<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 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>
record for most runs scored in a major league baseball game
record for most runs scored in a major league baseball game
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