Intentional Base on Balls All Time Leaders by 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.	230	4
George Brett	229	5
Willie Stargell	227	6
Vladimir Guerrero	223	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
Carl Yastrzemski	190	15
Chili Davis	188	16
Ted Simmons	188
Harold Baines	187	18
Billy Williams	182	19
Wade Boggs	180	20
Rafael Palmeiro	172	21
Dave Winfield	172
Fred McGriff	171	23
Dave Parker	170	24
Frank Thomas	168	25
Roberto Clemente	167	26
Carlos Delgado	167
Manny Ramirez	167
Pete Rose	167
Reggie Jackson	164	30
Todd Helton	162	31
Harmon Killebrew	160	32
Dale Murphy	159	33
John Olerud	157	34
Jeff Bagwell	155	35
Will Clark	155
Orlando Cepeda	154	37
Sammy Sosa	154
Mark McGwire	150	39
Tony Perez	150
Luis Gonzalez	149	41
Jim Thome	149
Tim Raines	148	43
Mike Piazza	146	44
Rod Carew	144	45
Garry Templeton	144
Mo Vaughn	144
Andre Dawson	143	48
Jose Cruz	142	49
Darrell Evans	141	50
Boog Powell	140	51
Dick Allen	138	52
Don Mattingly	136	53
Johnny Bench	135	54
Frank Howard	135
Robin Ventura	132	56
Al Kaline	131	57
Tony Oliva	131
Darryl Strawberry	131
Keith Hernandez	130	60
Ron Fairly	129	61
Bobby Bonilla	128	62
Jack Clark	127	63
Stan Musial	127
Joe Torre	127
Mickey Mantle	126	66
Ken Singleton	125	67
Lou Brock	124	68
Gary Sheffield	124
Leo Cardenas	122	70
Chipper Jones	121	71
Bill Madlock	121
Albert Pujols	120	73
Brooks Robinson	120
Tim McCarver	119	75
Al Oliver	119
Johnny Edwards	118	77
Ron Cey	117	78
Larry Walker	117
Pedro Guerrero	115	80
Reggie Smith	115
Ichiro Suzuki	115
Mark Grace	114	83
Steve Garvey	113	84
Edgar Martinez	113
Norm Cash	112	86
Bill Buckner	111	87
Ken Caminiti	111
Brian Giles	110	89
Kent Hrbek	110
Bill Mazeroski	110
Johnny Roseboro	110
Wally Joyner	109	93
Eddie Mathews	107	94
Rick Monday	107
Paul O'Neill	107
Cal Ripken, Jr.	107
Gary Carter	106	98
George Foster	106
Andres Galarraga	106	100
John Mayberry	106
Darrell Porter	106
Bill Russell	106
Chris Speier	106
Name	IBB	Rank
Current Through 2007 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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