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

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He's won three straight Gold Glove Awards since 2022 while averaging 32 home runs, 29 doubles, 94 RBI and 81 runs scored with a .814 OPS during that time. Matt Musico, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024 About 1,875 kids played softball and baseball with Indy RBI last year. Ryan Murphy, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Dec. 2024 Moving forward, the RBI said that food inflation is likely to soften in its fiscal fourth quarter, given the seasonal easing of vegetable prices and autumn harvest arrivals. Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 12 Dec. 2024 Markets watchers had been expecting an eleventh consecutive pause by the RBI, with the repo rate currently at 6.5%. Lim Hui Jie,matt Clinch, CNBC, 29 Nov. 2024 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 22 Dec. 2024.

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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