This year at least 100 Dominicans will enter the exclusive 100 RBI club. These
are Manny Ramirez (92), David Ortiz (87), Alex Rodriguez (80), Albert Pujols
(78), Aramis Ramirez (73), Alfonso Soriano (68), Miguel Tejada (66), Vladimir
Guerrero (62), Juan Encarnacion (60), Pedro Feliz (60) and Jose Guillen (54) so
far this season.
A report in the Listin Diario points out that of 16 players that have more than
70 runs batted in, five are from the DR.
For Manny Ramirez, this would be his eighth season batting 100 or more. He is
out to bat in 120 runs this year, which would make it his 6th season batting in
so many runs. The case of Alex Rodriguez is similar to that of Manny Ramirez.
Alex Rodriguez, with 712 runs batted in, leads all active players in the past
six years.
Meanwhile, Sammy Sosa batted his 586th homerun on Tuesday, 26 July. He is tied
with Frank Robinson in the 5th place of the best sluggers in the history of
Major League Baseball.