how had the most rbi as a rookie in the live ball era

Since 1920, Ted Williams has the most ribbies by a rookie, with 145 RBIs in 1939.

	NAME	RBI	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Ted Williams T. Williams	145	1939	BSA	149	565	131	185	44	11	31	107	2	64	2	1	677	344	86	3			10	.327	.436	.609	1.045	150	66.1	.464	156	53.1
2	Walt Dropo W. Dropo	144	1950	BSA	136	559	101	180	28	8	34	45	5	75	0	0	609	326	70	0			16	.322	.378	.583	.961	115	39.3	.425	132	26.7
3	Hal Trosky Sr. H. Trosky Sr.	142	1934	CLE	154	625	117	206	45	9	35	58	2	49	2	2	685	374	89	0				.330	.388	.598	.987	139	52.9	.437	143	41.2
4	Dale Alexander D. Alexander	137	1929	DET	155	626	110	215	43	15	25	56	0	63	5	9	700	363	83	18				.343	.397	.580	.977	139	46.4	.431	143	40.9
5	Albert Pujols A. Pujols	130	2001	STL	161	590	112	194	47	4	37	69	9	93	1	3	676	360	88	1	7	6	21	.329	.403	.610	1.013	139	54.7	.423	159	51.9
6	Joe DiMaggio J. DiMaggio	125	1936	NYY	138	637	132	206	44	15	29	24	4	39	4	0	668	367	88	3				.323	.352	.576	.928	121	33.1	.409	122	22.2
7	Pete Alonso P. Alonso	120	2019	NYM	161	597	103	155	30	2	53	72	21	183	1	0	693	348	85	0	3	6	13	.260	.358	.583	.941	126	38.4	.384	144	40.3
8	Wally Berger W. Berger	119	1930	BSN	151	555	98	172	27	14	38	54	4	69	3		625	341	79	12				.310	.375	.614	.990	125	36.7	.422	130	29.6
9	Mark McGwire M. McGwire	118	1987	OAK	151	557	97	161	28	4	49	71	5	131	1	1	641	344	81	0	8	8	6	.289	.370	.618	.987	124	45.2	.411	157	46.2
10	Jose Canseco J. Canseco	117	1986	OAK	157	600	85	144	29	1	33	65	8	175	15	7	682	274	63	0	9	1	12	.240	.318	.457	.775	90	10.9	.341	114	11.7
11	Joe Vosmik J. Vosmik	117	1931	CLE	149	591	80	189	36	14	7	38	2	30	7	7	640	274	57	9				.320	.363	.464	.827	98	19.2	.377	109	7.8
12	Tony Lazzeri T. Lazzeri	117	1926	NYY	155	589	79	162	28	14	18	54	2	96	16	7	665	272	60	20				.275	.338	.462	.800	92	11.5	.367	107	6.4
13	Alvin Davis A. Davis	116	1984	SEA	152	567	80	161	34	3	27	97	7	78	5	4	678	282	64	0	7	16	7	.284	.391	.497	.888	113	37.1	.389	140	31.9
14	Al Rosen A. Rosen	116	1950	CLE	155	554	100	159	23	4	37	100	10	72	5	7	668	301	64	4			27	.287	.405	.543	.948	127	43.5	.426	143	39.6
15	Maurice Vanrobays M. Vanrobays	116	1940	PIT	145	572	82	156	27	7	11	33	3	58	2		609	230	45	1			16	.273	.316	.402	.718	70	-3.6	.327	95	-4
16	Aaron Judge A. Judge	114	2017	NYY	155	542	128	154	24	3	52	127	5	208	9	4	678	340	79	0	4	11	15	.284	.422	.627	1.049	145	62.5	.430	174	61.5
17	Smead Jolley S. Jolley	114	1930	CWS	152	616	76	193	38	12	16	28	3	52	3	1	651	303	66	4				.313	.346	.492	.838	99	7	.368	109	8.7
18	Ken Keltner K. Keltner	113	1938	CLE	149	576	86	159	31	9	26	33	3	75	4	3	619	286	66	7				.276	.319	.497	.815	88	10.3	.364	97	-2.4
19	Mike Piazza M. Piazza	112	1993	LAD	149	547	81	174	24	2	35	46	3	86	3	4	602	307	61	0	6	6	10	.318	.370	.561	.932	108	36.3	.401	150	37.5
20	Ray Jablonski R. Jablonski	112	1953	SLN	157	604	64	162	23	5	21	34	1	61	2	2	640	258	49	1			15	.268	.308	.427	.735	74	-2.8	.330	86	-11.5
21	Jeff Heath J. Heath	112	1938	CLE	126	502	104	172	31	18	21	33	0	55	3	1	538	302	70	3				.343	.383	.602	.985	108	40.3	.436	137	29.3
22	Johnny Rizzo J. Rizzo	111	1938	PIT	143	555	97	167	31	9	23	54	5	61	1		617	285	63	3			16	.301	.368	.514	.882	104	27	.397	140	30.1
23	Glenn Wright G. Wright	111	1924	PIT	153	616	80	177	28	18	7	27	1	52	14	6	662	262	53	18				.287	.318	.425	.744	77	-3.9	.340	92	-6.4
24	Ryan Zimmerman R. Zimmerman	110	2006	WSH	157	614	84	176	47	3	20	61	2	120	11	8	682	289	70	1	4	7	15	.287	.351	.471	.822	97	11.2	.351	112	11
25	Zeke Bonura Z. Bonura	110	1934	CWS	127	510	86	154	35	4	27	64	0	31	0	2	575	278	66	1				.302	.380	.545	.925	106	33.5	.414	131	25.2

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