ted williams has the most rbi in a season.
ted williams has the most rbi in a season.
who has the most rbi in a season?
ted williams
sam thompson was the first to set a single-season rbi record that stood for more than three seasons, hitting 166 in 1887. thompson's title that season also represented the widest margin of victory for an rbi champion as he topped the next highest total by 62 rbis. the single-season mark of 166 stood for over thirty years until babe ruth hit 171 in 1921. ruth's mark was then broken by teammate lou gehrig six seasons later in 1927 when gehrig hit 175 rbi. finally, hack wilson set the current record mark of 191 rbi in 1930 with the chicago cubs. the all-time career rbi record holder is hank aaron with 2,297, 84 more than ruth in second place. aaron led the national league in rbi four times, never consecutively. the 1930 season when wilson set the record saw four players hit more than 160 rbi: wilson, gehrig, chuck klein, and al simmons. a player has batted in 160 or more runs 21 times, with 14 of these seasons occurring during the 1930s and only twice since 1940. the lowest rbi total to ever lead a major league was 49, by deacon white in the national league's second season.
list of major league baseball annual runs batted in leaders
milwaukee selected gindl in the fifth round of the 2007 major league baseball draft. that year, he played for the rookie league helena brewers, where in 55 games, he hit .372 with 5 hr, 42 rbi and 22 doubles. he was a pioneer league post-season all-star, along with fellow brewers jonathan lucroy, eric farris and roque mercedes. he played the entire 2008 season with the class a west virginia power, where in 137 games, he hit .307 with 13 hr, 81 rbi, 38 doubles, 86 runs and 14 sb, and was again a post-season all-star. after the season, he played for the west oahu canefires of hawaii winter baseball, where he hit .281 with 3 hr and 18 rbi in 25 games. in 2009, he was promoted to the class a-advanced brevard county manatees, where in 112 games, he hit .277 with 17 hr, 71 rbi and 18 sb, and he was a mid and post-season all-star. gindl spent the entire 2010 season with the double-a huntsville stars, where in 128 games, he hit .272 with 9 hr, 60 rbi and 33 doubles. after the season, he played for surprise in the arizona fall league, where in 16 games, he hit .259 with 2 hr, 6 rbi and 11 runs, and he was named an afl rising star, along with fellow brewer jeremy jeffress. he received an invitation to major league spring training with the brewers in 2011. gindl played 2011 with triple-a nashville, where in 126 games, he hit .307 with 15 hr, 60 rbi, 84 runs and 63 walks. in 2012 with nashville, gindl hit .261 with 12 hr and 50 rbi in 127 games. gindl began 2013 with nashville, where he was hitting .274 with 8 hr and 38 rbi before being recalled.
caleb gindl