Alex Rodriguez and Baseball’s All-Time RBI Leaders: Will A-Rod Become No. 1?

Alex Rodriguez is Looking to Be Baseball's RBI King (Getty)

A-Rod: Baseball’s all-time RBI leader? I think it is inevitable.

Hank Aaron sits atop all of baseball with 2,297 RBI. A-Rod is less than 350 RBIs away. The 35-year old third baseman can catch Aaron in just 3 or 4 years.

But how will this achievement be received? Rodriguez has acknowledged steroid use.

Three other players on the list have also been associated with the steroid era. They are denoted by asterisks.

1. Hank Aaron 2,297
2. Babe Ruth 2,213
3. Cap Anson 2,075
*4. Barry Bonds 1,996
5. Lou Gehrig 1,995
6. Stan Musial 1,951
7. Ty Cobb 1,938
8. Jimmie Foxx 1,922
9. Eddie Murray 1,917
10. Willie Mays 1,903
*11. Alex Rodriguez 1,883
12. Mel Ott 1,860
13. Carl Yastrzemski 1,844
14. Ted Williams 1,839
15. Ken Griffey, Jr. 1,836
*16. Rafael Palmeiro 1,835
17. Dave Winfield 1,833
*18. Manny Ramirez 1,831
19. Al Simmons 1,827
20. Frank Robinson 1,812