Runs Batted in Records by Baseball Almanac

Runs Batted in Records

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a record book full of baseball milestones for runs batted in — including career marks, single season plateaus, exclusive month-by-month data and game related records.

"Babe Ruth never had to contend with anything like that when he was establishing his record." - Hall of Famer (and multiple RBI record holder) Hank Aaron

Runs Batted In Records Career Records
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Most In A Career Top 100	AL	Babe Ruth	Boston	229	2,192
	AL	Babe Ruth	New York	1,963	2,192
	NL	Hank Aaron	Milwaukee	1,305	2,202
	NL	Hank Aaron	Atlanta	897	2,202
	ML	Hank Aaron	Milwaukee	1,305	2,297
			Atlanta	897
			Milwaukee	95
Runs Batted In Records Single Season Records
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Most In A Season Top 100	AL	Lou Gehrig	New York	184	1931
Most In A Season Top 100	NL	Hack Wilson	Chicago	191	1930
Most In A Season By A Lefthander	AL	Lou Gehrig	New York	184	1931
Most In A Season By A Lefthander	NL	Chuck Klein	Philadelphia	170	1930
Most In A Season By A Righthander	AL	Hank Greenberg	Detroit	183	1937
Most In A Season By A Righthander	NL	Hack Wilson	Chicago	191	1930
Most In A Season By A Rookie	AL	Ted Williams	Boston	145	1939
Most In A Season By A Rookie	NL	Albert Pujols	St. Louis	130	2001
Most In A Season By A Switch-Hitter	AL	Mark Teixeira	Texas	144	2005
Most In A Season By A Switch-Hitter	NL	Lance Berkman	Houston	136	2006
Most Seasons Leading The League Yearly Leaders	AL	Babe Ruth	Boston	6	1919
			New York		1920
			New York		1921
			New York		1923
			New York		1926
			New York		1928
	NL	Hank Aaron	Milwaukee	4	1957
			Milwaukee		1960
			Milwaukee		1963
			Atlanta		1966
		Rogers Hornsby	St. Louis		1920
			St. Louis		1921
			St. Louis		1922
			St. Louis		1925
		Mike Schmidt	Philadelphia		1980
			Philadelphia		1981
			Philadelphia		1984
			Philadelphia		1986
Most Seasons Leading The League Consecutively Yearly Leaders	AL	Ty Cobb	Detroit	3	1907
			Detroit		1908
			Detroit		1909
		Cecil Fielder	Detroit		1990
			Detroit		1991
			Detroit		1992
		Babe Ruth	Boston		1919
			New York		1920
			New York		1921
	NL	George Foster	Cincinnati	3	1976
			Cincinnati		1977
			Cincinnati		1978
		Rogers Hornsby	St. Louis		1920
			St. Louis		1921
			St. Louis		1922
		Joe Medwick	St. Louis		1936
			St. Louis		1937
			St. Louis		1938
		Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh		1907
			Pittsburgh		1908
			Pittsburgh		1909
Most Seasons With 100+ RBIs	AL	Jimmie Foxx	Philadelphia	7	13
		Jimmie Foxx	Boston	6
		Lou Gehrig	New York	13
		Babe Ruth	Boston	1
		Babe Ruth	New York	12
	NL	Barry Bonds	Pittsburgh	3	12
	NL	Barry Bonds	San Francisco	9	12
Most Seasons With 100+ RBIs Consecutively	AL	Jimmie Foxx	Philadelphia	13	1929-1941
		Jimmie Foxx	Boston		1929-1941
		Lou Gehrig	New York		1926-1938
	NL	Sammy Sosa	Chicago	9	1995-2003
Most Seasons With 150+ RBIs	AL	Lou Gehrig	New York	7
	NL	Sammy Sosa	Chicago	2
	NL	Hack Wilson	Chicago	2
Most Seasons With 150+ RBIs Consecutively	AL	Lou Gehrig	New York	3	1930-1932
	AL	Babe Ruth	New York	3	1929-1931
	NL	Hack Wilson	Chicago	2	1929-1930
Runs Batted In Records Month-by-Month Records (Original research done by Glenn Rooth / Updated by Trent McCotter & Brian Rash)
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Most In March	AL	Jorge Posada	New York	6	2004
Most In March	NL	Corey Patterson	Chicago	7	2003
Most In April	AL	Juan Gonzalez	Texas	35	1998
	NL	Barry Bonds	San Francisco	32	1996
		Mark McGwire	St. Louis		1998
		Albert Pujols	St. Louis		2006
Most In May	AL	Ty Cobb	Detroit	43	1925
Most In May	NL	Cy Williams	Philadelphia	44	1923
Most In June	AL	Hank Greenberg	Detroit	47	1935
Most In June	NL	Mel Ott	New York	47	1929
Most In July	AL	Lou Gehrig	New York	49	1930
Most In July	NL	Cap Anson	Chicago	43	1894
Most In August	AL	Joe DiMaggio	New York	53	1939
Most In August	NL	Sam Thompson	Philadelphia	61	1894
Most In September	AL	Babe Ruth	New York	43	1927
Most In September	NL	Sam Thompson	Philadelphia	54	1895
Most In October	AL	Carlos Beltran	Kansas City	12	2001
	AL	Hal McRae	Kansas City	12	1980
	NL	Richie Sexson	Milwaukee	14	2001
Runs Batted In Records Game Records
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Most In A Game	AL	Tony Lazzeri	New York	11	05-24-1936
	NL	Jim Bottomley	St. Louis	12	09-16-1924
	NL	Mark Whiten	St. Louis	12	09-07-1993
Most In A Game By A Pitcher	AL	Vic Raschi	New York	7	08-04-1953
	NL	Tony Cloninger	Atlanta	9	07-03-1966
	NL	Henry Staley	Boston	9	06-01-1893
Most In A Doubleheader	AL	Earl Averill	Cleveland	11	09-17-1930
		Earl Averill	Cleveland		09-17-1930
		Boog Powell	Baltimore		07-06-1966
		Boog Powell	Baltimore		07-06-1966
		Jim Tabor	Boston		07-04-1939
		Jim Tabor	Boston		07-04-1939
	NL	Nate Colbert	San Diego	13	08-01-1972
		Nate Colbert	San Diego		08-01-1972
		Mark Whiten	St. Louis		09-07-1993
		Mark Whiten	St. Louis		09-07-1993
Most In 2 Consecutive Games	AL	Tony Lazzeri	New York	15	05-23-1936⁽⁴⁾
	AL	Tony Lazzeri	New York	15	05-24-1936⁽¹¹⁾
	NL	Sammy Sosa	Chicago	14	08-10-2002⁽⁹⁾
	NL	Sammy Sosa	Chicago	14	08-11-2002⁽⁵⁾
Most In An Inning	AA	Ed Cartwright	St. Louis	7	09-23-1890
	AL	Joe Astroth	Philadelphia	6	09-23-1950
		Joe Astroth	Philadelphia		6^th Inning
		Bob Johnson	Philadelphia		08-29-1937
		Bob Johnson	Philadelphia		1^st Inning
		Jim Lemon	Washington		09-05-1959
		Jim Lemon	Washington		3^rd Inning
		Tom McBride	Boston		08-04-1945
		Tom McBride	Boston		4^th Inning
		Gil McDougald	New York		05-03-1951
		Gil McDougald	New York		9^th Inning
		Sam Mele	Chicago		06-10-1952
		Sam Mele	Chicago		4^th Inning
		Carlos Quintana	Boston		07-30-1991
		Carlos Quintana	Boston		3^rd Inning
		Matt Stairs	Oakland		07-05-1996
		Matt Stairs	Oakland		1^st Inning
		Matt Williams	Cleveland		08-27-1997
		Matt Williams	Cleveland		4^th Inning
	NL	Fernando Tatis	St. Louis	8	04-23-1999
	NL	Fernando Tatis	St. Louis	8	3^rd Inning
Most Games With An RBI Consecutively 1 RBI in Each Game	AL	Mike Sweeney	Kansas City	13	06-23-1999
		Mike Sweeney	Kansas City		07-04-1999
		Taffy Wright	Chicago		05-04-1941
		Taffy Wright	Chicago		05-21-1941
	NL	Ray Grimes	Chicago	17	06-27-1922
	NL	Ray Grimes	Chicago	17	07-23-1922
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Runs Batted In Records

The American & National League record for runs batted during a game are listed above, but posted below are batters with at least ten RBIs in a game — a feat rarer than a perfect game or four home run game:

10+ RBIs in a Game
Name	Team	Lg	Date	RBIs
Jim Bottomley	St. Louis	NL	09-24-1924	12
Mark Whiten	St. Louis	NL	09-07-1993	12
Wilbert Robinson	Baltimore	NL	06-10-1892	11
Tony Lazzeri	New York	AL	05-24-1936	11
Phil Weintraub	New York	NL	04-30-1944	11
Rudy York	Boston	AL	07-27-1946	10
Walker Cooper	Cincinnati	NL	07-06-1949	10
Norm Zauchin	Boston	AL	05-27-1955	10
Reggie Jackson	Oakland	AL	06-14-1969	10
Fred Lynn	Boston	AL	06-18-1975	10
Nomar Garciaparra	Boston	AL	05-10-1999	10
Alex Rodriguez	New York	AL	04-26-2005	10
Garret Anderson	Los Angeles	AL	08-21-2007	10

Did you know that hall of famer Richie Ashburn of the National League Philadelphia Phillies (twenty in 1959) & Morrie Rath of the American League Chicago White Sox (nineteen in 1912) hold their respective league records for fewest runs batted in during a complete season (one-hundred fifty games played)?

On September 2, 1996, Mike Greenwell of Boston had nine runs batted in during a ten inning game. This is the record for most runs batted in where one player accounted for ALL of a team's RBIs.

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