Times on Base Single Season Leaders on Baseball Almanac

Single Season Leaders for Times on Base

Who has been on base most often during a season? Some of the single season leaders may surprise you, some might not. Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a chart that illustrates the top one-hundred (100) all time single season leaders for times on base. Note: A bold faced entry denotes that the player was active during the previous Major League season.

"In one of his final Major League games, he (Babe Ruth) crushed three homers in Pittsburgh. On the final trip around the bases, the Babe tipped his cap to the somber crowd of 10,000 at Forbes Field. That home run would be number 714, the last of his amazing career." - Babe Ruth Biography on BabeRuth.com (The House That Ruth Built)

Times on Base Single Season Leaders 'Top 100'
Name	Times on Base	Year	Team	League	Rank
Babe Ruth	379	1923	New York Yankees	AL	1
Barry Bonds	376	2004	San Francisco Giants	NL	2
Ted Williams	358	1949	Boston Red Sox	AL	3
Barry Bonds	356	2002	San Francisco Giants	NL	4
Billy Hamilton	355	1894	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	5
Babe Ruth	353	1921	New York Yankees	AL	6
Paul Radford	347	1887	New York Metropolitans	AA	7
Babe Ruth	346	1924	New York Yankees	AL	8
Ted Williams	345	1947	Boston Red Sox	AL	9
Wade Boggs	342	1988	Boston Red Sox	AL	10
Barry Bonds	342	2001	San Francisco Giants	NL
Lou Gehrig	342	1936	New York Yankees	AL
Wade Boggs	340	1985	Boston Red Sox	AL	13
Pete Browning	338	1887	Louisville Colonels	AA	14
Ty Cobb	336	1915	Detroit Tigers	AL	15
Ted Williams	335	1941	Boston Red Sox	AL	16
Ted Williams	335	1942	Boston Red Sox	AL
Carlos Delgado	334	2000	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	18
Lefty O'Doul	334	1929	Philadelphia Phillies	NL
Ted Williams	334	1946	Boston Red Sox	AL
Yank Robinson	332	1887	St. Louis Browns	AA	21
Jeff Bagwell	331	1999	Houston Astros	NL	22
Lou Gehrig	331	1937	New York Yankees	AL
Babe Ruth	331	1926	New York Yankees	AL
Lou Gehrig	330	1927	New York Yankees	AL	25
Tip O'Neill	330	1887	St. Louis Browns	AA
Jimmie Foxx	329	1932	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	27
Babe Ruth	329	1927	New York Yankees	AL
Lou Gehrig	328	1931	New York Yankees	AL	29
Babe Ruth	328	1931	New York Yankees	AL
Norm Cash	326	1961	Detroit Tigers	AL	31
Lenny Dykstra	325	1993	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	32
Babe Ruth	325	1920	New York Yankees	AL
Jeff Bagwell	324	1996	Houston Astros	NL	34
Lou Gehrig	324	1930	New York Yankees	AL
Todd Helton	323	2000	Colorado Rockies	NL	36
Babe Ruth	323	1930	New York Yankees	AL
Todd Helton	322	2003	Colorado Rockies	NL	38
Derek Jeter	322	1999	New York Yankees	AL
Lou Gehrig	321	1934	New York Yankees	AL	40
John Olerud	321	1993	Toronto Blue Jays	AL
Woody English	320	1930	Chicago Cubs	NL	42
Jason Giambi	320	2001	Oakland Athletics	AL
Todd Helton	320	2004	Colorado Rockies	NL
Mark McGwire	320	1998	St. Louis Cardinals	NL
Wade Boggs	319	1989	Boston Red Sox	AL	46
Oyster Burns	319	1887	Baltimore Orioles	AA
Lou Gehrig	319	1932	New York Yankees	AL
Mickey Mantle	319	1957	New York Yankees	AL
Rogers Hornsby	318	1924	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	50
Reddy Mack	318	1887	Louisville Colonels	AA
Eddie Yost	318	1950	Washington Senators	AL
Rogers Hornsby	317	1929	Chicago Cubs	NL	53
Frank Thomas	317	1991	Chicago White Sox	AL
Ted Williams	317	1948	Boston Red Sox	AL
Richie Ashburn	316	1958	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	56
Jimmie Foxx	316	1938	Boston Red Sox	AL
Charlie Gehringer	316	1934	Detroit Tigers	AL
Jason Giambi	316	2000	Oakland Athletics	AL
Rogers Hornsby	316	1922	St. Louis Cardinals	NL
Stan Musial	316	1949	St. Louis Cardinals	NL
Tris Speaker	316	1920	Cleveland Indians	AL
Mo Vaughn	316	1996	Boston Red Sox	AL
Buddy Myer	315	1935	Washington Senators	AL	64
Gary Sheffield	315	1996	Florida Marlins	NL
Tris Speaker	315	1923	Cleveland Indians	AL
Ichiro Suzuki	315	2004	Seattle Mariners	AL
Carl Yastrzemski	315	1970	Boston Red Sox	AL
Charlie Gehringer	314	1936	Detroit Tigers	AL	69
Chuck Knoblauch	314	1996	Minnesota Twins	AL
Eddie Stanky	314	1950	New York Giants	NL
Hack Wilson	314	1930	Chicago Cubs	NL
Lou Gehrig	313	1935	New York Yankees	AL	73
Tony Phillips	313	1993	Detroit Tigers	AL
Babe Ruth	313	1928	New York Yankees	AL
Arky Vaughan	313	1936	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL
Ted Williams	313	1951	Boston Red Sox	AL
Wade Boggs	312	1986	Boston Red Sox	AL	78
Luis Gonzalez	312	2001	Arizona Diamondbacks	NL
Stan Musial	312	1948	St. Louis Cardinals	NL
Bill Terry	312	1930	New York Giants	NL
Frank Thomas	312	1992	Chicago White Sox	AL
Barry Bonds	311	1996	San Francisco Giants	NL	83
Rod Carew	311	1977	Minnesota Twins	AL
Babe Herman	311	1930	Brooklyn Robins	NL
Joe Kelley	311	1894	Baltimore Orioles	NL
Pete Rose	311	1969	Cincinnati Reds	NL
Sammy Sosa	311	2001	Chicago Cubs	NL
Kiki Cuyler	310	1930	Chicago Cubs	NL	89
Bill McClellan	310	1887	Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers	AA
Albert Pujols	310	2009	St. Louis Cardinals	NL
Pete Rose	310	1975	Cincinnati Reds	NL
Tris Speaker	310	1912	Boston Red Sox	AL
Roy Thomas	310	1899	Philadelphia Phillies	NL
Lance Berkman	309	2004	Houston Astros	NL	95
Craig Biggio	309	1997	Houston Astros	NL
Lu Blue	309	1931	Chicago White Sox	AL
Barry Bonds	309	1993	San Francisco Giants	NL
Lou Gehrig	309	1928	New York Yankees	AL
Chipper Jones	309	1999	Atlanta Braves	NL	100
Denny Lyons	309	1887	Philadelphia Athletics	AA
Edgar Martinez	309	1997	Seattle Mariners	AL
John Olerud	309	1999	New York Mets	NL
Name	Times on Base	Year	Team	League	Rank
Current Through 2009 Season

Do any of these single season times on base leaders belong to the Baseball Almanac "5,000 Times on Base Club?" Click the Career Leaders for Times on Base link and find out today.

The Major League / American League single season record for times on base was set in 1923 by Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees. The National League single season record for times on base was set in 2004 by Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants.

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