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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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.
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Tony Blengino, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Williams led Florida State with 19 homers this past season while batting .321 for 53 RBI.
—Cameron Priester, Sun Sentinel, 13 July 2025
The top of the sixth featured a 109.2-mph, two-out, RBI single from Giancarlo Stanton, which came shortly after the Jays intentionally walked Aaron Judge.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 1 July 2025
Eugenio Suarez #28 of the Arizona Diamondbacks celebrates after hitting an RBI single against the Miami Marlins at Chase Field on June 29, 2025 in Phoenix, Arizona.
—Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
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Tony Blengino, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Williams led Florida State with 19 homers this past season while batting .321 for 53 RBI.
—Cameron Priester, Sun Sentinel, 13 July 2025
The top of the sixth featured a 109.2-mph, two-out, RBI single from Giancarlo Stanton, which came shortly after the Jays intentionally walked Aaron Judge.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 1 July 2025
Eugenio Suarez #28 of the Arizona Diamondbacks celebrates after hitting an RBI single against the Miami Marlins at Chase Field on June 29, 2025 in Phoenix, Arizona.
—Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
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“RBI.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/RBI. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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