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The plural of "RBI" is a matter of "(very) minor controversy" for baseball fans: [3] it is usually "RBIs", in accordance with the usual practice for pluralizing initialisms in English; [4] [5] however, some sources use "RBI" as the plural, on the basis that it can stand for "runs batted in".
Tony Lazzeri (left), Rudy York (center) and Nomar Garciaparra (right) are the only players to amass 10 runs batted in and hit two grand slams in the same game. In baseball, a run batted in (RBI) is awarded to a batter for each runner who scores as a result of the batter's action, including a hit, fielder's choice, sacrifice fly, sacrifice bunt, catcher's interference, or a walk or hit by pitch ...
The batting order is the main component of a team's offensive strategy. In Major League Baseball, the batting order is set by the manager, who before the game begins must present the home plate umpire with two copies of his team's lineup card, a card on which a team's starting batting order is recorded. The home plate umpire keeps one copy of ...
RBI: Career runs batted in. * denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame. Bold: denotes active player. [a] List. Stats updated as of the end of the 2024 season.
Fernando Tatís holds the MLB mark of 8 RBI in a single inning, set in 1999 with two grand slams. Alex Rodriguez set the AL mark with 7 RBI, in a game in which he reached 30 HR and 100 RBI for a record 13th consecutive season. Cody Bellinger is the most recent player to tie the 6-RBI mark, doing so on June 6, 2021.
The Detroit Tigers are using the same batting order as they used in Game 1 even though it didn't work out. Here's why A.J. Hinch decided to do so.
Oyster Burns is the only National League RBI champion from 1880 to 1902 not elected to the Hall of Fame. Hank Aaron holds the most career RBI [15] and led the National League in four non-consecutive seasons. Matt Holliday won the RBI title in 2007, breaking a potential record-breaking streak of four consecutive championships for Ryan Howard.
The third and fourth batters tend to be interchangeable in the batting order. The fifth batter in the lineup also has the job of batting in runs, in effect a backup for the cleanup hitter. He shares multiple traits with the cleanup hitter and therefore can compete for the cleanup hitter's spot in the batting order.