RBI - HR >= 100

Since 1901, a player has finished a season with one hundred or more runs batted in than home runs 230 times. Rather than subject you to the complete list (though you can certainly have the file if you send me an e-mail), I figure I'll share some of the highlights.

Only four players in six seasons have had 130+ more RBI than HR:

Name	Year	HR	RBI
Hank Greenberg	1937	40	183
Lou Gehrig	1931	46	184
Hack Wilson	1930	56	191
Hank Greenberg	1935	36	170
Lou Gehrig	1930	41	174
Chuck Klein	1930	40	170

Note they all occurred during the 1930's. In fact, if you break the list down by decade, you get an interesting table:

Decade	Seasons
1900's	11
1910's	13
1920's	67
1930's	78
1940's	20
1950's	7
1960's	1
1970's	4
1980's	4
1990's	13
2000's	12
Total	230

I think it's interesting that people got/get so up in arms over the excess of home runs in the past decade ruining the game and whatnot, yet the incredible RBI totals of the 1920's and 1930's aren't criticized. Either way, who were the lucky nine from 1960-1989?

Name	Year	HR	RBI
Tommy Davis	1962	27	153
Johnny Bench	1970	45	148
Wes Parker	1970	10	111
Joe Torre	1971	24	137
Don Baylor	1979	36	139
Hal McRae	1982	27	133
Don Mattingly	1985	35	145
Tom Herr	1985	8	110
Pedro Guerrero	1989	17	117

I also want to mention one of the most interesting (to me) of the list: Lave Cross in 1902 drove in 108 runs without the benefit of a single home run.

Here's the longest time in years between such seasons:

1. 8 years, 1962-1970
2. 8 years, 1971-1979
3. 7 years, 1989-1996
4. 6 years, 1956-1962
5. 5 years, 1915-1920

The majors haven't seen a 100+ more RBI than HR season since David Ortiz and Mark Teixeira both accomplished the feat in 2005. That's likely to change in a few weeks since Magglio Ordonez came into today with 27 HR and 132 RBI.

If there's any other breakdowns or questions you want answered, just let me know in the comments.