most rbis by an american league player, season

Lou Gehrig has the most RBIs in the AL in a season, with 185 RBIs in 1931.

	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	Lou Gehrig L. Gehrig	185	1931	NYY	155	619	163	211	31	15	46	117	0	56	17	12	738	410	92	2				.341	.446	.662	1.108	179	87.7	.488	184	83.8
2	Hank Greenberg H. Greenberg	184	1937	DET	154	594	137	200	49	14	40	102	3	101	8	3	701	397	103	2				.337	.436	.668	1.105	167	79.5	.483	164	65.3
3	Jimmie Foxx J. Foxx	175	1938	BSA	149	565	139	197	33	9	50	119	0	76	5	4	685	398	92	1				.349	.462	.704	1.166	178	91.7	.508	173	74.2
4	Lou Gehrig L. Gehrig	173	1930	NYY	154	581	143	220	42	17	41	101	3	63	12	14	703	419	100	18				.379	.473	.721	1.194	193	94.5	.507	198	98.3
5	Lou Gehrig L. Gehrig	173	1927	NYY	155	584	149	218	52	18	47	109	3	84	10	8	717	447	117	21				.373	.474	.765	1.240	199	110.9	.540	209	105.6
6	Jimmie Foxx J. Foxx	169	1932	PHA	154	585	151	213	33	9	58	116	0	96	3	7	701	438	100	0				.364	.469	.749	1.218	193	105.6	.522	198	95.8
7	Hank Greenberg H. Greenberg	168	1935	DET	152	619	120	203	46	16	36	87	0	91	4	3	710	389	98	4				.328	.411	.628	1.039	155	66.7	.457	158	56.8
8	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	168	1921	NYY	152	540	177	204	44	16	59	145	4	81	17	13	693	457	119	4				.378	.512	.846	1.359	214	127.8	.575	224	118.7
9	Joe DiMaggio J. DiMaggio	167	1937	NYY	151	621	151	215	35	15	46	64	5	37	3	0	692	418	96	2				.346	.412	.673	1.085	160	73.6	.474	165	64.8
10	Lou Gehrig L. Gehrig	166	1934	NYY	154	579	128	210	40	6	49	109	2	31	9	5	690	409	95	0				.363	.465	.706	1.172	182	94.8	.511	194	90.9
11	Manny Ramirez M. Ramirez	165	1999	CLE	147	522	131	174	34	3	44	96	13	131	2	4	640	346	81	0	9	9	12	.333	.442	.663	1.105	149	65.7	.459	172	61.8
12	Al Simmons A. Simmons	165	1930	PHA	138	554	152	211	41	16	36	39	1	34	9	2	611	392	93	17				.381	.423	.708	1.130	153	67.4	.480	173	63.8
13	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	165	1927	NYY	151	540	158	192	29	8	60	137	0	89	7	6	691	417	97	14				.356	.486	.772	1.258	195	109.9	.545	212	104.8
14	Jimmie Foxx J. Foxx	163	1933	PHA	149	573	125	204	37	9	48	96	1	93	2	2	670	403	94	0				.356	.449	.703	1.153	170	92.1	.510	189	79.8
15	Hal Trosky Sr. H. Trosky Sr.	162	1936	CLE	151	629	124	216	45	9	42	36	3	58	6	5	671	405	96	3				.343	.382	.644	1.026	144	55.7	.449	140	41.2
16	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	162	1931	NYY	145	534	149	199	31	3	46	128	1	51	5	4	663	374	80	0				.373	.495	.700	1.195	181	98.6	.525	206	95.1
17	Vern Stephens V. Stephens	159	1949	BSA	155	610	113	177	31	2	39	101	0	73	2	2	711	329	72	0			19	.290	.391	.539	.930	129	44.7	.424	134	31.7
18	Ted Williams T. Williams	159	1949	BSA	155	566	150	194	39	3	43	162	2	48	1	1	730	368	85	0			22	.343	.490	.650	1.141	182	95.5	.511	187	82.2
19	Lou Gehrig L. Gehrig	158	1937	NYY	157	569	138	200	37	9	37	127	4	49	4	3	700	366	83	0				.351	.473	.643	1.116	173	85.5	.494	176	76.5
20	Juan Gonzalez J. Gonzalez	157	1998	TEX	154	606	110	193	50	2	45	46	6	126	2	1	669	382	97	0	11	9	20	.318	.366	.630	.997	129	46.3	.414	145	39.1
21	Al Simmons A. Simmons	157	1929	PHA	143	581	114	212	41	9	34	31	1	38	4	3	629	373	84	16				.365	.398	.642	1.040	137	53.9	.454	160	51.4
22	Alex Rodriguez A. Rodriguez	156	2007	NYY	158	583	143	183	31	0	54	95	21	120	24	4	708	376	85	0	9	11	15	.314	.422	.645	1.067	155	67.5	.445	175	66.2
23	Jimmie Foxx J. Foxx	156	1930	PHA	153	562	127	188	33	13	37	93	0	66	7	7	673	358	83	18				.335	.429	.637	1.066	156	61	.458	159	57
24	Joe DiMaggio J. DiMaggio	155	1948	NYY	153	594	110	190	26	11	39	67	8	30	1	1	669	355	76	0			20	.320	.396	.598	.994	134	55.4	.447	158	49.7
25	Ken Williams K. Williams	155	1922	SLA	153	585	128	194	34	11	39	74	7	31	37	20	678	367	84	12				.332	.413	.627	1.040	147	61.9	.461	159	52.7