Intentional Base on Balls All Time Leaders on Baseball Almanac

Career Leaders for Intentional Bases on Balls

An intentional base-on-balls is an officially recognized statistic (since 1955) that counts the number of times a batter reaches first base after accepting four intentionally wide pitches outside the strike zone. Baseball Almanac is pleased to present the top one-hundred (100) all-time career leaders in Major League intentional bases on balls. Note: A bold faced entry denotes that the player was active during the previous Major League season.

"This is the only place where they keep track of intentional walks. That's obviously because of Barry (Bonds : 1st Overall Career Intentional Bases on Balls Leader). He puts a whole new dimension on the game. There haven't been many situations as an eight-hole hitter where there are two outs and men in scoring position. That's what leads to intentional walks." - San Francisco Giants Catcher Mike Matheny in the San Francisco Chronicle (Henry Schulman, 04/25/2005)

Intentional Base on Balls All Time Leaders 'Top 100'
Name	IBB	Rank
Barry Bonds	688	1
Hank Aaron	293	2
Willie McCovey	260	3
Ken Griffey, Jr.	246	4
Vladimir Guerrero	242	5
George Brett	229	6
Willie Stargell	227	7
Eddie Murray	222	8
Frank Robinson	218	9
Manny Ramirez	212	10
Tony Gwynn	203	11
Mike Schmidt	201	12
Ernie Banks	198	13
Albert Pujols	198
Rusty Staub	193	15
Willie Mays	192	16
Carl Yastrzemski	190	17
Chili Davis	188	18
Ted Simmons	188
Harold Baines	187	20
Carlos Delgado	186	21
Billy Williams	182	22
Wade Boggs	180	23
Todd Helton	175	24
Rafael Palmeiro	172	25
Dave Winfield	172
Fred McGriff	171	27
Dave Parker	170	28
Frank Thomas	168	29
Roberto Clemente	167	30
Pete Rose	167
Reggie Jackson	164	32
Jim Thome	161	33
Harmon Killebrew	160	34
Dale Murphy	159	35
John Olerud	157	36
Jeff Bagwell	155	37
Will Clark	155
Chipper Jones	155
Orlando Cepeda	154	40
Sammy Sosa	154
Luis Gonzalez	150	42
Mark McGwire	150
Tony Perez	150
Tim Raines	148	45
Mike Piazza	146	46
Rod Carew	144	47
Garry Templeton	144
Mo Vaughn	144
Andre Dawson	143	50
Jose Cruz	142	51
Ichiro Suzuki	142
Darrell Evans	141	53
Boog Powell	140	54
Dick Allen	138	55
Don Mattingly	136	56
Johnny Bench	135	57
Frank Howard	135
Robin Ventura	132	59
Al Kaline	131	60
Tony Oliva	131
Darryl Strawberry	131
Lance Berkman	130	63
Keith Hernandez	130
Gary Sheffield	130
Ron Fairly	129	66
Bobby Bonilla	128	67
Jack Clark	127	68
Stan Musial	127
Joe Torre	127
Mickey Mantle	126	71
Ken Singleton	125	72
Lou Brock	124	73
Leo Cardenas	122	74
Bill Madlock	121	75
Brooks Robinson	120	76
Tim McCarver	119	77
Al Oliver	119
Johnny Edwards	118	79
Ron Cey	117	80
Larry Walker	117
Pedro Guerrero	115	82
Reggie Smith	115
Brian Giles	114	84
Mark Grace	114
Steve Garvey	113	86
Edgar Martinez	113
Norm Cash	112	88
Bill Buckner	111	89
Ken Caminiti	111
Kent Hrbek	110	91
Bill Mazeroski	110
Johnny Roseboro	110
Wally Joyner	109	94
Eddie Mathews	107	95
Rick Monday	107
Paul O'Neill	107
Cal Ripken, Jr.	107
Gary Carter	106	99
George Foster	106	100
Andres Galarraga	106
John Mayberry	106
Darrell Porter	106
Bill Russell	106
Chris Speier	106
Name	IBB	Rank
Current Through 2009 Season

Babe Ruth walked one-hundred seventy (170) times during a single season setting the American League single season record. In 2004 Barry Bonds shattered that record and had a major league record one-hundred twenty (120) intentional bases on balls — more IBB than most players will have during their entire career.

By comparison, the American League record for intentional bases on balls during a season is thirty-three (33) which was set by Ted Williams in 1957 then tied by John Olerud in 1993.

Did you know that on May 22, 1990, Andre Dawson of the Chicago Cubs became the first and only major league player to be walked intentionally five times during the same game?

Copyright © 2000-2009. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy. Design by Geisler Young. Hosted by Hosting 4 Less.
Part of the Baseball Almanac family: 755 Home Runs | Baseball Box Scores | Baseball Fever | Football Almanac | Pigskin Fever | Today in Baseball History.