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In Major League Baseball (MLB), a player in each league wins the "RBI crown" [4] or "RBI title" [5] [6] each season by hitting the most runs batted in that year. The first RBI champion in the National League (NL) was Deacon White ; in the league's inaugural 1876 season, White hit 60 RBIs for the Chicago White Stockings . [ 7 ]
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List of Major League Baseball RBI champions. From BR Bullpen. Major League Baseball recognizes runs batted in champions in the American League and National League each season. Contents. 1 American League. 2 National League. 3 American Association. 4 Federal League. 5 Player's League. 6 National Association. 7 Reference. American League [ edit]
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As of September 22, 2024, Freddie Freeman is the active leader in career RBIs and is 145th overall with 1,232. MLB's official list does not include RBIs accumulated before 1920 when runs batted in became an official statistic.
You can easily use this chart to determine first leaders from your favorite team, multiple leaders, consecutive leaders and other trivia answers. Baseball Almanac researches the runs batted in leaders, year-by-year for each season in major league history.
American League RBI champions. List of Major League Baseball annual runs batted in leaders.