What is YRFI and NRFI?

YRFI means Yes, a Run in the First Inning — a bet that either team scores in inning one. NRFI is the opposite: no run in the first. This page shows each team's real rates from logged games, so you can see which teams' games start with runs and which stay quiet.

Which MLB team has the best YRFI rate?

Colorado Rockies games currently have a first-inning run most often — 60% of their last 166 games.

MLB · 2,472 games logged

Who scores in the first inning

A first-inning run lands in 50% of MLB games over the last year. The strongest YRFI profile right now is Colorado Rockies — a run in the 1st in about 6 of every 10 of their games — while San Diego Padres games stay scoreless in the 1st most often (60% NRFI). Every team below, with the real counts.

INN11.1

INN20.9

INN31.0

INN41.0

INN51.1

INN61.0

INN71.0

INN81.1

INN91.1

Average combined runs per inning, league-wide.

Team	Games	YRFI rate	NRFI rate	They score	1st-inning runs for	Against
Colorado Rockies	166	60%	40%	32%	0.5	0.8
Texas Rangers	165	58%	42%	29%	0.6	0.7
Minnesota Twins	165	58%	42%	32%	0.5	0.7
Chicago White Sox	166	57%	43%	34%	0.7	0.7
Athletics	165	56%	44%	30%	0.6	0.7
Arizona Diamondbacks	166	55%	45%	30%	0.5	0.6
Cincinnati Reds	166	53%	47%	27%	0.5	0.7
Los Angeles Dodgers	166	52%	48%	33%	0.6	0.5
Seattle Mariners	166	52%	48%	30%	0.5	0.5
Philadelphia Phillies	163	52%	48%	33%	0.6	0.5
Washington Nationals	165	52%	48%	31%	0.6	0.5
Kansas City Royals	167	51%	49%	30%	0.6	0.6
Los Angeles Angels	167	51%	49%	33%	0.6	0.5
Boston Red Sox	163	50%	50%	25%	0.5	0.5
Chicago Cubs	166	49%	51%	29%	0.5	0.5
New York Yankees	165	49%	51%	29%	0.5	0.5
Houston Astros	163	49%	51%	30%	0.5	0.5
Atlanta Braves	165	48%	52%	32%	0.6	0.5
New York Mets	162	48%	52%	28%	0.5	0.5
Milwaukee Brewers	165	48%	52%	30%	0.6	0.4
San Francisco Giants	163	48%	52%	23%	0.4	0.6
Cleveland Guardians	166	47%	53%	30%	0.6	0.4
Toronto Blue Jays	164	47%	53%	24%	0.4	0.5
St. Louis Cardinals	164	46%	54%	31%	0.6	0.5
Detroit Tigers	162	46%	54%	31%	0.6	0.4
Pittsburgh Pirates	166	45%	55%	28%	0.5	0.4
Tampa Bay Rays	164	45%	55%	29%	0.5	0.4
Baltimore Orioles	163	44%	56%	25%	0.5	0.4
Miami Marlins	162	43%	57%	27%	0.4	0.6
San Diego Padres	166	40%	60%	22%	0.4	0.5

Last 400 days of completed games; teams need at least 8 logged games to appear. Rates update as new games are logged. Last build: 2026-08-30 02:49 UTC.

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