Base on Balls and Intentional Bases on Balls Team Records by Baseball Almanac

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 Records
Record	Lg	Team(s)	Data
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 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	1961 Kansas City Athletics	10	1961
	NL	1958 Los Angeles Dodgers	22	1958
	NL	1998 Pittsburgh Pirates	22	1998
Most (In A Season)	AL	1965 Minnesota Twins	79	1965
Most (In A Season)	NL	2002 San Francisco Giants	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	07-19-1975
Record	Lg	Team(s)	Data
Intentional Base On Balls Team Records

The Los Angeles Dodgers and Montreal Expos played a twenty-two inning game on August 23, 1989 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.

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?

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