4+ RBI with at most 1 hit and no runs scored
Posted by Andy on July 3, 2010
A-Rod just had a day like that--4 RBI, 1 hit, no runs scored. It doesn't happen too often. Here are all the times it's been done since 2006:
| Rk | Player | Date | Tm | Opp | Rslt | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adam Dunn | 2010-06-25 | WSN | BAL | L 6-7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | David Wright | 2010-05-20 | NYM | WSN | W 10-7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Nelson Cruz | 2010-05-14 | TEX | TOR | L 10-16 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | Eugenio Velez | 2009-09-14 | SFG | COL | W 9-1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | Ryan Theriot | 2009-07-30 | CHC | HOU | W 12-3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Jim Thome | 2009-07-11 | CHW | MIN | W 8-7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Jack Cust | 2009-05-13 | OAK | KCR | W 7-2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | Chris Davis | 2008-08-05 | TEX | NYY | W 8-6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Jose Lopez | 2008-04-15 | SEA | KCR | W 11-6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Chipper Jones | 2007-07-29 | ATL | ARI | W 14-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Dmitri Young | 2007-07-13 | WSN | FLA | W 14-10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Todd Helton | 2007-06-13 | COL | BOS | W 12-2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Xavier Nady | 2007-06-05 | PIT | WSN | W 7-6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Rob Bowen | 2007-06-02 | SDP | WSN | W 11-3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Edgar Renteria | 2006-09-26 | ATL | NYM | W 12-0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Jorge Posada | 2006-08-19 | NYY | BOS | W 13-5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Omar Vizquel | 2006-05-16 | SFG | HOU | W 14-3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Most guys use the same formula--a 2-run or 3-run double, and a sacrifice fly and/or RBI groundout.
Chipper Jones was the last guy to have 5 RBI in this scenario. The last guy to do it with zero hits was Ben Petrick in 2000. He did it with 2 RBI groundouts, a sacrifice fly, and a bases-loaded walk. Not bad.
July 4th, 2010 at 11:48 pm
Chipper Jones was the last guy to have 5 RBI in this scenario....
On a related note, that was one of 16 times Chipper Jones reached his career high of 5 RBI in one game. No one else has more 5+ RBI games in the database without having at least one 6+ RBI game.
Unfortunately, I'm having technical problems creating a link.