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Career Leaders for Bases on Balls / Walks Allowed
Other than giving up the long ball, the quickest way for a manager to pull their starting pitcher from the mound is giving up the base on balls a few too many times. The walk has decided not a few games, not a couple hundred games, but literally thousands of games over the course of major league history.
Baseball Almanac is pleased to present the top one-hundred (100) all-time career leaders in Major League base on balls. Note: A bold faced entry denotes that the player was active during the previous Major League season.
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"I just reared back and let them go." - Hall of Famer Bob Feller (5th Overall Base on Balls Leader)
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| Name |
Base on Balls |
Rank |
| Nolan Ryan
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2,795 |
1 |
| Steve Carlton
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1,833 |
2 |
| Phil Niekro
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1,809 |
3 |
| Early Wynn
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1,775 |
4 |
| Bob Feller
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1,764 |
5 |
| Bobo Newsom
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1,732 |
6 |
| Amos Rusie
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1,704 |
7 |
| Charlie Hough
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1,665 |
8 |
| Roger Clemens
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1,580 |
9 |
| Gus Weyhing
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1,566 |
10 |
| Red Ruffing
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1,541 |
11 |
| Tom Glavine
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1,463 |
12 |
| Bump Hadley
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1,442 |
13 |
| Warren Spahn
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1,434 |
14 |
| Earl Whitehill
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1,431 |
15 |
| Randy Johnson
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1,422 |
16 |
| Tony Mullane
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1,408 |
17 |
| Sam Jones
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1,396 |
18 |
| Jack Morris
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1,390 |
19 |
| Tom Seaver
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1,390 |
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| Gaylord Perry
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1,379 |
21 |
| Bobby Witt
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1,375 |
22 |
| Mike Torrez
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1,371 |
23 |
| Walter Johnson
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1,363 |
24 |
| Don Sutton
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1,343 |
25 |
| Bob Gibson
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1,336 |
26 |
| Chuck Finley
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1,332 |
27 |
| Chick Fraser
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1,332 |
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| Bert Blyleven
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1,322 |
29 |
| Sam McDowell
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1,312 |
30 |
| Jim Palmer
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1,311 |
31 |
| Mark Baldwin
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1,307 |
32 |
| Adonis Terry
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1,298 |
33 |
| Mickey Welch
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1,297 |
34 |
| Burleigh Grimes
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1,295 |
35 |
| Mark Langston
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1,289 |
36 |
| Kid Nichols
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1,268 |
37 |
| Joe Bush
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1,263 |
38 |
| Joe Niekro
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1,262 |
39 |
| Allie Reynolds
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1,261 |
40 |
| Tommy John
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1,259 |
41 |
| Frank Tanana
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1,255 |
42 |
| Bob Lemon
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1,251 |
43 |
| Hal Newhouser
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1,249 |
44 |
| George Mullin
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1,238 |
45 |
| Tim Keefe
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1,233 |
46 |
| Cy Young
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1,217 |
47 |
| Red Faber
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1,213 |
48 |
| Vic Willis
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1,212 |
49 |
| Ted Breitenstein
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1,203 |
50 |
| Brickyard Kennedy
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1,201 |
51 |
| Jerry Koosman
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1,198 |
52 |
| Tommy Bridges
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1,192 |
53 |
| John Clarkson
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1,191 |
54 |
| Lefty Grove
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1,187 |
55 |
| Vida Blue
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1,185 |
56 |
| Billy Pierce
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1,178 |
57 |
| Dennis Martinez
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1,165 |
58 |
| Al Leiter
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1,163 |
59 |
| Mike Moore
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1,156 |
60 |
| Jack Stivetts
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1,155 |
61 |
| Fernando Valenzuela
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1,151 |
62 |
| David Cone
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1,137 |
63 |
| Bill Hutchison
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1,132 |
64 |
| Johnny Vander Meer
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1,132 |
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| Jerry Reuss
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1,127 |
66 |
| Ted Lyons
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1,121 |
67 |
| Bucky Walters
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1,121 |
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| Mel Harder
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1,118 |
69 |
| Earl Moore
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1,108 |
70 |
| Bob Buhl
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1,105 |
71 |
| Kenny Rogers
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1,104 |
72 |
| Luis Tiant
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1,104 |
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| Mickey Lolich
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1,099 |
74 |
| Lefty Gomez
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1,095 |
75 |
| Virgil Trucks
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1,088 |
76 |
| Whitey Ford
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1,086 |
77 |
| Jim Kaat
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1,083 |
78 |
| Eppa Rixey
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1,082 |
79 |
| Rick Sutcliffe
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1,081 |
80 |
| Eddie Plank
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1,072 |
81 |
| Camilo Pascual
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1,069 |
82 |
| Bob Turley
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1,068 |
83 |
| Hooks Dauss
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1,067 |
84 |
| Elton Chamberlain
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1,065 |
85 |
| Bert Cunningham
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1,064 |
86 |
| Curt Simmons
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1,063 |
87 |
| Bill Donovan
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1,059 |
88 |
| Murry Dickson
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1,058 |
89 |
| Jouett Meekin
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1,058 |
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| Vern Kennedy
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1,049 |
91 |
| Dizzy Trout
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1,046 |
92 |
| Howard Ehmke
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1,042 |
93 |
| Wes Ferrell
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1,040 |
94 |
| Tommy Byrne
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1,037 |
95 |
| Red Ames
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1,034 |
96 |
| Dave Stewart
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1,034 |
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| Dave Stieb
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1,034 |
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| Bob Welch
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1,034 |
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| Rube Walberg
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1,031 |
100 |
| Name |
Base on Balls |
Rank |
| Current Through 2007 Season |
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