Fielder Becomes Brewers' All-Time RBI Leader

In the eigth inning Saturday night against the Houston Astros, Prince Fielder hit a routine sacrifice fly ball to score a run. What is not so routine is the implications of this RBI: it gave Fielder 127 for the season, breaking Cecil Cooper's franchise record of 126 RBI's in a single season. Said Fielder, "It's a cool achievement, just to be lumped with a guy like 'Coop. He's a great player, and this organization has had a lot of great players." Fielder had been tied with Cooper for six days, over which the Brewers played five games. This five game stretch was the longest Prince went without an RBI all season, which now includes 150 games. "I've had so many opportunities, and I haven't been driving in runs with men in scoring position," Fielder said. "That was more frustrating than not getting the record. That's my job on the team."

As of today Prince has upped his RBI total to 129, and has also hit 41 home runs. Fielder is currently tied with Albert Pujols for the lead in NL RBI's, tied for 3rd with Ryan Howard for NL home runs, 8th in the NL in runs scored, 4th in the NL in walks, 2nd in NL slugging percentage, 5th in the NL in on-base percentage, and in the top 20 in NL batting average. Statistically Prince is having one of his best seasons ever, as he is now proving to be more than just a home run hitter (although he still does that very well!). Prince has shown versatility in the field this year as well, making numerous athletic stops at first base. He is truly coming into his own as one of the best all-around first basemen in the league. Fielder remains the only Brewer to start every single game this season, and is likely to continue this trend throughout the season. He has 11 games left to add to his record RBI total.