MLB Records: Top ten players with the most RBIs in 2011 MLB regular season – Part 1
Baseball is a game of collaboration and the club who shows a professional attitude inside the park, will usually take the outing in a dominating manner. When a player steals a base, he expects a support from back-up batters and if a perfect combination is
made, the club could earn wins without even touching a home-run.
When the bases are loaded and a score is earned off a batters hit, it is credited as Runs-batted-in in baseball. The amount of runners who score due to any hit are credited and determine the number of RBIs. It has a significant value in the Major League
Baseball.
2011 regular season of MLB has passed and many players from both American League and National League, have made their mark with better hitting strategies. A collective overview of both the Leagues has brought many players into light.
Los Angeles Dodgers’ Matt Kemp led the MLB scoring 126 RBIs with a .324 batting average over his 602 at-bats. The unsurpassed hitting power of the right-handed hitter took him 161 games to pile up this record making RBIs. His excellent hitting technique
also helped him generate 115 runs on 195 hits for the Dodgers. An MLB leading performance made him the starter of the National League squad in the 2011 MLB All-Star Game. Kemp also tagged 39 home-runs to lead the NL and became the first Dodger to do so since
Dolph Camilli achieved it in 1941.
The player with a natural ability to generate out of the box performance holds the second position in the most RBIs list of the 2011 regular season. Prince Fielder of Milwaukee Brewers has assisted 120 team-mates to score a run over his hitting. 120 RBIs
of the left-hander hitter were a valuable asset for the club to make their entry into another post-season. As a part of the 82nd All-Star Game, Fielder, 27, was named Most Valuable Player for hitting a 3-run home-run. In the 2011 regular season,
Fielder topped the NL in most intentional walks and it shows his overwhelming pressure over pitchers.
Curtis Granderson proved the Most Valuable Player for the New York Yankees in the 2011 regular season. Whether the club was of NL or AL, the left-handed slugger justified his position in the Yankees’ batting rotation. Playing as centre-fielder, 30-year-old
gritty hitter earned 119 RBIs to secure the third position in the most RBIs list. Granderson also holds the second position in MLB in most home-runs. Granderson and Mark Teixeira each hammered 30 homers in August 2011 to become the first Yankees to achieve
the record since Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle posted it in 1961. Reaching 40 home-runs, 10 triples and 20 stolen bases in a single season, Granderson also joined Willie Mays. His contribution for the Yankees could not be down played, especially when Alex
Rodriguez and Derek Jeter were struggling.
Following Granderson, is his brilliant team-mate, Robinson Cano, who made 118 RBIs in the 2011 season to secure the fourth position. More than 50 percent of his RBIs were game openers and almost all of his 188 hits created some valuable moments for the Yankees.
The strong left-handed hitter also shined in the 2011 MLB Home Run Derby, which he won posting a record making 12 home-runs without using his additional four outs. Cano maintained his batting average to .302 in 623 at-bats of 159 games in the 2011 season and
took his club out of crucial situations.
Continued in Part 2
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