hank aaron has the most rbis of all time.
hank aaron has the most rbis of all time.
who has the most rbis of all time?
hank aaron
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he hit for .368, 77 rbis, and 217 hits in 1930. the following year, his numbers dipped slightly, hitting for .322 along with 70 rbis and 180 hits. he played in all 154 games for the 1932 and 1933 seasons; he bat .341 for 82 rbis, 62 doubles (a league high) and 215 hits in the former and batted .309, 70 rbis and 191 hits in the latter season. he hit for .362 (a 53-point increase), 90 rbis, 217 hits and 122 runs in the 1934 season, with the latter two being increases of over 20 from the previous year. he dipped to .321 with 78 rbis and 176 hits in 139 games the following year. in 1936, he hit for .373, his second highest in his career, while hitting 94 rbis (his third highest in his career), 53 doubles (2nd highest), and 218 hits. in 1937, he had a .354 average, while getting 74 rbis and 219 hits. famous for his ability to hit while hung over, when waner gave up drinking in 1938 at management's request, he hit only .280—the first of only two times that he failed to hit .300 as a pirate. that year, he had 69 rbis, 31 doubles and 175 hits in 148 games. as casey stengel said in complimenting his base-running skills, "he had to be a very graceful player, because he could slide without breaking the bottle on his hip." he bounced back to a .328 average in 1939, having 45 rbis and 151 hits in 125 games. the 1940 season was his last as a pirate. he hit for .290 while having 32 rbis and 69 hits in 89 games, having pulled the ligaments in his right knee after stepping awkwardly on a base, missing three weeks along with playing time after healing up. he was released on december 5, 1940. in his 15-year career with the pirates, he had 2,868 hits, 1,177 rbis, 558 doubles, 187 triples, and a .340 batting average in 2,154 games. the 1941 season was shared between the brooklyn dodgers and the boston braves. he was signed by the brooklyn dodgers on january 31, 1941. he was released by the team on may 11, 1941, but he was signed by the boston braves two weeks later. he hit for .267, 50 rbis, 88 hits in 106 combined games, with the majority being with the braves. he spent the next season with the team, having a .258 average, 39 rbis, 86 hits in 114 games. waner got his 3,000th hit off old pirate teammate rip sewell on june 19, 1942, being the seventh hitter (after ty cobb, tris speaker, honus wagner, eddie collins, nap lajoie, and cap anson) to do so. he was released by boston on january 19, 1943. two days later, the dodgers signed him again. a spike injury to his foot meant that he missed time once again, but he still hit for .311 in 82 games while having 36 rbis and 70 hits, a career low for a whole season played. the 1944 season was his last full season, playing 92 total games (83 with the dodgers and nine with the yankees after being released by the former on september 1). he batted .280, 17 rbis, and 40 hits. he played one game for the yankees in 1945, making one plate appearance as a pinch hitter, getting walked in his one appearance.
paul waner