13-430: Malkmus is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Bobby Malkmus (born 1931), American baseball player and scout Stephen Malkmus (born 1966), American singer-songwriter and guitarist See also [ edit ] Malkus [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Malkmus . If an internal link intending to refer to
26-424: A batter for making a play that allows a run to be scored (except in certain situations such as when an error is made on the play). For example, if the batter bats a base hit which allows a teammate on a higher base to reach home and so score a run, then the batter gets credited with an RBI. Before the 1920 Major League Baseball season , runs batted in were not an official baseball statistic . Nevertheless,
39-571: A fielder's choice. From 1980 to 1988, the game-winning RBI was an additional statistic used in MLB. The perceived significance of the RBI is displayed by the fact that it is one of the three categories that compose the triple crown . In addition, career RBIs are often cited in debates over who should be elected to the Hall of Fame . However, critics, particularly within the field of sabermetrics , argue that RBIs measure
52-411: A run batted in (c) The official scorer's judgment must determine whether a run batted in shall be credited for a run that scores when a fielder holds the ball or throws to a wrong base. Ordinarily, if the runner keeps going, the official scorer should credit a run batted in; if the runner stops and takes off again when the runner notices the misplay, the official scorer should credit the run as scored on
65-493: A specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Malkmus&oldid=1044675038 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Monitored short pages Bobby Malkmus Robert Edward Malkmus (born July 4, 1931)
78-715: Is a retired American infielder and scout in Major League Baseball . He also managed in the farm systems of three MLB clubs – the Philadelphia Phillies , Montreal Expos and Baltimore Orioles . Born and raised in Newark, New Jersey , Malkmus attended South Side High School (now Malcolm X Shabazz High School ), where his small size attracted little attention from professional teams. He threw and batted right-handed, stood 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) (1.75 m) tall and weighed 180 pounds (82 kg). He signed with
91-519: The Boston Braves in 1951 and made his major league debut on June 1, 1957, with the transplanted Milwaukee Braves. The Braves were en route to the 1957 National League pennant and World Series championship, but Malkmus could collect only two hits in 22 at bats (an .091 batting average ) and was sent back to the minor leagues . That autumn, he was selected by the Washington Senators in
104-624: The Rule 5 draft . Washington gave Malkmus 47 games to prove himself in 1958 – 59 , but he batted only .186 and was outrighted to the unaffiliated Denver Bears of the American Association at the May 1959 cut-down deadline. At the close of the 1959 campaign, Malkmus was again eligible for the Rule 5 draft, and the Philadelphia Phillies selected him. Malkmus would appear in 208 games as a utility infielder for
117-447: The Phils, through the May 1962 cutdown deadline. In his best campaign, 1961 , he played in 121 games, and batted .231 in 342 at-bats with seven home runs and 31 runs batted in . One sportswriter gave him a Most Valuable Player Award vote after the season. For his MLB career of all or parts of six seasons (1957–62), Malkmus hit .215 with 123 hits, eight homers and 46 RBI. He managed in
130-565: The RBI statistic was tabulated—unofficially—from 1907 through 1919 by baseball writer Ernie Lanigan , according to the Society for American Baseball Research . Common nicknames for an RBI include "ribby" (or "ribbie"), "rib", and "ribeye". The plural of "RBI" is a matter of "(very) minor controversy" for baseball fans: it is usually "RBIs", in accordance with the usual practice for pluralizing initialisms in English; however, some sources use "RBI" as
143-522: The minor leagues for nine seasons (1967–75), compiling a 508–463 record (.523) with one championship. Malkmus then scouted for the Cleveland Indians and San Diego Padres through the mid-2000s, based in Union, New Jersey . He continues to scout part-time for Cleveland as of 2017. Runs batted in A run batted in or runs batted in ( RBI ) is a statistic in baseball and softball that credits
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#1733085985086156-532: The plural, on the basis that it can stand for "runs batted in". The 2018 edition of the Official Baseball Rules of Major League Baseball (MLB), Rule 9.04 Runs Batted In , reads: A run batted in is a statistic credited to a batter whose action at bat causes one or more runs to score, as set forth in this Rule 9.04. (a) The official scorer shall credit the batter with a run batted in for every run that scores (b) The official scorer shall not credit
169-406: The quality of the lineup more than it does the player himself. This is because an RBI can only be credited to a player if one or more batters preceding him in the batting order have reached base (the exception to this being a home run , in which the batter is credited with driving himself in, not just those already on base). This implies that better offensive teams —and therefore, the teams in which
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