plural RBIs or RBI
: a run in baseball that is driven in by a batter
also : official credit to a batter for driving in a run
led the league in RBIs

Examples of RBI in a Sentence

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Pham split the 2024 season among the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago White Sox and Kansas City Royals, hitting .248 with 20 doubles, 9 home runs and 39 RBI. arkansasonline.com, 7 Feb. 2025 The Monetary Policy Committee decided to trim the repo rate by 25 basis points to 6.25%, RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra said in a livestreamed address. Anniek Bao, CNBC, 7 Feb. 2025 Junior Morgan Daugaard also drove in a pair of runs going 2-for-4, while ninth grader Brynn Liddle went 3-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored and senior Courtney Hennen went 2-for-3 scoring two runs and adding an RBI. Tom Schardin, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025 Almora has appeared in 600 big-league games and has hit .259 (.300 on base) with 33 homers and 163 RBI, for the Cubs, Mets and Cincinnati. Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for RBI 

Word History

Etymology

run batted in

First Known Use

1921, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of RBI was in 1921

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“RBI.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/RBI. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.

Kids Definition

plural RBIs or RBI
: a run in baseball that is driven in by a batter
Etymology

run batted in

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