List of Major League Baseball RBI champions

Major League Baseball recognizes runs batted in champions in the American League and National League each season.

American League

Year	Player	Team(s)	RBIs
1901	Nap Lajoie	Philadelphia Athletics	125
1902	Buck Freeman	Boston Americans	121
1903	Buck Freeman	Boston Americans	104
1904	Nap Lajoie	Cleveland Naps	102
1905	Harry Davis	Philadelphia Athletics	83
1906	Harry Davis	Philadelphia Athletics	96
1907	Ty Cobb	Detroit Tigers	119
1908	Ty Cobb	Detroit Tigers	108
1909	Ty Cobb	Detroit Tigers	107
1910	Sam Crawford	Detroit Tigers	120
1911	Ty Cobb	Detroit Tigers	127
1912	Frank Baker	Philadelphia Athletics	130
1913	Frank Baker	Philadelphia Athletics	117
1914	Sam Crawford	Detroit Tigers	104
1915	Sam Crawford Bobby Veach	Detroit Tigers	112
1916	Del Pratt	St. Louis Browns	103
1917	Bobby Veach	Detroit Tigers	103
1918	Bobby Veach	Detroit Tigers	78
1919	Babe Ruth	Boston Red Sox	114
1920	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	137
1921	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	171
1922	Ken Williams	St. Louis Browns	155
1923	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	131
1924	Goose Goslin	Washington Senators	129
1925	Bob Meusel	New York Yankees	138
1926	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	150
1927	Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees	175
1928	Lou Gehrig Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	142
1929	Al Simmons	Philadelphia Athletics	157
1930	Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees	174
1931	Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees	184
1932	Jimmie Foxx	Philadelphia Athletics	169
1933	Jimmie Foxx	Philadelphia Athletics	163
1934	Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees	165
1935	Hank Greenberg	Detroit Tigers	170
1936	Hal Trosky	Cleveland Indians	162
1937	Hank Greenberg	Detroit Tigers	183
1938	Jimmie Foxx	Boston Red Sox	175
1939	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	145
1940	Hank Greenberg	Detroit Tigers	150
1941	Joe DiMaggio	New York Yankees	125
1942	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	137
1943	Rudy York	Detroit Tigers	118
1944	Vern Stephens	St. Louis Browns	109
1945	Nick Etten	New York Yankees	111
1946	Hank Greenberg	Detroit Tigers	127
1947	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	114
1948	Joe DiMaggio	New York Yankees	155
1949	Vern Stephens Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	159
1950	Walt Dropo Vern Stephens	Boston Red Sox	144
1951	Gus Zernial	Chicago White Sox Philadelphia Athletics	129
1952	Al Rosen	Cleveland Indians	105
1953	Al Rosen	Cleveland Indians	145
1954	Larry Doby	Cleveland Indians	126
1955	Ray Boone Jackie Jensen	Detroit Tigers Boston Red Sox	116
1956	Mickey Mantle	New York Yankees	130
1957	Roy Sievers	Washington Senators	114
1958	Jackie Jensen	Boston Red Sox	122
1959	Jackie Jensen	Boston Red Sox	112
1960	Roger Maris	New York Yankees	112
1961	Roger Maris Jim Gentile	New York Yankees Baltimore Orioles	141
1962	Harmon Killebrew	Minnesota Twins	126
1963	Dick Stuart	Boston Red Sox	118
1964	Brooks Robinson	Baltimore Orioles	118
1965	Rocky Colavito	Cleveland Indians	108
1966	Frank Robinson	Baltimore Orioles	122
1967	Carl Yastrzemski	Boston Red Sox	121
1968	Ken Harrelson	Boston Red Sox	109
1969	Harmon Killebrew	Minnesota Twins	140
1970	Frank Howard	Washington Senators	126
1971	Harmon Killebrew	Minnesota Twins	119
1972	Dick Allen	Chicago White Sox	113
1973	Reggie Jackson	Oakland Athletics	117
1974	Jeff Burroughs	Texas Rangers	118
1975	George Scott	Milwaukee Brewers	109
1976	Lee May	Baltimore Orioles	109
1977	Larry Hisle	Minnesota Twins	119
1978	Jim Rice	Boston Red Sox	139
1979	Don Baylor	California Angels	139
1980	Cecil Cooper	Milwaukee Brewers	122
1981	Eddie Murray	Baltimore Orioles	78
1982	Hal McRae	Kansas City Royals	133
1983	Cecil Cooper Jim Rice	Milwaukee Brewers Boston Red Sox	126
1984	Tony Armas	Boston Red Sox	123
1985	Don Mattingly	New York Yankees	145
1986	Joe Carter	Cleveland Indians	121
1987	George Bell	Toronto Blue Jays	134
1988	Jose Canseco	Oakland Athletics	124
1989	Ruben Sierra	Texas Rangers	119
1990	Cecil Fielder	Detroit Tigers	132
1991	Cecil Fielder	Detroit Tigers	133
1992	Cecil Fielder	Detroit Tigers	124
1993	Albert Belle	Cleveland Indians	129
1994	Kirby Puckett	Minnesota Twins	112
1995	Albert Belle Mo Vaughn	Cleveland Indians Boston Red Sox	126
1996	Albert Belle	Cleveland Indians	148
1997	Ken Griffey Jr.	Seattle Mariners	147
1998	Juan González	Texas Rangers	157
1999	Manny Ramirez	Cleveland Indians	165
2000	Edgar Martinez	Seattle Mariners	145
2001	Bret Boone	Seattle Mariners	141
2002	Alex Rodriguez	Texas Rangers	142
2003	Carlos Delgado	Toronto Blue Jays	145
2004	Miguel Tejada	Baltimore Orioles	150
2005	David Ortiz	Boston Red Sox	148
2006	David Ortiz	Boston Red Sox	137
2007	Alex Rodriguez	New York Yankees	156
2008	Josh Hamilton	Texas Rangers	130
2009	Mark Teixeira	New York Yankees	122
2010	Miguel Cabrera	Detroit Tigers	126
2011	Curtis Granderson	New York Yankees	119
2012	Miguel Cabrera	Detroit Tigers	139
2013	Chris Davis	Baltimore Orioles	138
2014	Mike Trout	Los Angeles Angels	111
2015	Josh Donaldson	Toronto Blue Jays	123
2016	Edwin Encarnacion David Ortiz	Toronto Blue Jays Boston Red Sox	127
2017	Nelson Cruz	Seattle Mariners	119
2018	J.D. Martinez	Boston Red Sox	130
2019	Jose Abreu	Chicago White Sox	123
2020	Jose Abreu	Chicago White Sox	60
2021	Salvador Perez	Kansas City Royals	121

National League

Year	Player	Team(s)	RBIs
1876	Deacon White	Chicago White Stockings	60
1877	Deacon White	Boston Red Caps	49
1878	Paul Hines	Providence Grays	50
1879	Charley Jones John O'Rourke	Boston Red Caps	62
1880	Cap Anson	Chicago White Stockings	74
1881	Cap Anson	Chicago White Stockings	82
1882	Cap Anson	Chicago White Stockings	83
1883	Dan Brouthers	Buffalo Bisons	97
1884	Cap Anson	Chicago White Stockings	102
1885	Cap Anson	Chicago White Stockings	108
1886	Cap Anson	Chicago White Stockings	147
1887	Sam Thompson	Detroit Wolverines	166
1888	Cap Anson	Chicago White Stockings	84
1889	Roger Connor	New York Giants	130
1890	Oyster Burns	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	128
1881	Cap Anson	Chicago White Stockings	120
1892	Dan Brouthers	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	124
1893	Ed Delahanty	Philadelphia Phillies	146
1894	Hugh Duffy	Boston Beaneaters	145
1895	Sam Thompson	Philadelphia Phillies	165
1896	Ed Delahanty	Philadelphia Phillies	126
1897	George Davis	New York Giants	136
1898	Nap Lajoie	Philadelphia Phillies	127
1899	Ed Delahanty	Philadelphia Phillies	137
1900	Elmer Flick	Philadelphia Phillies	110
1901	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	126
1902	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	91
1903	Sam Mertes	New York Giants	104
1904	Bill Dahlen	New York Giants	80
1905	Cy Seymour	Cincinnati Reds	121
1906	Jim Nealon Harry Steinfeldt	Pittsburgh Pirates Chicago Cubs	83
1907	Sherry Magee	Philadelphia Phillies	85
1908	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	109
1909	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	100
1910	Sherry Magee	Philadelphia Phillies	123
1911	Frank Schulte Chief Wilson	Chicago Cubs Pittsburgh Pirates	107
1912	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	102
1913	Gavvy Cravath	Philadelphia Phillies	128
1914	Sherry Magee	Philadelphia Phillies	103
1915	Gavvy Cravath	Philadelphia Phillies	115
1916	Heinie Zimmerman	Chicago Cubs New York Giants	83
1917	Heinie Zimmerman	New York Giants	102
1918	Sherry Magee	Cincinnati Reds	76
1919	Hy Myers	Brooklyn Robins	73
1920	Rogers Hornsby George Kelly	St. Louis Cardinals New York Giants	94
1921	Rogers Hornsby	St. Louis Cardinals	126
1922	Rogers Hornsby	St. Louis Cardinals	152
1923	Irish Meusel	New York Giants	125
1924	George Kelly	New York Giants	136
1925	Rogers Hornsby	St. Louis Cardinals	143
1926	Jim Bottomley	St. Louis Cardinals	120
1927	Paul Waner	Pittsburgh Pirates	131
1928	Jim Bottomley	St. Louis Cardinals	136
1929	Hack Wilson	Chicago Cubs	159
1930	Hack Wilson	Chicago Cubs	191
1931	Chuck Klein	Philadelphia Phillies	121
1932	Don Hurst	Philadelphia Phillies	143
1933	Chuck Klein	Philadelphia Phillies	120
1934	Mel Ott	New York Giants	135
1935	Wally Berger	Boston Braves	130
1936	Joe Medwick	St. Louis Cardinals	138
1937	Joe Medwick	St. Louis Cardinals	154
1938	Joe Medwick	St. Louis Cardinals	122
1939	Frank McCormick	Cincinnati Reds	128
1940	Johnny Mize	St. Louis Cardinals	137
1941	Dolph Camilli	Brooklyn Dodgers	120
1942	Johnny Mize	New York Giants	110
1943	Bill Nicholson	Chicago Cubs	128
1944	Bill Nicholson	Chicago Cubs	122
1945	Dixie Walker	Brooklyn Dodgers	124
1946	Enos Slaughter	St. Louis Cardinals	130
1947	Johnny Mize	New York Giants	138
1948	Stan Musial	St. Louis Cardinals	131
1949	Ralph Kiner	Pittsburgh Pirates	127
1950	Del Ennis	Philadelphia Phillies	126
1951	Monte Irvin	New York Giants	121
1952	Hank Sauer	Chicago Cubs	121
1953	Roy Campanella	Brooklyn Dodgers	142
1954	Ted Kluszewski	Cincinnati Reds	141
1955	Duke Snider	Brooklyn Dodgers	136
1956	Stan Musial	St. Louis Cardinals	109
1957	Hank Aaron	Milwaukee Braves	132
1958	Ernie Banks	Chicago Cubs	129
1959	Ernie Banks	Chicago Cubs	143
1960	Hank Aaron	Milwaukee Braves	126
1961	Orlando Cepeda	San Francisco Giants	142
1962	Tommy Davis	Los Angeles Dodgers	153
1963	Hank Aaron	Milwaukee Braves	130
1964	Ken Boyer	St. Louis Cardinals	119
1965	Deron Johnson	Cincinnati Reds	130
1966	Hank Aaron	Atlanta Braves	127
1967	Orlando Cepeda	St. Louis Cardinals	111
1968	Willie McCovey	San Francisco Giants	105
1969	Willie McCovey	San Francisco Giants	126
1970	Johnny Bench	Cincinnati Reds	148
1971	Joe Torre	St. Louis Cardinals	137
1972	Johnny Bench	Cincinnati Reds	125
1973	Willie Stargell	Pittsburgh Pirates	119
1974	Johnny Bench	Cincinnati Reds	129
1975	Greg Luzinski	Philadelphia Phillies	120
1976	George Foster	Cincinnati Reds	121
1977	George Foster	Cincinnati Reds	149
1978	George Foster	Cincinnati Reds	120
1979	Dave Winfield	San Diego Padres	118
1980	Mike Schmidt	Philadelphia Phillies	121
1981	Mike Schmidt	Philadelphia Phillies	91
1982	Dale Murphy Al Oliver	Atlanta Braves Montreal Expos	109
1983	Dale Murphy	Atlanta Braves	121
1984	Gary Carter Mike Schmidt	Montreal Expos Philadelphia Phillies	106
1985	Dave Parker	Cincinnati Reds	125
1986	Mike Schmidt	Philadelphia Phillies	119
1987	Andre Dawson	Chicago Cubs	137
1988	Will Clark	San Francisco Giants	109
1989	Kevin Mitchell	San Francisco Giants	125
1990	Matt Williams	San Francisco Giants	122
1991	Howard Johnson	New York Mets	117
1992	Darren Daulton	Philadelphia Phillies	109
1993	Barry Bonds	San Francisco Giants	123
1994	Jeff Bagwell	Houston Astros	116
1995	Dante Bichette	Colorado Rockies	128
1996	Andres Galarraga	Colorado Rockies	150
1997	Andres Galarraga	Colorado Rockies	140
1998	Sammy Sosa	Chicago Cubs	158
1999	Mark McGwire	St. Louis Cardinals	147
2000	Todd Helton	Colorado Rockies	147
2001	Sammy Sosa	Chicago Cubs	160
2002	Lance Berkman	Houston Astros	128
2003	Preston Wilson	Colorado Rockies	141
2004	Vinny Castilla	Colorado Rockies	131
2005	Andruw Jones	Atlanta Braves	128
2006	Ryan Howard	Philadelphia Phillies	149
2007	Matt Holliday	Colorado Rockies	137
2008	Ryan Howard	Philadelphia Phillies	146
2009	Prince Fielder Ryan Howard	Milwaukee Brewers Philadelphia Phillies	141
2010	Albert Pujols	St. Louis Cardinals	118
2011	Matt Kemp	Los Angeles Dodgers	126
2012	Chase Headley	San Diego Padres	115
2013	Paul Goldschmidt	Arizona Diamondbacks	125
2014	Adrian Gonzalez	Los Angeles Dodgers	116
2015	Nolan Arenado	Colorado Rockies	130
2016	Nolan Arenado	Colorado Rockies	133
2017	Giancarlo Stanton	Miami Marlins	132
2018	Javier Baez	Chicago Cubs	111
2019	Anthony Rendon	Washington Nationals	126
2020	Marcell Ozuna	Atlanta Braves	56
2021	Adam Duvall	Miami Marlins/Atlanta Braves	113

American Association

Year	Player	Team(s)	RBIs
1882	Hick Carpenter	Cincinnati Red Stockings	67
1883	Charley Jones	Cincinnati Red Stockings	80
1884	Dave Orr	New York Metropolitans	112
1885	Frank Fennelly	Cincinnati Red Stockings	89
1886	Tip O'Neill	St. Louis Browns	107
1887	Tip O'Neill	St. Louis Browns	123
1888	John Reilly	Cincinnati Red Stockings	103
1889	Harry Stovey	Philadelphia Athletics	119
1890	Spud Johnson	Columbus Solons	113
1891	Hugh Duffy Duke Farrell	Boston Reds	110

Federal League

Year	Player	Team(s)	RBIs
1914	Frank LaPorte	Indianapolis Hoosiers	107
1915	Dutch Zwilling	Chicago Chi-Feds	94

Player's League

Year	Player	Team(s)	RBIs
1890	Hardy Richardson	Boston Reds	146

National Association

Year	Player	Team(s)	RBIs
1871	Rynie Wolters	New York Mutuals	44
1872	Lip Pike	Baltimore Canaries	60
1873	Deacon White	Boston Red Stockings	66
1874	Cal McVey	Boston Red Stockings	71
1875	Cal McVey	Boston Red Stockings	87

Reference

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