RBI When Runner Steals Home by El Jordon
(New York City, NY USA)

If a baserunner is on third base and steals home, who gets the RBI (run batted in)? The baserunner or the batter?

THE COACH’S ANSWER

Thanks for this statistical question!

I have heard of coaches making up their own rules with this situation over the course of my playing and coaching career. For example, if a baserunner steals home, I have heard some coaches give the RBI to the batter if he gets a base hit. That is NOT correct.

The Correct Answer

The correct answer to this question is that nobody gets credited with a run batted in.

There is a misconception out there that every run that scores is an RBI… That is not true. This situation and others, like a run scoring on an error, are not considered RBI’s. At the end of the game/season, runs scored will definitely not equal RBI’s.

Thanks again for the good question.

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