Base on Balls & Intentional Bases on Balls Team Records

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a record book full of baseball milestones for bases on balls and intentional bases on balls specifically related to teams from each league.

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Base On Balls

Single Season Bases on Balls Records

Fewest
In A Season
AL 1904 Washington Senators 283 1904
1909 Cleveland Naps 1909
NL 1908 St. Louis Cardinals 282 1908
Most
In A Season
AL 1949 Boston Red Sox 835 1949
NL 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers 732 1947

Base On Balls

Games Based Bases on Balls Records

Most
In a 9-Inning Game
AA Louisville [vs Cleveland] 19 09-21-1887
AL Detroit [vs Philadelphia] 18 05-09-1916
Cleveland [vs Boston] 05-20-1948
NL Chicago [vs New York] 17 05-30-1887
Brooklyn [vs Philadelphia] 08-27-1903
New York [vs Brooklyn] 04-30-1944
Most
In a 9-Inning Game
(Both Teams)
AL Detroit [18] vs Philadelphia [12] 30 05-09-1916
NL Houston [13] vs San Francisco [13] 26 05-04-1975
Most
In An Extra Inning Game
AL Cleveland [vs Washington] 19 09-14-1971
20 Innings
NL Philadelphia [vs Baltimore] 18 07-02-2004
16 Innings
Arizona [at Philadelphia] 08-24-2013
18 Innings
Most
In An Extra Inning Game
(Both Teams)
AL Washington [19] vs Cleveland [11] 30 09-14-1971
20 Innings
NL Arizona [18] at Philadelphia [10] 28 08-24-2013
18 Innings

Base On Balls

Inning Based Bases on Balls Records

Most
In an Inning
AL See Fast Fact #2 (below) 11 --
NL See Fast Fact #2 (below) 9 --
Most
In an Inning
(Consecutively)
AL Chicago [vs Washington] 7 08-28-1909
2nd Inning
NL Atlanta [vs Pittsburgh] 7 05-25-1983
3rd Inning
Most Consecutive
From 1st Batter
(In 1st Inning)
AL Philadelphia [vs Boston] 4 04-21-1946
Toronto [vs Texas] 04-18-1997
Kansas City [vs Cleveland] 06-29-2000
NL New York [vs Cincinnati] 5 06-16-1941
Base On Balls Team Records

Intentional Base On Balls
Records Only Kept Officially Since 1955

Single Season Intentional Bases on Balls Records

Fewest
In a Season
AL 1961 Kansas City Athletics 10 1961
NL 1958 Los Angeles Dodgers 22 1958
1998 Pittsburgh Pirates 1998
Most
In A Season
AL 1965 Minnesota Twins 79 1965
NL 2004 San Francisco Giants 153 2004

Intentional Base On Balls
Records Only Kept Officially Since 1955

Game Based Intentional Bases on Balls Records

Most
In a 9-Inning Game
AL Minnesota [vs Kansas City] 5 09-14-1965
California [vs New York] 05-10-1967
Washington [vs Cleveland] 09-02-1970
Oakland [vs Cleveland] 07-16-1991
NL San Francisco [vs St. Louis] 6 07-19-1975
Most
In a 9-Inning Game
(Both Teams)
AL California [5] vs New York [1] 6 05-10-1967
NL New York [4] at Pittsburgh [3] 7 06-27-1979
Intentional Base On Balls Team Records
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baseball almanac fast facts

The Montreal Expos (versus the Los Angeles Dodgers) played a twenty-two inning game on August 23, 1989, without a single base on balls setting the Major League record for longest game (by number of innings) without a walk by a team.

On September 11, 1949, the New York Yankees had eleven base on balls, courtesy of the Washington Senators, during the third inning setting the Major League mark for walks during an inning. The National League mark for walks during an inning was set by the Chicago Cubs who walked nine Cincinnati Red Legs batters in the fifth inning of a game played on April 24, 1957.

Did you know that on May 2, 1956, the New York Giants (seven) and Chicago Cubs (four) played a seventeen inning game and set a Major League record for most intentional base on balls by both teams during an extra inning game with eleven?