Runs scored

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A Run Scored (or a Run, and abbreviated R) is credited to a runner that crosses home plate. The objective of baseball is of course to score more runs than the opposing team.

All Time Leaders
Span Player Total Notes
Career Rickey Henderson 2295  
Season Billy Hamilton 196 1894
Season (since 1900) Babe Ruth 177 1921
Game Guy Hecker 7 August 15, 1886
NPB Career Sadaharu Oh 1967  
NPB Season Makoto Kozuru 143 1950
Minor League Career Spencer Harris 2287  
Minor League Season Rasty Wright 217 1894
Minor League Season (since 1900) Tony Lazzeri 202 1925
AAGPBL Career Sophie Kurys 688  
AAGPBL Season Sophie Kurys 117 1946
AAGPBL Game Sophie Kurys 5 June 13, 1946

Further Reading[edit]

  • Herb Krabbenhoft et. al.: "Discrepancy in an All-Time MLB Record: Billy Hamilton's 1894 Runs Scored", The Baseball Research Journal, SABR, Volume 45, Number 2 (Fall 2016), pp. 108-114.