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Everything about Run Batted In totally explainedRun batted in or RBI is a statistic used in baseball, softball and dartball to credit a batter when the outcome of his at-bat results in a run being scored, except in certain situations such as when an error is made on the play. Common names for the term include "Ribby", "Rib-eye", and "Rib". The first team to track RBIs was the Buffalo Bisons.
Major League Baseball Rules
The official rulebook of Major League Baseball states:
Criticism
The perceived significance of the RBI is displayed by the fact that it's one of the three categories that compose the triple crown. In addition, Career RBIs are often cited in debates over who should be elected to the Hall of Fame. However, critics, particularly within the field of sabermetrics, argue that RBIs do a better job of measuring the quality of the lineup than it does the player himself since an RBI can only be credited to a player if one or more batters preceding him in the batting order reached base. This implies that better offensive teams -- and therefore, the teams in which the most players get on base -- tend to produce hitters with higher RBI totals than equivalent hitters on lesser-hitting teams.
Career
Totals are current through games of 9/5/07. Active players in bold.
- Hank Aaron - 2,297
- Babe Ruth - 2,217
- Cap Anson - 2,076
- Barry Bonds - 1,996
- Lou Gehrig - 1,995
- Stan Musial - 1,951
- Ty Cobb - 1,937
- Jimmie Foxx - 1,922
- Eddie Murray - 1,917
- Willie Mays - 1,903
Season
Hack Wilson (1930) -191
Lou Gehrig (1931) - 184
Hank Greenberg (1937) - 183
Jimmie Foxx (1938) - 175
Lou Gehrig (1927) - 175
Game
12 - Jim Bottomley (September 24,1924), Mark Whiten (September 7,1993)
11 - Wilbert Robinson (June 10,1892), Tony Lazzeri (May 24,1936), Phil Weintraub (April 30,1944)
10 - by 12 major league players, most recently Garret Anderson ( August 21, 2007)
Inning
Fernando Tatis (April 23, 1999) - 8
Ed Cartwright (September 23, 1890) - 7Further Information
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