List of Major League Baseball annual runs batted in leaders
National League

List of Major League Baseball annual runs batted in leaders

Section Title: National League
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Year	Winner(s)	RBI	Team(s)	Runner(s)-up	2nd RBI	Ref

1876	Deacon White†	60	Chicago White Stockings	Paul Hines Cap Anson† Ross Barnes	59

1877	Deacon White†	49	Boston Red Caps	John Peters	41

1878	Paul Hines	50	Providence Grays	Lew Brown	43

1879	John O'Rourke Charley Jones	62	Boston Red Caps	Buttercup Dickerson	57

1880	Cap Anson†	74	Chicago White Stockings	King Kelly†	60

1881	Cap Anson†	82	Chicago White Stockings	Charlie Bennett	64

1882	Cap Anson†	83	Chicago White Stockings	Dan Brouthers†	63

1883	Dan Brouthers†	97	Buffalo Bisons	Jack Burdock	88

1884	Cap Anson†	102	Chicago White Stockings	Fred Pfeffer	101

1885	Cap Anson†	108	Chicago White Stockings	King Kelly†	75

1886	Cap Anson†	147	Chicago White Stockings	Fred Pfeffer	95

1887	Sam Thompson†	166	Detroit Wolverines	Roger Connor†	104

1888	Cap Anson†	84	Chicago White Stockings	Billy Nash	75

1889	Roger Connor†	130	New York Giants	Dan Brouthers†	118

1890	Oyster Burns	128	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	Cap Anson†	107

1891	Cap Anson†	120	Chicago Colts	Harry Stovey	95

1892	Dan Brouthers†	124	Brooklyn Grooms	Sam Thompson†	104

1893	Ed Delahanty†	146	Philadelphia Phillies	Ed McKean	133

1894	Sam Thompson†	147	Philadelphia Phillies	Hugh Duffy†	145

1895	Sam Thompson†	165	Philadelphia Phillies	Joe Kelley†	134

1896	Ed Delahanty†	126	Philadelphia Phillies	Hughie Jennings†	121

1897	George Davis†	135	New York Giants	Jimmy Collins†	132

1898	Nap Lajoie†	127	Philadelphia Phillies	Jimmy Collins†	111

1899	Ed Delahanty†	137	Philadelphia Phillies	Buck Freeman	122

1900	Elmer Flick†	110	Philadelphia Phillies	Ed Delahanty†	109

1901	Honus Wagner†	126	Pittsburgh Pirates	Ed Delahanty†	108

1902	Honus Wagner†	91	Pittsburgh Pirates	Tommy Leach	85

1903	Sam Mertes	104	New York Giants	Honus Wagner†	101

1904	Bill Dahlen	80	New York Giants	Sam Mertes Harry Lumley	78

1905	Cy Seymour	121	Cincinnati Reds	Sam Mertes	108

1906	Harry Steinfeldt Jim Nealon	83	Chicago Cubs Pittsburgh Pirates	Cy Seymour	80

1907	Sherry Magee	85	Philadelphia Phillies	Ed Abbaticchio Honus Wagner†	82

1908	Honus Wagner†	109	Pittsburgh Pirates	Mike Donlin	106

1909	Honus Wagner†	100	Pittsburgh Pirates	Red Murray	91

1910	Sherry Magee	123	Philadelphia Phillies	Mike Mitchell	88

1911	Chief Wilson Frank Schulte	107	Pittsburgh Pirates Chicago Cubs	Fred Luderus	99

1912	Honus Wagner†	102	Pittsburgh Pirates	Bill Sweeney	100

1913	Gavvy Cravath	128	Philadelphia Phillies	Heinie Zimmerman	95

1914	Sherry Magee	103	Philadelphia Phillies	Gavvy Cravath	100

1915	Gavvy Cravath	115	Philadelphia Phillies	Sherry Magee	87

1916	Heinie Zimmerman	83	Chicago Cubs New York Giants	Hal Chase	82

1917	Heinie Zimmerman	102	New York Giants	Hal Chase	86

1918	Sherry Magee	76	Cincinnati Reds	George Cutshaw	68

1919	Hy Myers	73	Brooklyn Robins	Edd Roush† Rogers Hornsby†	71

1920	Rogers Hornsby† George Kelly†	94	St. Louis Cardinals New York Giants	Edd Roush†	90

1921	Rogers Hornsby†	126	St. Louis Cardinals	George Kelly†	122

1922	Rogers Hornsby†	152	St. Louis Cardinals	Irish Meusel	132

1923	Irish Meusel	125	New York Giants	Cy Williams	114

1924	George Kelly†	136	New York Giants	Jack Fournier	116

1925	Rogers Hornsby†	143	St. Louis Cardinals	Jack Fournier	130

1926	Jim Bottomley†	120	St. Louis Cardinals	Hack Wilson†	109

1927	Paul Waner†	131	Pittsburgh Pirates	Hack Wilson†	129

1928	Jim Bottomley†	136	St. Louis Cardinals	Pie Traynor†	124

1929	Hack Wilson†	159	Chicago Cubs	Mel Ott†	151

1930	Hack Wilson†	191	Chicago Cubs	Chuck Klein†	170

1931	Chuck Klein†	121	Philadelphia Phillies	Mel Ott†	115

1932	Don Hurst	143	Philadelphia Phillies	Chuck Klein†	137

1933	Chuck Klein†	120	Philadelphia Phillies	Wally Berger	106

1934	Mel Ott†	135	New York Giants	Ripper Collins	128

1935	Wally Berger	130	Boston Braves	Joe Medwick†	126

1936	Joe Medwick†	138	St. Louis Cardinals	Mel Ott†	135

1937	Joe Medwick†	154	St. Louis Cardinals	Frank Demaree	115

1938	Joe Medwick†	122	St. Louis Cardinals	Mel Ott†	116

1939	Frank McCormick	128	Cincinnati Reds	Joe Medwick†	117

1940	Johnny Mize†	137	St. Louis Cardinals	Frank McCormick	127

1941	Dolph Camilli	120	Brooklyn Dodgers	Babe Young	104

1942	Johnny Mize†	110	New York Giants	Dolph Camilli	109

1943	Bill Nicholson	128	Chicago Cubs	Bob Elliott	101

1944	Bill Nicholson	122	Chicago Cubs	Bob Elliott	108

1945	Dixie Walker	124	Brooklyn Dodgers	Tommy Holmes	117

1946	Enos Slaughter†	130	St. Louis Cardinals	Dixie Walker	116

1947	Johnny Mize†	138	New York Giants	Ralph Kiner†	127

1948	Stan Musial†	131	St. Louis Cardinals	Johnny Mize†	125

1949	Ralph Kiner†	127	Pittsburgh Pirates	Jackie Robinson†	124

1950	Del Ennis	126	Philadelphia Phillies	Ralph Kiner†	118

1951	Monte Irvin†	121	New York Giants	Ralph Kiner† Sid Gordon	109

1952	Hank Sauer	121	Chicago Cubs	Bobby Thomson	108

1953	Roy Campanella†	142	Brooklyn Dodgers	Eddie Mathews†	135

1954	Ted Kluszewski	141	Cincinnati Reds	Duke Snider†	130

1955	Duke Snider†	136	Brooklyn Dodgers	Willie Mays†	127

1956	Stan Musial†	109	St. Louis Cardinals	Joe Adcock	103

1957	Hank Aaron†	132	Milwaukee Braves	Del Ennis	105

1958	Ernie Banks†	129	Chicago Cubs	Frank Thomas	109

1959	Ernie Banks†	143	Chicago Cubs	Frank Robinson†	125

1960	Hank Aaron†	126	Milwaukee Braves	Eddie Mathews†	124

1961	Orlando Cepeda†	142	San Francisco Giants	Frank Robinson†	124

1962	Tommy Davis	153	Los Angeles Dodgers	Willie Mays†	141

1963	Hank Aaron†	130	Milwaukee Braves	Ken Boyer	111

1964	Ken Boyer	119	St. Louis Cardinals	Ron Santo†	114

1965	Deron Johnson	130	Cincinnati Reds	Frank Robinson†	113

1966	Hank Aaron†	127	Atlanta Braves	Roberto Clemente†	119

1967	Orlando Cepeda†	111	St. Louis Cardinals	Roberto Clemente†	110

1968	Willie McCovey†	105	San Francisco Giants	Ron Santo† Billy Williams†	98

1969	Willie McCovey†	126	San Francisco Giants	Ron Santo†	123

1970	Johnny Bench†	148	Cincinnati Reds	Tony Perez† Billy Williams†	129

1971	Joe Torre†	137	St. Louis Cardinals	Willie Stargell†	125

1972	Johnny Bench†	125	Cincinnati Reds	Billy Williams†	122

1973	Willie Stargell†	119	Pittsburgh Pirates	Lee May	105

1974	Johnny Bench†	129	Cincinnati Reds	Mike Schmidt†	116

1975	Greg Luzinski	120	Philadelphia Phillies	Johnny Bench†	110

1976	George Foster	121	Cincinnati Reds	Joe Morgan†	111

1977	George Foster	149	Cincinnati Reds	Greg Luzinski	130

1978	George Foster	120	Cincinnati Reds	Dave Parker	117

1979	Dave Winfield†	118	San Diego Padres	Dave Kingman	115

1980	Mike Schmidt†	121	Philadelphia Phillies	George Hendrick	109

1981	Mike Schmidt†	91	Philadelphia Phillies	George Foster	90

1982	Dale Murphy Al Oliver	109	Atlanta Braves Montreal Expos	Bill Buckner	105

1983	Dale Murphy	121	Atlanta Braves	Andre Dawson†	113

1984	Mike Schmidt† Gary Carter†	106	Philadelphia Phillies Montreal Expos	Dale Murphy	100

1985	Dave Parker	125	Cincinnati Reds	Dale Murphy	111

1986	Mike Schmidt†	119	Philadelphia Phillies	Dave Parker	116

1987	Andre Dawson†	137	Chicago Cubs	Tim Wallach	123

1988	Will Clark	109	San Francisco Giants	Darryl Strawberry	101

1989	Kevin Mitchell	125	San Francisco Giants	Pedro Guerrero	117

1990	Matt Williams	122	San Francisco Giants	Bobby Bonilla	120

1991	Howard Johnson	117	New York Mets	Will Clark	116

1992	Darren Daulton	109	Philadelphia Phillies	Terry Pendleton	105

1993	Barry Bonds	123	San Francisco Giants	David Justice	120

1994	Jeff Bagwell†	116	Houston Astros	Matt Williams	96

1995	Dante Bichette	128	Colorado Rockies	Sammy Sosa	119

1996	Andrés Galarraga	150	Colorado Rockies	Dante Bichette	141

1997	Andrés Galarraga	140	Colorado Rockies	Jeff Bagwell†	135

1998	Sammy Sosa	158	Chicago Cubs	Mark McGwire	147

1999	Mark McGwire	147	St. Louis Cardinals	Matt Williams	142

2000	Todd Helton	147	Colorado Rockies	Sammy Sosa	138

2001	Sammy Sosa	160	Chicago Cubs	Todd Helton	146

2002	Lance Berkman	128	Houston Astros	Albert Pujols	127

2003	Preston Wilson	141	Colorado Rockies	Gary Sheffield	132

2004	Vinny Castilla	131	Colorado Rockies	Scott Rolen	124

2005	Andruw Jones	128	Atlanta Braves	Albert Pujols	117

2006	Ryan Howard	149	Philadelphia Phillies	Albert Pujols	137

2007	Matt Holliday	137	Colorado Rockies	Ryan Howard	136

2008	Ryan Howard	146	Philadelphia Phillies	David Wright	124

2009	Prince Fielder Ryan Howard	141	Milwaukee Brewers Philadelphia Phillies	Albert Pujols	135

2010	Albert Pujols	118	St. Louis Cardinals	Carlos Gonzalez	117

2011	Matt Kemp	126	Los Angeles Dodgers	Prince Fielder	120

2012	Chase Headley	115	San Diego Padres	Ryan Braun	112

2013	Paul Goldschmidt	125	Arizona Diamondbacks	Freddie Freeman Jay Bruce	109

2014	Adrián González	116	Los Angeles Dodgers	Giancarlo Stanton	105

2015	Nolan Arenado	130	Colorado Rockies	Paul Goldschmidt	110

2016	Nolan Arenado	133	Colorado Rockies	Anthony Rizzo	109

2017	Giancarlo Stanton	132	Miami Marlins	Nolan Arenado	130

2018	Javier Báez	111	Chicago Cubs	Nolan Arenado Christian Yelich	110

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Sam Thompson was the first to set a single-season RBI record, hitting 166 in 1887.

final_sentence: Sam Thompson was the first to set a single-season RBI record, hitting 166 in 1887.