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Baseball Trivia (General)/HR & RBI Leaders, 1950-1959

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what player hit the most ome runs and rbi's in the decade of the 1950's

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Mark,

Leader for both home runs and RBIs was Duke Snider.

HOME RUNS                        HR     
1    Duke Snider                 326   
2    Gil Hodges                  310   
3    Eddie Mathews               299   
4    Mickey Mantle               280   
5    Stan Musial                 266   
6    Yogi Berra                  256   
7    Willie Mays                 250   
8    Ted Kluszewski              239   
9    Gus Zernial                 232   
10   Ernie Banks                 228  

RBI                             RBI    
1    Duke Snider                1031   
2    Gil Hodges                 1001   
3    Yogi Berra                  997   
4    Stan Musial                 972   
5    Del Ennis                   925   
6    Jackie Jensen               863   
7    Mickey Mantle               841   
8    Ted Kluszewski              823   
T9   Larry Doby                  817   
T9   Gus Bell                    817

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