Saturday Numbers Game: Bank on Story to Drive in Runs

Rockies shortstop Trevor Story has put himself into elite status offensively. He goes into Saturday with 67 RBI with two more games before the All-Star Break. That's the third highest RBI total for an NL shortstop at the All-Star Break.

And who ranks No. 1 and No. 2? The same shortstop -- Ernie Banks of the Cubs, who had 76 RBI at the break in both 1959 and 1960. And Story, like Banks, is in the top 10 twice. His 57 RBI a year ago at the All-Star Break matched Troy Tulowitzki for the ninth-highest total.

Player	Season	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Ernie Banks	1959 ChC	90	308	47	93	11	4	23	76	28	36	302
Ernie Banks	1960 ChC	76	304	56	89	15	2	26	76	45	36	0.293
Trevor Story	2018 Col	93	358	48	104	27	5	19	67	31	101	0.291
Jay Bell	1999 Ari	85	343	77	98	20	2	24	65	42	76	0.286
Travis Jackson	1934 NYG	72	274	49	79	15	3	13	62	20	19	0.288
Brandon Crawford	2016 SF	87	302	37	85	15	4	9	61	34	63	0.281
Denis Menke	1969 Hou	91	326	43	99	20	3	6	61	50	45	0.304
Edgar Renteria	2003 StL	92	357	55	118	26	1	9	60	33	32	0.331
Trevor Story	2016 Col	81	319	52	83	20	4	21	57	29	114	0.26
Troy Tulowitzki	2011 Col	86	332	44	89	18	2	17	57	33	32	0.268

With 11 wins in their last 14 games, the Rockies have moved into third-place in the NL West, three games back of the first-place Dodgers. They go into Saturday's game against the Mariners with a 49-45 record, the fifth best in franchise history after 94 games, and one of only nine seasons in which they have had a winning record.

Rockies Through 94 Games

Tm	W	L	W-L%	RS	RA	Rdiff	Twl	Rank	Postseason
2017	53	41	0.564	479	446	33	87-75	3	Wildcard
1995	52	42	0.553	519	508	11	77-67	2	Wildcard
2010	51	43	0.543	454	410	44	83-79	3
2009	51	43	0.543	479	425	54	92-70	2	Wildcard
2018	49	45	0.521	449	457	-8	TBD	TBD	TBD
1996	49	45	0.521	571	575	-4	83-79	3
2007	48	46	0.511	463	463	0	90-73	2	NL Pennant
2003	48	46	0.511	520	508	12	74-88	4
2000	47	47	0.5	576	549	27	82-80	4
1994	46	48	0.489	493	511	-18	53-64	3