Editing Run batted in (section)

==Criticism==
The perceived significance of the RBI is displayed by the fact that it is one of the three categories that compose the [[triple crown (baseball)|triple crown]]. In addition, career RBIs are often cited in debates over who should be elected to the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|Hall of Fame]]. However, critics, particularly within the field of [[sabermetrics]], argue that RBIs measure 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).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baseball1.com/bb-data/grabiner/manifesto.html|title=The Sabermetric Manifesto|last=Grabiner|first=David|access-date=September 2, 2009|archive-date=March 23, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090323044515/http://baseball1.com/bb-data/grabiner/manifesto.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=moneyball>{{Cite book | last=Lewis | first=Michael D. | author-link=Michael Lewis (author) | title=[[Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game]] | year=2003 | publisher=W. W. Norton | location=New York  | isbn=0-393-05765-8 }}</ref> This implies that better offensive teams —and therefore, the teams in which the most players get on base— tend to produce hitters with higher RBI totals than equivalent hitters on lesser-hitting teams.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.drivelinemechanics.com/2009/5/18/878880/the-myth-of-the-rbi-guy-part-one|title=Revisiting the Myth of the RBI Guy, Part One|date=May 18, 2009|publisher=Driveline Mechanics|access-date=September 2, 2009|archive-date=December 7, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091207080053/http://www.drivelinemechanics.com/2009/5/18/878880/the-myth-of-the-rbi-guy-part-one|url-status=live}}</ref>