Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez tied Barry Bonds for second on baseball's all-time RBI list with a fifth-inning sacrifice fly Thursday night against the A's.
A-Rod's drive off Oakland starter Kendall Graveman brought home Brett Gardner for RBI No. 1,996. Rodriguez is 301 short of the all-time RBI leader, Hank Aaron.
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It's worth noting that RBIs were not an official statistic until 1920, meaning Babe Ruth would have 2,213 instead of his "official" mark of 1,990. Cap Anson, who retired in 1897, finished with 2,075 RBIs.
Rodriguez keeps working his way up baseball's all-time leaderboards. He passed Willie Mays for fourth on the all-time home run list earlier in the year. He is 18 hits shy of 3,000.