peaking of insane RBI totals, I was looking at the top RBI seasons and thanks to Retrosheet and Baseball-Reference, we now know just how many men on base those sluggers of yore had. Needless to say, they had an army on base to drive in. Here are the top "Men on Base" seasons.
(Numbers reflect the total number of men on base during the player's plate appearances.)
667 - Vern Stephens, 1949, 159 RBI
661 - Vern Stephens, 1950, 144 RBI
650 - Vern Stephens, 1948, 137 RBI
637 - Lou Gehrig, 1931, 185 RBI
626 - Dixie Walker, 1945, 124 RBI
616 - Hank Greenberg, 1935, 168 RBI
610 - Hank Greenberg, 1937, 184 RBI
608 - Gus Suhr, 1936, 118 RBI (Gus Suhr!)
606 - Ted Williams, 1949, 159 RBI
604 - Hack Wilson, 1930, 191 RBI
600 - Zeke Bonura, 1936, 138 RBI (Zeke!!)
The largest post-1970 are:
573 - Derek Bell, 1996, 113 RBI
557 - George Bell, 1992, 112 RBI
556 - Bret Boone, 2001, 141 RBI
553 - Mike Greenwell, 1988, 119 RBI
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