# Baseball:  Scoring for stealing home

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-scoring-for-stealing-home/509849>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [September 12, 2009, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-scoring-for-stealing-home/509849 "2009-09-12T21:05:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2009, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-scoring-for-stealing-home/509849/1 "2009-09-12T21:05:30Z")

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If a runner on third base reaches home by stealing, or on a wild pitch/passed ball, is there an RBI credited?

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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2009, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-scoring-for-stealing-home/509849/2 "2009-09-12T21:12:07Z")

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Nope, batter didn’t help at all, so no ribbie as he didn’t drive anything in.