Jim Bottomley sets MLB record with 12 RBI’s in a game vs Brooklyn

Jim Bottomley
 

On September 16, 1924, At Ebbets Field‚ Cards 1B Jim Bottomley’s 3 singles‚ a double‚ and 2 HRs produce a ML record 12 RBI in the St. Louis 17-3 win over the pennant-chasing Robins. Bill Sherdel coasts home for the win. Bottomley starts the rampage with a 2-run single in the 1st‚ doubles home a run in the 2nd‚ hits a 4th inning grand slam off Art Decatur‚ and a 2-run HR off Decatur in the 6th. He follows with a 2-run single in the 7th‚ off Tex Wilson‚ and a run-scoring single in the 9th‚ after which he’s removed for a pinch runner. Brooklyn manager Wilbert Robinson‚ watching from the dugout‚ set the previous record of 11 with the Orioles in 1892.

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