Bases On Balls Records by Baseball Almanac

Bases On Balls Records

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a record book full of baseball milestones for bases on balls — including most bases on balls in a career, most bases on balls in a single single and most bases on balls in a game records.

"I swing big, with everything I've got. I hit big or I miss big. I like to live as big as I can." - Hall of Fame Slugger Babe Ruth in Babe: The Legend Comes To Life (Robert W. Creamer, Simon & Schuster, 04/15/1992, Dustjacket)

Bases On Balls Records Career Bases on Balls Records
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Most In A Career (Top 100)	AL	Babe Ruth	Boston	190	2,042
	AL	Babe Ruth	New York	1,852	2,042
	NL	Barry Bonds	Pittsburgh	611	2,558
	NL	Barry Bonds	San Francisco	1,947	2,558
Bases On Balls Records Single Season Bases on Balls Records
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Most In A Season (Top 100)	AL	Babe Ruth	New York	170	1923
Most In A Season (Top 100)	NL	Barry Bonds	San Francisco	232	2004
Most In A Season By A Lefthander	AL	Babe Ruth	New York	170	1923
Most In A Season By A Lefthander	NL	Barry Bonds	San Francisco	232	2004
Most In A Season By A Pinch Hitter	AL	Elmer Valo	New York ⁽²⁾	18	1960
	AL	Elmer Valo	Washington ⁽¹⁶⁾	18	1960
	NL	Matt Franco	New York ⁽²⁰⁾	20	1999
Most In A Season By A Rookie	AL	Ted Williams	Boston	107	1939
	NL	Jim Gilliam	Brooklyn	100	1953
	PL	Bill Joyce	Brooklyn	123	1890
Most In A Season By A Righthander	AL	Eddie Yost	Washington	151	1956
Most In A Season By A Righthander	NL	Mark McGwire	St. Louis	162	1998
Most In A Season By A Switch-Hitter	AL	Mickey Mantle	New York	146	1957
Most In A Season By A Switch-Hitter	NL	Lance Berkman	Houston	127	2004
Most Consecutive	AL	Jose Canseco	Oakland ⁽⁵⁾	7	08-04-1992
		Jose Canseco	Oakland ⁽²⁾		08-05-1992
		Billy Rogell	Detroit ⁽¹⁾		08-17-1938
			Detroit ⁽⁵⁾		08-18-1938
			Detroit ⁽¹⁾		08-19-1938
	NL	Barry Bonds	San Francisco ⁽¹⁾	7	09-24-2004
			San Francisco ⁽⁵⁾		09-25-2004
			San Francisco ⁽¹⁾		09-26-2004
		Mel Ott	New York ⁽¹⁾		06-16-1943
			New York ⁽⁵⁾		06-17-1943
			New York ⁽¹⁾		06-18-1943
		Eddie Stanky	New York ⁽³⁾		08-29-1950
		Eddie Stanky	New York ⁽⁴⁾		08-30-1950
Most Seasons Leading The League Consecutively (Year-by-Year)	AL	Babe Ruth	New York	4	1930-1933
	AL	Ted Williams	Boston	4	1946-1949
	NL	Barry Bonds	San Francisco	5	2000-2004
Most Seasons With 100 or More Consecutively	AL	Frank Thomas	Chicago	8	1991-1998
	NL	Bobby Abreu	Philadelphia	7	1999-2005
		Jeff Bagwell	Houston		1996-2002
		Mel Ott	New York		1936-1942
	ML	Bobby Abreu	Philadelphia ⁽⁷⁾	8	1999-2006
	ML	Bobby Abreu	Philadelphia / New York ⁽¹⁾	8	1999-2006
Most Seasons Leading The League (Year-by-Year)	AL	Babe Ruth	New York	1920	11
			New York	1921
			New York	1923
			New York	1924
			New York	1926
			New York	1927
			New York	1928
			New York	1930
			New York	1931
			New York	1932
			New York	1933
	NL	Barry Bonds	Pittsburgh	1992	12
			San Francisco	1994
			San Francisco	1995
			San Francisco	1996
			San Francisco	1997
			San Francisco	2000
			San Francisco	2001
			San Francisco	2002
			San Francisco	2003
			San Francisco	2004
			San Francisco	2006
			San Francisco	2007
Most Seasons With More Than 100	AL	Babe Ruth	Boston	1919	13
			New York	1920
			New York	1921
			New York	1923
			New York	1924
			New York	1926
			New York	1927
			New York	1928
			New York	1930
			New York	1931
			New York	1932
			New York	1933
			New York	1934
	NL	Barry Bonds	Pittsburgh	1991	14
			Pittsburgh	1992
			San Francisco	1993
			San Francisco	1995
			San Francisco	1996
			San Francisco	1997
			San Francisco	1998
			San Francisco	2000
			San Francisco	2001
			San Francisco	2002
			San Francisco	2003
			San Francisco	2004
			San Francisco	2006
			San Francisco	2007
Bases On Balls Records Game Bases on Balls Records
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Most In a Doubleheader 18 Innings	AL	Max Bishop	Philadelphia	8	05-21-1930
		Max Bishop	Philadelphia		05-21-1930
		Max Bishop	Boston		07-08-1934
		Max Bishop	Boston		07-08-1934
	NL	Bobby Bonds	St. Louis	6	06-08-1980
		Bobby Bonds	St. Louis		06-08-1980
		Mark Grace	Chicago		08-10-1995
		Mark Grace	Chicago		08-10-1995
		Cleon Jones	New York		06-25-1971
		Cleon Jones	New York		06-25-1971
		Johnny Mize	St. Louis		08-26-1939
		Johnny Mize	St. Louis		08-26-1939
		Mel Ott	New York		10-05-1929
		Mel Ott	New York		10-05-1929
		Mel Ott	New York		04-30-1944
		Mel Ott	New York		04-30-1944
		Jimmy Wynn	Atlanta		07-31-1976
		Jimmy Wynn	Atlanta		07-31-1976
Most In a Game	AL	Jimmie Foxx	Boston	6	06-16-1938
Most In a Game	NL	Walt Wilmot	Chicago	6	08-22-1891
Most In a Game (1^st Ever / Debut)	AL	Jack Saltzgaver	New York	4	04-12-1932
	AL	Milt Galatzer	Cleveland	4	06-25-1933
	NL	Several	Too Many To List	3	--
Most In an Extra Inning Game	AL	Andre Thornton	Cleveland	6	05-02-1984
	AL	Andre Thornton	Cleveland	6	16 Innings
	NL	Jeff Bagwell	Houston	6	08-20-1999
	NL	Jeff Bagwell	Houston	6	16 Innings
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Bases On Balls Records by Baseball Almanac, Inc.

During the 1996 season Ozzie Guillen set the Major League record for fewest base on balls in a full season of play (at least one-hundred fifty games played) with ten.

Several players have received two bases on balls during the same inning; however, George Selkirk (1936), Eddie Stanky (1950) and Skeeter Webb (1940) are the only three players who had two bases in balls during an inning in two different games during the same season.

Did you know Hack Wilson of the 1926 Chicago Cubs led the league in base on balls with sixty-nine setting a new Major League record for fewest base on balls by the league leader?

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