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.	244	4
Vladimir Guerrero	239	5
George Brett	229	6
Willie Stargell	227	7
Eddie Murray	222	8
Frank Robinson	218	9
Tony Gwynn	203	10
Mike Schmidt	201	11
Ernie Banks	198	12
Rusty Staub	193	13
Willie Mays	192	14
Manny Ramirez	191	15
Carl Yastrzemski	190	16
Chili Davis	188	17
Ted Simmons	188
Harold Baines	187	19
Carlos Delgado	186	20
Billy Williams	182	21
Wade Boggs	180	22
Rafael Palmeiro	172	23
Dave Winfield	172
Fred McGriff	171	25
Todd Helton	170	26
Dave Parker	170
Frank Thomas	168	28
Roberto Clemente	167	29
Pete Rose	167
Reggie Jackson	164	31
Harmon Killebrew	160	32
Dale Murphy	159	33
Jim Thome	158	34
John Olerud	157	35
Jeff Bagwell	155	36
Will Clark	155
Orlando Cepeda	154	38
Albert Pujols	154
Sammy Sosa	154
Luis Gonzalez	150	41
Mark McGwire	150
Tony Perez	150
Tim Raines	148	44
Mike Piazza	146	45
Rod Carew	144	46
Garry Templeton	144
Mo Vaughn	144
Andre Dawson	143	49
Jose Cruz	142	50
Darrell Evans	141	51
Boog Powell	140	52
Dick Allen	138	53
Chipper Jones	137	54
Don Mattingly	136	55
Johnny Bench	135	56
Frank Howard	135
Robin Ventura	132	58
Al Kaline	131	59
Tony Oliva	131
Darryl Strawberry	131
Keith Hernandez	130	62
Ron Fairly	129	63
Bobby Bonilla	128	64
Jack Clark	127	65
Stan Musial	127
Gary Sheffield	127
Ichiro Suzuki	127
Joe Torre	127
Mickey Mantle	126	70
Ken Singleton	125	71
Lou Brock	124	72
Leo Cardenas	122	73
Bill Madlock	121	74
Brooks Robinson	120	75
Tim McCarver	119	76
Al Oliver	119
Johnny Edwards	118	78
Ron Cey	117	79
Larry Walker	117
Lance Berkman	116	81
Pedro Guerrero	115	82
Reggie Smith	115
Mark Grace	114	84
Steve Garvey	113	85
Edgar Martinez	113
Norm Cash	112	87
Brian Giles	112
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 2008 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?

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