Who has the most intentional walks in MLB history?
Barry Bonds
Career Leaders & Records for Intentional Bases on Balls
Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Intentional Bases on Balls |
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1. | Barry Bonds (22) | 688 |
2. | Albert Pujols (21, 41) | 315 |
3. | Stan Musial+ (22) | 298 |
4. | Henry Aaron+ (23) | 293 |
How many MLB players have been intentionally walked with bases loaded?
In the Major Leagues, there were 12 cases from 1900 through 2011 of a batter making contact with an intentional ball. In 9 of these cases, the batter reached first base safely (six by hits, one by fielder’s choice, and two by errors).
Who is the all time walk leader?
Since 2007, Barry Bonds holds the record for most career walks drawn with 2,558. Rickey Henderson (2,190), Babe Ruth (2,062), and Ted Williams (2,021) are the only other players to draw more than 2,000 walks in their careers.
When was the first intentional walk in baseball?
It occurred on June 27, 1870, in a game between the Cincinnati Red Stockings and the Olympics of Washington: “The pitcher of the Olympics did his best to let George Wright take his first every time on called balls, as he preferred that to George’s style of hitting.
Who has the most intentional walks in MLB 2021?
Juan Soto
Year | National League | IBB |
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2021 (NL AL) | Juan Soto* (WSN) | 20 |
2020 (NL AL) | Juan Soto* (WSN) | 5 |
2019 (NL AL) | Cody Bellinger* (LAD) | 14 |
2018 (NL AL) | Kyle Schwarber* (CHC) | 25 |
How many times can you intentionally walk a batter?
1. A limit of one intentional walk per player per game. 2. On an intentional walk, every runner gets to move up a base.