2007 Yanks & Rocks Reach Fab Five RBI Club
This season, the Colorado Rockies and the New York Yankees became just the 18th and 19th teams in big league history to have FIVE players on their team with 90+ RBI in the same season. Thanks to Baseball-Reference.com’s Play Index Batting Season Finder, here’s the complete list of all teams to have five batters on their team with 90+ RBI in the same season:
Year Lg Team Number Players Matching +----+--+---------------------------------+------+-----------------------------------------+ 2007 NL Colorado Rockies 5 Matt Holliday / Garrett Atkins / Troy Tulowitzki / Todd Helton / Brad Hawpe 2007 AL New York Yankees 5 Robinson Cano / Alex Rodriguez / Bobby Abreu / Jorge Posada / Hideki Matsui 2002 AL New York Yankees 5 Alfonso Soriano / Jason Giambi / Bernie Williams / Jorge Posada / Robin Ventura 2000 AL Anaheim Angels 5 Mo Vaughn / Troy Glaus / Garret Anderson / Tim Salmon / Darin Erstad 2000 AL Chicago White Sox 5 Frank Thomas / Magglio Ordonez / Carlos Lee / Jose Valentin / Paul Konerko 1999 AL Texas Rangers 5 Rafael Palmeiro / Todd Zeile / Rusty Greer / Juan Gonzalez / Ivan Rodriguez 1996 AL Baltimore Orioles 5 Cal Ripken / Rafael Palmeiro / Bobby Bonilla / Roberto Alomar / Brady Anderson 1996 AL Seattle Mariners 5 Jay Buhner / Alex Rodriguez / Paul Sorrento / Ken Griffey / Edgar Martinez 1982 AL Milwaukee Brewers 5 Ben Oglivie / Gorman Thomas / Robin Yount / Cecil Cooper / Ted Simmons 1977 AL Boston Red Sox 5 Jim Rice / Butch Hobson / George Scott / Carlton Fisk / Carl Yastrzemski 1953 NL Brooklyn Dodgers 5 Duke Snider / Roy Campanella / Gil Hodges / Jackie Robinson / Carl Furillo 1941 AL Boston Red Sox 5 Ted Williams / Joe Cronin / Jimmie Foxx / Bobby Doerr / Jim Tabor 1938 AL New York Yankees 5 Lou Gehrig / Joe DiMaggio / Bill Dickey / Tommy Henrich / Joe Gordon 1936 AL Detroit Tigers 5 Marv Owen / Charlie Gehringer / Goose Goslin / Al Simmons / Gee Walker 1936 AL New York Yankees 5 Lou Gehrig / Tony Lazzeri / Joe DiMaggio / George Selkirk / Bill Dickey 1934 AL Detroit Tigers 5 Marv Owen / Billy Rogell / Charlie Gehringer / Hank Greenberg / Goose Goslin 1933 AL New York Yankees 5 Lou Gehrig / Ben Chapman / Tony Lazzeri / Babe Ruth / Bill Dickey 1932 AL Philadelphia Athletics 5 Al Simmons / Jimmie Foxx / Jimmie Dykes / Mickey Cochrane / Eric McNair 1929 NL Chicago Cubs 5 Rogers Hornsby / Hack Wilson / Kiki Cuyler / Riggs Stephenson / Charlie Grimm
That’s a very cool stat report. I am surprised the Rockies haven’t done that before. Turns out the Rockies are the first non-DH team to do it since 1953.
Such an accomplishment doesn’t bode well. Only six of those teams made it to the World Series, and only two won the World Series. Of course, it was the Yankees (’36 & ‘38).
Comment by kingturtle — October 3, 2007 @ 12:47 pm
But more along this line …
The Yankees have seven batters with more than 70 RBI. Rockies still just have five.
The Yankees have seven batters with more than 90 Runs scored. Rockies just have two.
Here’s something else
Yankees - Walks - 637 Ks - 991
Rockies - Walks - 622 Ks - 1152
Comment by iiicollies — October 3, 2007 @ 1:00 pm
That walk-K disparity is one of the reasons why this Yankees team doesn’t hold a candle to the “dynasty” team of 1996-2000. Those teams just walked and walked and walked and had so many guys on base. Of course, it’s not as if the Yankees didn’t score a ton of runs this year.
Comment by Andy — October 3, 2007 @ 4:45 pm
Andy -
Huh?
Strikeouts/Walk ratio
1996 —- 1.438291139
1997 —- 1.411242604
1998 —- 1.569678407
1999 —- 1.362116992
2007 —- 1.555729984
2007 Rockies 1.852090032
2007 Red Sox 1.51233672
2007 Indians 2.037288136
2007 Angels 1.741617357
2004 Red Sox 1.804248862
2006 Cards 1.736346516
2005 W Sox 2.303448276
2003 Marlins 1.899029126
2002 Angels 1.742424242
2001 D Backs 1.792163543
1976 Reds 1.324522761
I would say this year’s ratio compares favorably
Comment by iiicollies — October 3, 2007 @ 8:36 pm