Game Winning Runs Batted In Records by Baseball Almanac

Game Winning Runs Batted In Records

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a record book full of baseball milestones for game winning RBIs — including career marks, single season plateaus and game related records.

"Rugs belong on bald heads, they're bad for baseball." - Keith Hernandez

Game Winning Runs Batted In Stats Only Official From 1980-1988 Career Records
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Most (In A Career)	AL	Eddie Murray	Baltimore	117
	NL	Keith Hernandez	St. Louis	129
			New York
Game Winning Runs Batted In Stats Only Official From 1980-1988 Single Season Records
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Most (In A Season)	AL	Mike Greenwell	Boston	23	1988
	NL	Keith Hernandez	New York	24	1985
Mostt (In A Season) (By A Pitcher)	AL	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
	NL	Rick Mahler	Atlanta	3	1985
		Rich Rhoden	Pittsburgh		1985
Most (In A Season) (By A Rookie)	AL	Jose Canseco	Oakland	14	1986
		Wally Joyner	California		1986
		Mark McGwire	Oakland		1987
	NL	Juan Samuel	Philadelphia	13	1984
		Darryl Strawberry	New York		1983
Game Winning Runs Batted In Stats Only Official From 1980-1988 Game Records
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Most Games (With A Game Winning RBI) (Consecutively)	AL	Kirk Gibson	Detroit	5	07-13-1986
					07-14-1986
					07-18-1986
					07-19-1986
					07-20-1986
	NL	Johnny Ray	Pittsburgh	4	09-18-1984
					09-19-1984
					09-20-1984
					09-21-1984
		Ozzie Smith	St. Louis		09-08-1988
					09-09-1988
					09-10-1988
					09-11-1988
		Milt Thompson	Philadelphia		08-19-1987
					08-20-1987
					08-21-1987
					08-21-1987
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Game Winning Runs Batted In Records

During the 1988 season pitcher Tim Leary had three game winning runs batted in, but he does not share the record because one came as a pinch hitter.

Alan Wiggins in 1984, and Rafael Palmeiro in 1988, both played in more than one-hundred fifty games. Neither one had a single game winning run batted in making them the record holders for fewest game winning runs batted in during a full season of play.

Every child dreams of driving in the game winning run during a big game and in the American League only Kirk Gibson has done it five consecutive times.

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