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After last nights marlins scored 17 runs in a losing effort I was wondering if that
was a record amount of runs for a losing team. What is the record for most runs
by a losing team.

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Michael,

Amazingly enough, 17 runs and losing is far from the record. The most runs scored by a loser that I've been able to find is 23, in a game on Aug 25, 1922, when the Cubs beat the Phillies 26-23. If you go back into the 19th century and consider the National Association as a major league, the number jumps up to 33 when the Philadelphia Athletics beat the Troy Haymakers, 49-33, in a game on June 28, 1871.

(see http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/06281871.htm)

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I will deal with the major leagues only from 19th century to present. I`m good on baseball history, records, statistics, ballparks. I don't do off-the-field stuff. Please if you already know the answer to the question, please don't ask it. I don't want to play "stump the expert."

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