At-Bat / RBI Ratio Single Season National League Leaders on Baseball Almanac

Single Season Leaders for At-Bats / RBI Ratio in the National League

What percentage of a National League baseball player's at-bats result in a run being drive in and how often over the course of a season were they driving in the runs? The list below reflects those who over the course of a single National League season had the best at-bats / runs batted in ratio.

Important notes: One-hundred single season National League games played are needed to make this list and a bold faced entry denotes that the player was active during the previous Major League season.

"Though he (Hack Wilson) played as many as 140 games just five times in his brief 12-year career, Lewis 'Hack' Wilson was selected by the Veterans Committee for induction to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. That honor came almost exclusively because of his record-setting 1930 season, in which he set the all-time single-season mark for RBI and blasted 56 home runs. Despite being rather small, Wilson packed a lot of punch and was very popular in every city in which he played." - TheBaseballPage.com (Career Stats for Hack Wilson)

AB / RBI Ratio Single Season National League Leaders 'Top 100'
Name	Percent (Raw)	Year	Team	League	Rank
Hack Wilson	32.65 (32.6496)	1930	Chicago Cubs	NL	1
Sam Thompson	30.67 (30.6691)	1895	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	2
Sam Thompson	30.46 (30.4587)	1887	Detroit Wolverines	NL	3
Cap Anson	29.17 (29.1667)	1886	Chicago White Stockings	NL	4
Jeff Bagwell	29.00 (29.0000)	1994	Houston Astros	NL	5
Mark McGwire	28.88 (28.8802)	1998	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	6
Barry Bonds	28.78 (28.7815)	2001	San Francisco Giants	NL	7
Rogers Hornsby	28.37 (28.3730)	1925	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	8
Mark McGwire	28.21 (28.2150)	1999	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	9
Sammy Sosa	27.73 (27.7296)	2001	Chicago Cubs	NL	10
Mel Ott	27.71 (27.7064)	1929	New York Giants	NL	11
Hack Wilson	27.70 (27.7003)	1929	Chicago Cubs	NL	12
Roy Campanella	27.36 (27.3603)	1953	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	13
Barry Bonds	27.30 (27.2953)	2002	San Francisco Giants	NL	14
Oyster Burns	27.12 (27.1186)	1890	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	NL	15
Barry Bonds	27.08 (27.0777)	2004	San Francisco Giants	NL	16
Hugh Duffy	26.90 (26.9017)	1894	Boston Beaneaters	NL	17
Olmedo Saenz	26.82 (26.8156)	2006	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	18
Ed Delahanty	26.79 (26.7894)	1894	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	19
Larry Walker	26.26 (26.2557)	1999	Colorado Rockies	NL	20
Chuck Klein	26.23 (26.2346)	1930	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	21
Roger Connor	26.21 (26.2097)	1889	New York Giants	NL	22
George Davis	26.20 (26.2042)	1897	New York Giants	NL	23
Joe Kelley	25.87 (25.8687)	1895	Baltimore Orioles	NL	24
George Grantham	25.79 (25.7880)	1929	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	25
Ryan Howard	25.71 (25.7089)	2007	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	26
Mike Schmidt	25.71 (25.7062)	1981	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	27
Willie McCovey	25.66 (25.6619)	1969	San Francisco Giants	NL	28
Ryan Howard	25.65 (25.6454)	2006	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	29
Albert Pujols	25.61 (25.6075)	2006	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	30
Hack Wilson	25.57 (25.5717)	1932	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	31
Willie McCovey	25.45 (25.4545)	1970	San Francisco Giants	NL	32
Steve Brodie	25.38 (25.3788)	1895	Baltimore Orioles	NL	33
Lance Berkman	25.37 (25.3731)	2006	Houston Astros	NL	34
Billy Nash	25.36 (25.3608)	1893	Boston Beaneaters	NL	35
Todd Helton	25.34 (25.3448)	2000	Colorado Rockies	NL	36
Jack Clark	25.30 (25.2983)	1987	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	37
Mel Ott	25.28 (25.2809)	1936	New York Giants	NL	38
Duke Snider	25.28 (25.2788)	1955	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	39
Ed Delahanty	25.25 (25.2505)	1896	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	40
Rogers Hornsby	25.21 (25.2101)	1931	Chicago Cubs	NL	41
Moises Alou	25.11 (25.1101)	2000	Houston Astros	NL	42
Jimmy Collins	24.95 (24.9527)	1897	Boston Beaneaters	NL	43
Barry Bonds	24.95 (24.9516)	1996	San Francisco Giants	NL	44
Tony Clark	24.93 (24.9284)	2005	Arizona Diamondbacks	NL	45
Todd Helton	24.87 (24.8722)	2001	Colorado Rockies	NL	46
Willie Stargell	24.87 (24.8718)	1978	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	47
Scott Rolen	24.80 (24.8000)	2004	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	48
Rogers Hornsby	24.75 (24.7508)	1929	Chicago Cubs	NL	49
Larry Walker	24.75 (24.7485)	2001	Colorado Rockies	NL	50
Don Hurst	24.70 (24.6978)	1932	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	51
Ellis Burks	24.62 (24.6154)	1999	San Francisco Giants	NL	52
Ted Kluszewski	24.61 (24.6073)	1954	Cincinnati Redlegs	NL	53
Sammy Sosa	24.57 (24.5723)	1998	Chicago Cubs	NL	54
Ed Delahanty	24.54 (24.5378)	1893	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	55
Donn Clendenon	24.49 (24.4949)	1970	New York Mets	NL	56
Hank Aaron	24.49 (24.4898)	1973	Atlanta Braves	NL	57
John Vander Wal	24.48 (24.4792)	2000	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	58
Jim Bottomley	24.46 (24.4643)	1929	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	59
Johnny Bench	24.46 (24.4628)	1970	Cincinnati Reds	NL	60
Willie Stargell	24.46 (24.4618)	1971	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	61
Ellis Burks	24.43 (24.4275)	2000	San Francisco Giants	NL	62
Ed McKean	24.40 (24.4037)	1893	Cleveland Spiders	NL	63
Buck Ewing	24.40 (24.4000)	1893	Cleveland Spiders	NL	64
Rogers Hornsby	24.40 (24.3981)	1922	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	65
Dan Brouthers	24.38 (24.3810)	1894	Baltimore Orioles	NL	66
Gavvy Cravath	24.38 (24.3810)	1913	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	67
Rusty Staub	24.35 (24.3478)	1983	New York Mets	NL	68
Jeff Kent	24.33 (24.3346)	1998	San Francisco Giants	NL	69
Dan Brouthers	24.33 (24.3299)	1889	Boston Beaneaters	NL	70
Joe Medwick	24.33 (24.3286)	1937	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	71
Ernie Banks	24.28 (24.2784)	1959	Chicago Cubs	NL	72
Orlando Cepeda	24.27 (24.2735)	1961	San Francisco Giants	NL	73
George Foster	24.23 (24.2276)	1977	Cincinnati Reds	NL	74
Pete Incaviglia	24.18 (24.1848)	1993	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	75
Chick Hafey	24.18 (24.1780)	1929	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	76
Frank Howard	24.14 (24.1379)	1962	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	77
Hank Leiber	24.11 (24.1096)	1939	Chicago Cubs	NL	78
Tommy McCarthy	24.03 (24.0260)	1893	Boston Beaneaters	NL	79
Gabby Hartnett	24.02 (24.0157)	1930	Chicago Cubs	NL	80
Roy Campanella	23.99 (23.9910)	1955	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	81
Chick Hafey	23.99 (23.9910)	1930	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	82
Andres Galarraga	23.96 (23.9617)	1996	Colorado Rockies	NL	83
Pie Traynor	23.94 (23.9437)	1930	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	84
Ryan Howard	23.93 (23.9344)	2008	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	85
Bob Bailey	23.86 (23.8636)	1970	Montreal Expos	NL	86
Prince Fielder	23.86 (23.8579)	2009	Milwaukee Brewers	NL	87
Jack Fournier	23.85 (23.8532)	1925	Brooklyn Robins	NL	88
Jeff Bagwell	23.85 (23.8516)	1997	Houston Astros	NL	89
Javy Lopez	23.85 (23.8512)	2003	Atlanta Braves	NL	90
Hank Aaron	23.84 (23.8384)	1971	Atlanta Braves	NL	91
George Kelly	23.82 (23.8179)	1924	New York Giants	NL	92
Ken Caminiti	23.81 (23.8095)	1996	San Diego Padres	NL	93
Duke Snider	23.78 (23.7838)	1959	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	94
Alex Ochoa	23.77 (23.7705)	2000	Cincinnati Reds	NL	95
Albert Pujols	23.77 (23.7676)	2009	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	96
Joe Kelley	23.71 (23.7069)	1898	Baltimore Orioles	NL	97
Sherry Magee	23.70 (23.6994)	1910	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	98
Jack Doyle	23.70 (23.6967)	1894	New York Giants	NL	99
Walker Cooper	23.69 (23.6893)	1947	New York Giants	NL	100
Name	Percent (Raw)	Year	Team	League	Rank
Current Through 2009 Season

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The American League single season record for AB / RBI Ratio was set in 1921 by Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees. The National League single season record for AB / RBI Ratio is on this page. Is either one the Career Leader for At-Bats / RBI ratio?

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