"Hey Chicago wadda ya say, the Cubs are gonna win today" Well they will win a lot more if they keep having big nights from Derrek Lee. He has been a hot hitter lately, though last night was a career night for the Cubs clean up hitter. Lee now has fairly impressive career numbers which include: 1609 hits, 876 RBI and 272 HR.
Lee went deep twice, once for 3 run HR, and then later he had a grand slam. In fact he had an opportunity to drive in even more runs and maybe could have challenged the record book for most RBI in a single game. The record is 12 and is held by Jim Bottomly in 1924 and most recently by Mark "Switch hittin" Whitten in 1993.
Over the long history of the big leagues there have been 17 players hit for over 10 RBI in a game with the most recent being held by Garret Anderson who drove in 10 in 2007 while playing for the Angels. Anderson has just continued to hit year after year. In his 16 year career Anderson has racked up 2424 hits and is a lock for 2500, maybe even this year. He has hit 277 HR and should be able to reach 300 HR if he can stay healthy.
Here is a trivia question, which player holds the record for most RBI in an inning? Hint: he is still active and play for the Mets...
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