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run batted in

run batted in

3 5.3
A score given to a batter when their hit lets another player reach home
  • noun
  • /rʌn ˈbætɪd ɪn/
  • Specialized
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  • Her impressive performance included five runs batted in, which helped secure the win for her team.
  • number of runs batted in
  • runs batted in three
  • runs batted in three years

Examples

  • Trout hit .326, with 30 homers and 83 runs batted in, and he led the majors with 129 runs and 49 steals.

    Blog text (22)

  • After hitting a home run, he was credited with two runs batted in for the team's victory.

  • Bob Clemente with four home runs and 24 runs batted in.

    Fences (2016)

  • Two for two with a walk, four runs batted in, and he's already hit two home runs tonight.

    BASEketball (1998)

  • Moko Moanaroa was 1 for 5 with two runs scored and a run batted in.

    Blog text (27)

  • He's second in runs batted in and slugging percentage.

    Blog text (8)

  • The switch-hitting slugger was hitting only .221, with five home runs and 30 runs batted in.

    Blog text (14)

  • His performance for that month included 6 home runs, 35 runs batted in, and his selection as the National League's Player of the Month (Alman, 1983).

    Academic text (1991)

  • Last season, Bryce hit .626, with 14 home runs and 55 RBIs (runs batted in) for the Wildcats, his baseball team at Las Vegas High School in Las Vegas, Nevada.

    Academic text (2009)

  • In the game last night, he achieved three runs batted in with a single and a double.

Synonyms

RBI
vsrun batted in
  • Jargon
58 4.2

A run scored when a batter's play makes a player touch home plate, not if a fielder makes a mistake

includes runs credited to the batter without excluding fielding errors

Surface Forms

run batted in singular
runs batted in plural

Morphology

run + bat + in

The phrase literally combines 'run' + 'batted' + 'in' to denote a run that was driven in by a batter, so a learner who knows those words can infer a general sense — a run caused by batting. However, the passive participle ordering and the sport-specific/statistical nuance (credited to the batter as an RBI) make the exact meaning and usage less predictable without baseball knowledge, so it is only partly transparent.

Etymology

Run batted in shows a simple baseball picture: a batter batted the ball so a teammate could run in to home and score. So the batter gets credit for that 'run', which is why the phrase means a run counted for the batter.