RBI

noun

ˌär-(ˌ)bē-ˈī  ˈri-bē 

plural RBIs or RBI

: a run in baseball that is driven in by a batter

also : official credit to a batter for driving in a run

led the league in RBIs

Examples of RBI in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Lester had two hits and scored two runs and Layla Holton had two hits and an RBI for Florida, who will play Oklahoma Wednesday at 1 p.m. Florida pitchers Sam Bradley and Cayden Hugh combined for 12 strikeouts and gave up only three hits to the Connecticut team. —Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 6 Aug. 2025

Jackson Merrill ran his RBI streak to 10 games with a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning. —Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025

Tyler Rogers — one of the marquee relievers the Mets acquired before last week’s trade deadline — surrendered three hits in the seventh inning, including a two-out, go-ahead RBI single to Steven Kwan that proved to be the game-winner. —Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2025

Cedric Mullins is the team leader in homers and RBI, on pace for just over 20 of the former and under 80 of the latter. —Tony Blengino, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025

Word History

Etymology

run batted in

First Known Use

1921, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

RBI

noun

ˌär-ˌbē-ˈī  ˈrib-ē 

plural RBIs or RBI

: a run in baseball that is driven in by a batter

Etymology

run batted in