Base on Balls Team Records Record Book by Baseball Almanac

Base on Balls Team Records

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

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Base On Balls Single Season Records
Record	Lg	Team(s)	Data
Fewest (In A Season)	AL	Washington	283	1904
		Cleveland		1909
	NL	St. Louis	282	1908
Most (In A Season)	AL	Boston	835	1949
	NL	Brooklyn	732	1947
Base On Balls Game Records
Record	Lg	Team(s)	Data
Most (In A Game) (9 Innings)	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 Game) (9 Innings) (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 A Game) (Extra Innings)	AL	Boston [vs Detroit]	20	09-17-1920
				12 Innings
	NL	Cincinnati [vs Atlanta]	16	10-01-1978
				14 Innings
		Florida [vs St. Louis]		04-27-2003
				20 Innings
Most (In A Game) (Extra Innings) (Both Teams)	AL	Washington [19] vs Cleveland [11]	30	09-14-1971
				20 Innings
	NL	Chicago [15] vs Cincinnati [10]	25	08-09-1942
				18 Innings
		San Diego [13] vs Chicago [12]		06-17-1974
				13 Innings
Record	Lg	Team(s)	Data
Base On Balls Team Records

Intentional Base On Balls Records Only Kept Since 1955 Single Season Records
Record	Lg	Team(s)	Data
Fewest (In a Season)	AL	Kansas City	10	1961
	NL	Los Angeles	22	1958
	NL	Pittsburgh	22	1998
Most (In A Season)	AL	Minnesota	79	1965
Most (In A Season)	NL	San Francisco	103	2002
Intentional Base On Balls Records Only Kept Since 1955 Game Records
Record	Lg	Team(s)	Data
Most (In a Game)	AL	California [vs New York]	5	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 Game) (Both Teams)	AL	California [5] vs New York [1]	6	05-10-1967
Most (In a Game) (Both Teams)	NL	San Francisco [6] vs St. Louis [0]	6	07-19-1985
Record	Lg	Team(s)	Data
Intentional Base On Balls Team Records

On August 23, 1989, the Los Angeles Dodgers and Montreal Expos played a twenty-two inning game without a single base on balls setting the Major League record for longest game without a single walk by either 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.

On May 2, 1956, the New York Mets (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.

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