Pujols extends Cards two-RBI game lead


Ho hum. With his two RBI each on Friday and Saturday against the Kansas City Royals, St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols extended his lead in the club’s list of two-or-more RBI games this decade to 285.

Pujols will soon pass the next two (former) Cardinals on the list as Jim Edmonds (175 games) and Scott Rolen (114 games) together accomplished the feat 289 times since the start of the 2000 season. Yadier Molina has the second-most such games of any active Cardinal at 54, one ahead of Ryan Ludwick.

Two or more RBI games (2000-2009)

(players still in the Cardinals organization in bold)

Albert Pujols 285
Jim Edmonds 175
Scott Rolen 114
Edgar Renteria 88
Yadier Molina 54
Ryan Ludwick 53
J.D. Drew 51
Chris Duncan 46
Mike Matheny 46
Mark McGwire 38
Rick Ankiel 36
So Taguchi 36
Tino Martinez 35
Craig Paquette 30
Juan Encarnacion 29
Fernando Vina 28
Troy Glaus 28
Eli Marrero 27
Ray Lankford 27
Reggie Sanders 26
David Eckstein 20
Scott Spiezio 20
Larry Walker 19
Aaron Miles 18
John Mabry 18
Skip Schumaker 18
Eduardo Perez 16
Placido Polanco 16
Fernando Tatis 15
Miguel Cairo 15
Hector Luna 14
Mark Grudzielanek 13
Will Clark 12
Eric Davis 10
Gary Bennett 10
Shawon Dunston 9
Adam Kennedy 8
Kerry Robinson 8
Preston Wilson 8
Thomas Howard 8
Abraham Nunez 7
Jason LaRue 7
Colby Rasmus 7
Bobby Bonilla 6
John Rodriguez 6
Brendan Ryan 5
Mike Difelice 5
Nick Stavinoha 5
Orlando Palmeiro 5
Roger Cedeno 5
Bo Hart 4
Brian Barton 4
Einar Diaz 4
Felipe Lopez 4
Jason Marquis 4
Joe Mather 4
Marlon Anderson 4
Ron Belliard 4
Chris Widger 3
Joe Thurston 3
John Gall 3
Scott Seabol 3
Tony Womack 3
Adam Wainwright 2
Brett Tomko 2
Carlos Hernandez 2
Cody McKay 2
Darryl Kile 2
Jason Isringhausen 2
Keith McDonald 2
Khalil Greene 2
Matt Morris 2
Mike Mahoney 2
Wilson Delgado 2
Andy Benes 1
Braden Looper 1
Brian Barden 1
Cesar Izturis 1
Gene Stechschulte 1
Jeff Suppan 1
Jeff Weaver 1
Joel Pineiro 1
Jose Vizcaino 1
Kelly Stinnett 1
Kip Wells 1
Kyle Lohse 1
Mark Mulder 1
Mark Worrell 1
Mike Parisi 1
Steve Kline 1
Woody Williams 1

A special thank you to Tom Orf for the data.