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In the famous words of iconic Philadelphia Phillies broadcaster Harry Kalas, “That ball is outta here!” The Phillies have been around since 1883. This team and its fan base have endured a lot of heartache in 140 years; I know this all too well. As a franchise, they have lost more games (11,259 entering the 2024 season) than any team in MLB history. Every fan of the Phils knows about Black Friday in 1977, Joe Carter’s walk-off blast in 1993, Ryan Howard collapsing in 2011, and then losing the last two at home in the 2023 NLCS. However, this list will focus on something more celebratory: the top home-run hitters in Philadelphia Phillies history. This group is a nice blend of names from yesteryear and modern times. A few of these guys helped bring championships to Philadelphia, so hopefully Bryce Harper and Kyle Schwarber can do the same.

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Remember getting baseball cards when you were a kid? You would turn a card over to read a player’s stats, and you instantly scanned to their home runs and RBIs. Those were the money stats and often the barometer for a guy’s value in the view of fans. Home runs are pure power numbers, and undoubtedly handfuls of RBIs come with those blasts, but the great thing about RBIs is that you can collect them without hitting homers. A skilled situational hitter can drive in a run with a single, a bunt, a walk, a sacrifice fly, a well-placed grounder, etc. Yes, it is easier to eat up four steaks with a grand slam, but that isn’t always necessary to help your team win.

These are the five MLB players with the most RBIs in a single season. All of these men are in the Hall of Fame, but only one of them eclipsed the 500-homer milestone. Another would have if not for a horrible health diagnosis. It’s also worth noting that all of these offensive onslaughts came between 1927 and 1938. That must have been the golden era for RBIs. If you do deeper digging, you’ll find that only two players have had a 160-RBI season since the 1930s. Let’s cut the rambling and see who has the most RBIs in a single season.

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The most stressful, high-pressure role in baseball is that of the closing pitcher. This pressure is why the save merits its own statistical category, those three outs at the end of a game while your team is ahead are the most critical three outs a pitcher can make. Saves take composure, skill and confidence. Only a handful of players have made more than 50 saves in a season. These are the most saves in a season in MLB history.