Minnesota Twins 1B and outfielder Chris Colabello had a month to remember in April and now he ranks at the top of the list of some pretty good players that knew how to knock in runs for the Minnesota Twins. Some interesting names on this list of Twins that had 20 or more RBI in the first month of the season.
| Rk | Player | Split | Year | G | RBI | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | SB | BB | SO | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Colabello | April/March | 2014 | 24 | 27 | 102 | 95 | 11 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 26 | .295 | .343 | .827 |
| 2 | Kirby Puckett | April/March | 1994 | 25 | 26 | 116 | 112 | 14 | 39 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .348 | .371 | .871 |
| 3 | Ron Coomer | April/March | 2000 | 22 | 23 | 92 | 83 | 14 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 9 | .265 | .326 | .820 |
| 4 | Brant Alyea | April/March | 1970 | 17 | 23 | 60 | 53 | 7 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 7 | .415 | .483 | 1.257 |
| 5 | Justin Morneau | April/March | 2008 | 27 | 22 | 110 | 97 | 12 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 16 | .268 | .345 | .840 |
| 6 | Kent Hrbek | April/March | 1982 | 22 | 22 | 100 | 86 | 18 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 15 | .314 | .404 | 1.102 |
| 7 | Dave Hollins | April/March | 1996 | 25 | 22 | 103 | 82 | 19 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 18 | .293 | .437 | 1.034 |
| 8 | Matt Lawton | April/March | 2000 | 26 | 22 | 118 | 102 | 18 | 38 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 12 | .373 | .449 | .998 |
| 9 | Paul Molitor | April/March | 1996 | 25 | 21 | 114 | 101 | 24 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 10 | .386 | .439 | .973 |
| 10 | Pat Meares | April/March | 1996 | 24 | 21 | 95 | 84 | 16 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 19 | .321 | .372 | .920 |
| 11 | Doug Mientkiewicz | April/March | 2001 | 23 | 21 | 87 | 79 | 14 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 14 | .380 | .425 | 1.134 |
| 12 | Harmon Killebrew | April/March | 1971 | 21 | 21 | 91 | 81 | 7 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 16 | .321 | .396 | .902 |
| 13 | Torii Hunter | April/March | 2002 | 27 | 20 | 115 | 105 | 23 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 21 | .371 | .409 | 1.085 |
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It will be interesting to see how many RBI Colabello will end up with in 2014. Harmon Killebrew wih 119 and Kirby Puckett with 112 ended up leading the league in RBI’s in the season they had 20 or more RBI’s in April. Dave Hollins on the other hand had 22 RBI in April and finished the season with 53. Strangely enough Dave Hollins, Paul Molitor, and Pat Meares all had 20 or more RBI in April of 1996 and yet the team finished the season at 78-84 with Paul Molitor and Marty Cordova ending up with over 100 RBI.
A nice record to have for Chris Colabello but it is a long season so it will be fun to watch to see if Colabello can maintain his RBI pace or if this past month is just an anomaly.
You can check out a nice article written about Colabello and his history by Dan Cook of WCCO Radio here.