In Colorado's 1-0 win over the Giants tonight, there were no RBI in the game. The winning run was credited as scoring on an error by San Francisco catcher Bengie Molina while trying to tag Garret Atkins on a play at home.
Unusual? It depends. There has already been a game devoid of RBI this year. The Angels beat the Twins 1-0 back on April 2 with the only run coming on a wild pitch.
Back on August 11, 1971, the Reds scored five times without an RBI thanks to errors by Jack Billingham, Bob Watson, Joe Morgan, and Denis Menke of the Astros.
And on July 1, 1990, the White Sox scored four runs without an RBI. Or even a hit. And Andy Hawkins took the loss for the Yankees.
Four runs without an RBI for either team appears to be the high water mark in Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index. I would not be surprised if the 19th Century yielded a higher total since there were so many more errors then.
The Hawkins game was one of the worst I've ever seen. The play that stood out was the error by Leyritz, playing left field (of all places). It was a classic little-league "I got it, I got it, I got it, oops!" Three of the runs scored on that play,
Joe Morgan denies he made that error.
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