Season Runs Batted In Leaders
| current through 2006 season |
bold = active player |
| Name |
RBI |
Year |
Team |
League |
Rank |
| Hack Wilson |
191 |
1930 |
Chicago Cubs |
NL |
1 |
| Lou Gehrig |
184 |
1931 |
New York Yankees |
AL |
2 |
| Hank Greenberg |
183 |
1937 |
Detroit Tigers |
AL |
3 |
| Jimmie Foxx |
175 |
1938 |
Boston Red Sox |
AL |
4 |
| Lou Gehrig |
175 |
1927 |
New York Yankees |
AL |
|
| Lou Gehrig |
174 |
1930 |
New York Yankees |
AL |
6 |
| Babe Ruth |
171 |
1921 |
New York Yankees |
AL |
7 |
| Hank Greenberg |
170 |
1935 |
Detroit Tigers |
AL |
8 |
| Chuck Klein |
170 |
1930 |
Philadelphia Phillies |
NL |
|
| Jimmie Foxx |
169 |
1932 |
Philadelphia Athletics |
AL |
10 |
| Joe DiMaggio |
167 |
1937 |
New York Yankees |
AL |
11 |
| Sam Thompson |
166 |
1887 |
Detroit Wolverines |
NL |
12 |
| Lou Gehrig |
165 |
1934 |
New York Yankees |
AL |
13 |
| Manny Ramirez |
165 |
1999 |
Cleveland Indians |
AL |
|
| Al Simmons |
165 |
1930 |
Philadelphia Athletics |
AL |
|
| Sam Thompson |
165 |
1895 |
Philadelphia Phillies |
NL |
|
| Babe Ruth |
164 |
1927 |
New York Yankees |
AL |
17 |
| Jimmie Foxx |
163 |
1933 |
Philadelphia Athletics |
AL |
18 |
| Babe Ruth |
163 |
1931 |
New York Yankees |
AL |
|
| Hal Trosky |
162 |
1936 |
Cleveland Indians |
AL |
20 |
| Sammy Sosa |
160 |
2001 |
Chicago Cubs |
NL |
21 |
| Lou Gehrig |
159 |
1937 |
New York Yankees |
AL |
22 |
| Vern Stephens |
159 |
1949 |
Boston Red Sox |
AL |
|
| Ted Williams |
159 |
1949 |
Boston Red Sox |
AL |
|
| Hack Wilson |
159 |
1929 |
Chicago Cubs |
NL |
|
| Sammy Sosa |
158 |
1998 |
Chicago Cubs |
NL |
26 |
| Juan Gonzalez |
157 |
1998 |
Texas Rangers |
AL |
27 |
| Al Simmons |
157 |
1929 |
Philadelphia Athletics |
AL |
|
| Jimmie Foxx |
156 |
1930 |
Philadelphia Athletics |
AL |
29 |
| Joe DiMaggio |
155 |
1948 |
New York Yankees |
AL |
30 |
| Ken Williams |
155 |
1922 |
St. Louis Browns |
AL |
|
| Joe Medwick |
154 |
1937 |
St. Louis Cardinals |
NL |
32 |
| Babe Ruth |
154 |
1929 |
New York Yankees |
AL |
|
| Tommy Davis |
153 |
1962 |
Los Angeles Dodgers |
NL |
34 |
| Babe Ruth |
153 |
1930 |
New York Yankees |
AL |
|
| Albert Belle |
152 |
1998 |
Chicago White Sox |
AL |
36 |
| Lou Gehrig |
152 |
1936 |
New York Yankees |
AL |
|
| Rogers Hornsby |
152 |
1922 |
St. Louis Cardinals |
NL |
|
| Lou Gehrig |
151 |
1932 |
New York Yankees |
AL |
39 |
| Mel Ott |
151 |
1929 |
New York Giants |
NL |
|
| Al Simmons |
151 |
1932 |
Philadelphia Athletics |
AL |
|
| Andres Galarraga |
150 |
1996 |
Colorado Rockies |
NL |
42 |
| Hank Greenberg |
150 |
1940 |
Detroit Tigers |
AL |
|
| Miguel Tejada |
150 |
2004 |
Baltimore Orioles |
AL |
|
| George Foster |
149 |
1977 |
Cincinnati Reds |
NL |
45 |
| Rogers Hornsby |
149 |
1929 |
Chicago Cubs |
NL |
|
| Ryan Howard |
149 |
2006 |
Philadelphia Phillies |
NL |
|
| Albert Belle |
148 |
1996 |
Cleveland Indians |
AL |
48 |
| Johnny Bench |
148 |
1970 |
Cincinnati Reds |
NL |
|
| David Ortiz |
148 |
2005 |
Boston Red Sox |
AL |
|
| Rafael Palmeiro |
148 |
1999 |
Texas Rangers |
AL |
|
| Cap Anson |
147 |
1886 |
Chicago White Stockings |
NL |
52 |
| Ken Griffey, Jr. |
147 |
1997 |
Seattle Mariners |
AL |
|
| Todd Helton |
147 |
2000 |
Colorado Rockies |
NL |
|
| Mark McGwire |
147 |
1998 |
St. Louis Cardinals |
NL |
|
| Mark McGwire |
147 |
1999 |
St. Louis Cardinals |
NL |
|
| Ed Delahanty |
146 |
1893 |
Philadelphia Phillies |
NL |
57 |
| Hank Greenberg |
146 |
1938 |
Detroit Tigers |
AL |
|
| Ken Griffey, Jr. |
146 |
1998 |
Seattle Mariners |
AL |
|
| Todd Helton |
146 |
2001 |
Colorado Rockies |
NL |
|
| Hardy Richardson |
146 |
1890 |
Boston Red Stockings |
PL |
|
| Babe Ruth |
146 |
1926 |
New York Yankees |
AL |
|
| Carlos Delgado |
145 |
2003 |
Toronto Blue Jays |
AL |
63 |
| Hugh Duffy |
145 |
1894 |
Boston Beaneaters |
NL |
|
| Chuck Klein |
145 |
1929 |
Philadelphia Phillies |
NL |
|
| Edgar Martinez |
145 |
2000 |
Seattle Mariners |
AL |
|
| Don Mattingly |
145 |
1985 |
New York Yankees |
AL |
|
| Manny Ramirez |
145 |
1998 |
Cleveland Indians |
AL |
|
| Al Rosen |
145 |
1953 |
Cleveland Indians |
AL |
|
| Ted Williams |
145 |
1939 |
Boston Red Sox |
AL |
|
| Vinny Castilla |
144 |
1998 |
Colorado Rockies |
NL |
71 |
| Walt Dropo |
144 |
1950 |
Boston Red Sox |
AL |
|
| Juan Gonzalez |
144 |
1996 |
Texas Rangers |
AL |
|
| Manny Ramirez |
144 |
2005 |
Boston Red Sox |
AL |
|
| Vern Stephens |
144 |
1950 |
Boston Red Sox |
AL |
|
| Mike Sweeney |
144 |
2000 |
Kansas City Royals |
AL |
|
| Mark Teixeira |
144 |
2005 |
Texas Rangers |
AL |
|
| Earl Averill |
143 |
1931 |
Cleveland Indians |
AL |
78 |
| Ernie Banks |
143 |
1959 |
Chicago Cubs |
NL |
|
| Jimmie Foxx |
143 |
1936 |
Boston Red Sox |
AL |
|
| Rogers Hornsby |
143 |
1925 |
St. Louis Cardinals |
NL |
|
| Don Hurst |
143 |
1932 |
Philadelphia Phillies |
NL |
|
| Frank Thomas |
143 |
2000 |
Chicago White Sox |
AL |
|
| Mo Vaughn |
143 |
1996 |
Boston Red Sox |
AL |
|
| Roy Campanella |
142 |
1953 |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
NL |
85 |
| Orlando Cepeda |
142 |
1961 |
San Francisco Giants |
NL |
|
| Lou Gehrig |
142 |
1928 |
New York Yankees |
AL |
|
| Luis Gonzalez |
142 |
2001 |
Arizona Diamondbacks |
NL |
|
| Roger Maris |
142 |
1961 |
New York Yankees |
AL |
|
| Rafael Palmeiro |
142 |
1996 |
Baltimore Orioles |
AL |
|
| Alex Rodriguez |
142 |
2002 |
Texas Rangers |
AL |
|
| Babe Ruth |
142 |
1928 |
New York Yankees |
AL |
|
| Hal Trosky |
142 |
1934 |
Cleveland Indians |
AL |
|
| Matt Williams |
142 |
1999 |
Arizona Diamondbacks |
NL |
|
| Dante Bichette |
141 |
1996 |
Colorado Rockies |
NL |
95 |
| Bret Boone |
141 |
2001 |
Seattle Mariners |
AL |
|
| Jim Gentile |
141 |
1961 |
Baltimore Orioles |
AL |
|
| Ted Kluszewski |
141 |
1954 |
Cincinnati Redlegs |
NL |
|
| Tino Martinez |
141 |
1997 |
New York Yankees |
AL |
|
| Willie Mays |
141 |
1962 |
San Francisco Giants |
NL |
100 |
| Sammy Sosa |
141 |
1999 |
Chicago Cubs |
NL |
|
| Sam Thompson |
141 |
1894 |
Philadelphia Phillies |
NL |
|
| Preston Wilson |
141 |
2003 |
Colorado Rockies |
NL |
|
| Name |
RBI |
Year |
Team |
League |
Rank |
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