ATL PHI W 13-5 44 43 13 19 5 2 2 13 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 7 11
15 1979-09-02 MON CIN W 13-1 45 44 13 21 3 1 1 11 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 8 11
These games are a bit more recent, although with walk rates being higher, there is also bias against no-walk games these days.
How about the combo? Most runs scored in a game since 1957 with no walks OR extra base hits:
Cnt Date Tm Opp GmReslt PA AB **R** H 2B 3B HR XB RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS LOB Batrs
+----+-------------+---+----+-------+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+-----+
1 1989-06-03 OAK CLE W 7-0 38 38 7 14 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 7 10
2 1971-09-05 MIN OAK W 7-3 40 38 7 15 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 9 10
3 1983-07-30 PIT @NYM W 6-3 35 35 6 7 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 6 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 11
4 1982-04-28 TOR TEX W 6-4 33 32 6 8 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 3 16
5 1980-06-16 TEX @KCR W 6-3 37 37 6 12 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 15
6 1968-06-25 ATL PHI W 6-1 36 35 6 12 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 7 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 6 10
7 2001-08-29 COL @LAD W 5-3 39 38 5 13 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 9 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 7 13
8 1996-07-02 MON ATL W 5-1 36 34 5 11 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 9 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 7 13
9 1992-06-13 CAL KCR W 5-4 38 36 5 11 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 1 0 1 3 1 2 0 9 9
10 1991-05-22 STL @PIT W 5-3 38 36 5 11 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 6 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 6 14
11 1979-04-27 MIN @DET W 5-3 35 30 5 11 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 2 0 2 3 11
12 1978-05-18 HOU PHI L 5-8 36 34 5 9 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 13
13 1974-09-27 KCR TEX W 5-4 50 47 5 13 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 8 2 1 0 2 1 2 0 11 12
14 1973-08-29 CAL NYY W 5-0 34 32 5 8 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 9 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 10
15 1972-06-09 PIT @LAD W 5-1 39 38 5 11 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 6 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 7 9
16 1969-06-03 STL ATL W 5-2 35 33 5 9 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 9 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 6 10
17 1969-05-30(1) WSA CHW W 5-4 45 42 5 17 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 5 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 11 18
Now this list is really biased against recent games, and it shows. In game #1 above, the A's scored their first three runs on 5 consecutive singles, and then scored three more later on 4 consecutive singles (with a stolen base in there too.) Their last run scored on a combo of a couple of singles and an error.
November 20th, 2007 at 10:52 pm
I did a similar search the other day...a team scoring 18 or more runs with no home runs.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/pi/shareit/DTcT
November 24th, 2007 at 11:54 pm
Great stuff here.
In that 16-run trickle with no extra base hits, the Royals scored 11 runs in one inning alone, the 7th. HBP, single, single, single, bunt-E1, single, walk, single, out, walk, single, single, out, walk, single, out.
Over the year the Royals were fourth in the AL in doubles and first in triples.
The team's line for the day was .405/.481/.405. Dave Stieb was the starter.