RBI
noun
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
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This past season Lowe batted .228 with 18 home runs, 84 RBI, a .689 OPS and 0.1 wins above replacement in 153 games split between the Washington Nationals and Red Sox.
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Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 21 Nov. 2025
The postseason leader in RBI might have been the most consistently productive player in the entire playoffs.
—Chad Jennings, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
Will Smith hit an RBI double after a Tommy Edman double and Shohei Ohtani intentional walk.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 1 Nov. 2025
Isiah Kiner-Falefa added an insurance run in the eighth inning on a RBI single.
—Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
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Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 21 Nov. 2025
The postseason leader in RBI might have been the most consistently productive player in the entire playoffs.
—Chad Jennings, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
Will Smith hit an RBI double after a Tommy Edman double and Shohei Ohtani intentional walk.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 1 Nov. 2025
Isiah Kiner-Falefa added an insurance run in the eighth inning on a RBI single.
—Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
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“RBI.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/RBI. Accessed 4 Dec. 2025.
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