You don't see this much: 1 for 1 with 5 RBI, no runs scored, and no walks. That's Chipper Jones' line from today's game. He was pulled in the bottom of the 5th since Atlanta had a 10-0 lead.
You can't get 5 RBI in one plate appearance. The best you can do is 4, with a grand slam, but Chipper didn't score any runs, which rules out the grand slam. He also didn't walk in any runs.
Here are his plate appearances:
1st: Sac fly w/RBI
2nd: Double w/3 RBI
4th: Sac fly w/RBI
That seems unusual.
I found four instances since 1957 of players who had 1 official AB and 5 or more RBI. (Actually, they all had exactly 1 AB and 5 RBI). They also all scored at least one run. In chronological order:
1. Bill Voss (Angels) had a grand slam and a sac fly in a 1970 game against the Royals. He walked twice and scored a run.
2. Mickey Tettleton (A's) had a three run HR and got the other 2 RBI on two walks in a 1986 game against the Yankees. He scored two runs.
3. Candy Maldonado (Indians) had the same line as Tettleton in a 1990 game against the Tigers, except Tettleton scored twice and Maldonado only once.
4. Keith Ginter (A's) had a three run HR and two sac flies in a 2005 game against the Giants. He walked once and scored one run.
I've never heard of Ginter, but he had 971 ABs in the majors, with Houston, Milwaukee and the A's. He was an average player, but average isn't so bad. He managed to amass 25 RBI in only 137 ABs in 2005. Not too shabby. 2005 was a horrible year for him, though. A 497 OPS, and he was out of the majors at age 29. He played for the Triple A team in Sacramento the next year and had an 800 OPS (again, not bad for a middle infielder). He is currently in Buffalo (Indians Triple A) where he is hitting 239/369/411 with 11 HR and 46 RBI. Maybe he'll get a callup if Barfield gets hurt.
