It will be less than three months until baseball returns to Chicago, so I thought it would be a good time to revisit, for the first time in six years, the all-time rankings in both offensive and defensive categories for all iterations of the current 30 teams for the 1040 games I’ve identified that I have attended. We continue today on the offensive side of the ball with runs batted in.
Based on the raw numbers, the White Sox and Cubs are far and away the leaders in this category, as they are the teams I’ve seen most often. When you adjust the numbers per game, the California iteration of the Angels and the Guardians lead the way as the only teams over seven. The Nationals and the Miami incarnation of the Marlins are the only teams that failed to average three runs batted in per game.
Runs Batted In
| Team Name | RBIs |
|---|---|
| Chicago White Sox | 2943 |
| Chicago Cubs | 1899 |
| Cleveland Indians | 286 |
| Minnesota Twins | 261 |
| Kansas City Royals | 247 |
| Detroit Tigers | 247 |
| Houston Astros | 221 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 194 |
| Texas Rangers | 182 |
| Boston Red Sox | 174 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 172 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 169 |
| Seattle Mariners | 161 |
| New York Yankees | 160 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 148 |
| Los Angeles Angels | 137 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 135 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 126 |
| Oakland Athletics | 124 |
| Florida Marlins | 120 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 115 |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 101 |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 96 |
| Atlanta Braves | 85 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 79 |
| San Diego Padres | 76 |
| San Francisco Giants | 76 |
| New York Mets | 71 |
| Colorado Rockies | 64 |
| Washington Nationals | 40 |
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 32 |
| Cleveland Guardians | 22 |
| Montreal Expos | 19 |
| California Angels | 15 |
| Anaheim Angels | 7 |
| Miami Marlins | 4 |
Runs Batted In per Game
| Team Name | RBIs per Game |
|---|---|
| California Angels | 7.5 |
| Cleveland Guardians | 7.33333333333333 |
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 6.4 |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 5.94117647058824 |
| Boston Red Sox | 5.4375 |
| Florida Marlins | 5.21739130434783 |
| New York Yankees | 5.16129032258065 |
| Cleveland Indians | 4.93103448275862 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 4.73170731707317 |
| Texas Rangers | 4.66666666666667 |
| Houston Astros | 4.51020408163265 |
| Chicago White Sox | 4.37946428571429 |
| Chicago Cubs | 4.34553775743707 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 4.3448275862069 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 4.25925925925926 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 4.225 |
| Detroit Tigers | 4.1864406779661 |
| New York Mets | 4.17647058823529 |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 4.17391304347826 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 4.11111111111111 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 4.09090909090909 |
| Atlanta Braves | 4.04761904761905 |
| Seattle Mariners | 4.025 |
| Oakland Athletics | 4 |
| Kansas City Royals | 3.98387096774194 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 3.95 |
| Los Angeles Angels | 3.91428571428571 |
| Minnesota Twins | 3.83823529411765 |
| Montreal Expos | 3.8 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 3.73913043478261 |
| San Diego Padres | 3.61904761904762 |
| Colorado Rockies | 3.55555555555556 |
| Anaheim Angels | 3.5 |
| San Francisco Giants | 3.30434782608696 |
| Washington Nationals | 3.07692307692308 |
| Miami Marlins | 2 |