MLB All-Time Leaders: Career RBI
Among those MLB players ranked in the top twenty-five in career RBI, three drove in more than 2,000 runs, thirteen drove in more than 1,900 runs, and twenty drove in more than 1,800 runs. RBI-AB Ratios for these twenty-five players range between 1:4 and 1:7. Twenty of these players had careers lasting more than 20 years, six spent their entire careers with just one team, and two remain active. Fifteen of these players are also ranked in the top twenty-five in MLB career home runs.
1. MLB All-Time Leaders: Career RBI - Hank Aaron
RBI: 2,297
AB: 12,364
RBI-AB Ratio: (1:5)
Season-high: 132 (1957)
Active Period: Milwaukee Braves (1954-1965); Atlanta Braves (1966-1974); Milwaukee Brewers (1975-1976)
2. MLB All-Time Leaders: Career RBI - Babe Ruth
RBI: 2,213
AB: 8,399
RBI-AB Ratio: (1:4)
Season-high: 171 (1921)
Active Period: Boston Red Sox (1914-1919); New York Yankees (1920-1934); Boston Braves (1935)
3. MLB All-Time Leaders: Career RBI - Cap Anson
RBI: 2,076
AB: 10,278
RBI-AB Ratio: (1:5)
Season-high: 147 (1886)
Active Period: Rockford Forest Citys (1871); Philadelphia Athletics (1872-1875); Chicago Whit Stockings (1876-1889); Chicago Colts (1890-1897)
4. MLB All-Time Leaders: Career RBI - Barry Bonds
RBI: 1,996
AB: 9,847
RBI-AB Ratio: (1:5)
Season-high: 137 (2001)
Active Period: Pittsburgh Pirates (1986-1992); San Francisco Giants (1993-2007)
5. MLB All-Time Leaders: Career RBI - Lou Gehrig
RBI: 1,995
AB: 8,001
RBI-AB Ratio: (1:4)
Season-high: 184 (1931)
Active Period: New York Yankees (1923-1939)
6. MLB All-Time Leaders: Career RBI - Stan Musial
RBI: 1,951
AB: 10,972
RBI-AB Ratio: (1:6)
Season-high: 131 (1948)
Active Period: St. Louis Cardinals (1941-1963)
7. MLB All-Time Leaders: Career RBI - Ty Cobb
RBI: 1,938
AB: 11,429
RBI-AB Ratio: (1:6)
Season-high: 127 (1911)
Active Period: Detroit Tigers (1905-1926); Philadelphia Athletics (1927-1928)
8. MLB All-Time Leaders: Career RBI - Jimmie Foxx
RBI: 1,922
AB: 8,134
RBI-AB Ratio: (1:4)
Season-high: 175 (1938)
Active Period: Philadelphia Athletics (1925-1935); Boston Red Sox (1936-1942); Chicago Cubs (1942, 1944); Philadelphia Phillies (1945)
9. MLB All-Time Leaders: Career RBI - Eddie Murray
RBI: 1,917
AB: 11,336
RBI-AB Ratio: (1:6)
Season-high: 124 (1985)
Active Period: Baltimore Orioles (1977-1988, 1996); Los Angeles Dodgers (1989-1991, 1997); New York Mets (1992-1993); Cleveland Indians (1994-1996); Anaheim Angels (1997)
10. MLB All-Time Leaders: Career RBI - Willie Mays
RBI: 1,903
AB: 10,881
RBI-AB Ratio: (1:6)
Season-high: 141 (1962)
Active Period: New York Giants (1951-1957); San Francisco Giants (1958-1972); New York Mets (1972-1973)
11. MLB All-Time Leaders: Career RBI - Mel Ott
RBI: 1,860
AB: 9,456
RBI-AB Ratio: (1:5)
Season-high: 151 (1929)
Active Period: New York Giants (1926-1947)
12. MLB All-Time Leaders: Career RBI - Carl Yastrzemski
RBI: 1,844
AB: 11,988
RBI-AB Ratio: (1:7)
Season-high: 121 (1967)
Active Period: Boston Red Sox (1961-1983)
13. MLB All-Time Leaders: Career RBI - Ted Williams
RBI: 1,839
AB: 7,706
RBI-AB Ratio: (1:4)
Season-high: 159 (1949)
Active Period: Boston Red Sox (1939-1960)
14. MLB All-Time Leaders: Career RBI - Ken Griffey, Jr.
RBI: 1,836
AB: 9,801
RBI-AB Ratio: (1:5)
Season-high: 147 (1997)
Active Period: Seattle Mariners (1989-1999, 2009-2010); Cincinnati Reds (2000-2008); Chicago White Sox (2008)
15. MLB All-Time Leaders: Career RBI - Rafael Palmeiro
RBI: 1,835
AB: 10,472
RBI-AB Ratio: (1:6)
Season-high: 148 (1999)
Active Period: Chicago Cubs (1986-1988); Texas Rangers (1989-1993, 1999-2003); Baltimore Orioles (1994-1998, 2004-2005)
16. MLB All-Time Leaders: Career RBI - Dave Winfield
RBI: 1,833
AB: 11,003
RBI-AB Ratio: (1:6)
Season-high: 118 (1979)
Active Period: San Diego Padres (1973-1980); New York Yankees (1981-1988, 1990); California Angels (1990-1991); Toronto Blue Jays (1992); Minnesota Twins (1993-1994); Cleveland Indians (1995)
17. MLB All-Time Leaders: Career RBI - Alex Rodriguez
RBI: 1,831
AB: 8,826
RBI-AB Ratio: (1:5)
Season-high: 156 (2007)
Active Period: Seattle Mariners (1994-2000); Texas Rangers (2001-2003); New York Yankees (2004-present)
18. MLB All-Time Leaders: Career RBI - Manny Ramirez
RBI: 1,830
AB: 8,227
RBI-AB Ratio: (1:5)
Season-high: 165 (1999)
Active Period: Cleveland Indians (1993-2000); Boston Red Sox (2001-2008); Los Angeles Dodgers (2008-2010); Chicago White Sox (2010-present)
19. MLB All-Time Leaders: Career RBI - Al Simmons
RBI: 1,827
AB: 8,759
RBI-AB Ratio: (1:5)
Season-high: 165 (1930)
Active Period: Philadelphia Athletics (1924-1932, 1940-1941, 1944); Chicago White Sox (1933-1935); Detroit Tigers (1936); Washington Senators (1937-1938); Boston Bees (1939); Cincinnati Reds (1939); Boston Red Sox (1943)
20. MLB All-Time Leaders: Career RBI - Frank Robinson
RBI: 1,812
AB: 10,006
RBI-AB Ratio: (1:6)
Season-high: 136 (1962)
Active Period: Cincinnati Redlegs (1956-1959); Cincinnati Reds (1960-1965); Baltimore Orioles (1966-1971); Los Angeles Dodgers (1972); California Angels (1973-1974); Cleveland Indians (1974-1976)
21. MLB All-Time Leaders: Career RBI - Honus Wagner
RBI: 1,732
AB: 10,430
RBI-AB Ratio: (1:6)
Season-high: 126 (1901)
Active Period: Louisville Colonels (1897-1899); Pittsburgh Pirates (1900-1917)
22. MLB All-Time Leaders: Career RBI - Frank Thomas
RBI: 1,704
AB: 8,199
RBI-AB Ratio: (1:5)
Season-high: 134 (1996)
Active Period: Chicago White Sox (1990-2005); Oakland Athletics (2006, 2008); Toronto Blue Jays (2007-2008)
23. MLB All-Time Leaders: Career RBI - Reggie Jackson
RBI: 1702
AB: 9864
RBI-AB Ratio: (1:6)
Season-high: 118 (1969)
Active Period: Kansas City Athletics (1967); Oakland Athletics (1968-1975, 1987); Baltimore Orioles (1976); New York Yankees (1977-1981); California Angels (1982-1986)
24. MLB All-Time Leaders: Career RBI - Cal Ripken
RBI: 1,695
AB: 11,551
RBI-AB Ratio: (1:7)
Season-high: 114 (1991)
Active Period: Baltimore Orioles (1981-2001)
25. MLB All-Time Leaders: Career RBI - Gary Sheffield
RBI: 1,676
AB: 9,217
RBI-AB Ratio: (1:6)
Season-high: 132 (2003)
Active Period: Milwaukee Brewers (1988-1991); San Diego Padres (1992-1993); Florida Marlins (1993-1994); Los Angeles Dodgers (1998-2001); Atlanta Braves (2002-2003); New York Yankees (2004-2006); Detroit Tigers (2007-2008); New York Mets (2009)
Source(s):
"League Leaders: RBI," MLB.com
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Great list!
A couple of Birds on here!