Single Season Base on Balls

Batters: PA AVG H R 2B 3B HR RBI SB OBP SLG OPS BB
Pitchers: ERA W L W% IP SH GS CG WHIP HR/9 SV SV%
Rank Player Year Team PA Hits R AVG 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB CS SB% OBP SLG OPS
1 Babe Ruth 1927 SRR 751 191 166 .346 32 5 69 151 195 4 1 .80 .513 .798 1.313
2 Ted Williams 1949 QCK 763 181 130 .314 33 2 38 96 183 0 1 .00 .483 .577 1.061
3 Joey Votto 2015 DIN 720 154 109 .291 26 1 24 76 166 11 1 .91 .460 .480 .941
4 Mickey Mantle 1961 QQB 671 139 141 .278 22 2 45 114 165 6 1 .85 .453 .601 1.054
5 Stan Musial 1949 SRR 758 196 133 .328 41 8 39 133 156 0 0 .00 .467 .619 1.087
6 Ralph Kiner 1949 CIR 711 152 105 .275 17 7 45 102 153 2 2 .50 .428 .576 1.005
7 Barry Bonds 1997 TLF 695 142 120 .266 21 5 40 89 151 6 5 .54 .437 .550 .988
8 Jim Gentile 1961 COL 622 139 114 .302 22 1 45 112 143 0 0 .00 .475 .647 1.124
9 Eddie Joost 1949 PBP 724 134 90 .239 22 4 21 85 139 0 1 .00 .392 .406 .798
10 Bryce Harper 2015 THD 662 168 127 .322 31 1 50 123 137 5 0 .10 .463 .673 1.137
11 Norm Cash 1961 THD 650 174 117 .340 18 6 43 109 125 8 1 .88 .470 .651 1.122
Lou Gehrig 1927 IMG 741 183 130 .301 34 21 35 106 125 3 4 .42 .418 .599 1.019
13 Eddie Stanky 1949 TAF 686 136 79 .249 19 5 1 45 124 1 2 .33 .390 .307 .698
14 Harmon Killebrew 1961 SSL 646 151 111 .291 23 7 51 106 123 0 0 .00 .428 .658 1.087
Mark Mcgwire 1997 DIN 674 143 106 .266 23 0 57 126 123 3 0 .10 .409 .627 1.037
16 Rocky Colavito 1961 GTL 648 156 105 .301 28 1 49 148 122 1 0 .10 .433 .644 1.078
Joe Morgan 1977 PBP 656 158 117 .303 17 2 23 91 122 39 10 .79 .434 .476 .911
18 Lou Gehrig 1934 TLF 736 218 144 .361 29 9 48 168 120 0 0 .00 .466 .678 1.144
19 Babe Ruth 1934 MOZ 505 105 65 .275 15 7 15 73 119 0 0 .00 .447 .469 .917
Elmer Valo 1949 COL 741 162 105 .282 22 11 6 76 119 13 6 .68 .407 .390 .798
21 Jimmie Foxx 1934 SSL 693 199 119 .351 27 12 35 112 118 4 0 .10 .459 .627 1.087
Mike Hargrove 1977 GTL 654 146 73 .279 20 3 11 71 118 0 6 .00 .414 .392 .807
23 Arky Vaughan 1934 COL 720 190 114 .334 45 5 8 111 117 10 5 .66 .441 .473 .915
24 Gene Tenace 1977 GTL 573 104 90 .237 23 5 16 77 116 0 0 .00 .406 .423 .830
25 Earl Averill 1934 BRI 696 177 116 .309 37 5 34 112 115 0 0 .00 .423 .570 .995
26 Ty Cobb 1927 SSL 643 179 93 .349 29 10 7 82 114 18 22 .44 .473 .486 .960
Jay Buhner 1997 COL 591 93 77 .201 10 2 25 78 114 0 1 .00 .364 .393 .758
28 Pee Wee Reese 1949 GTL 784 212 134 .320 29 5 18 83 113 15 4 .78 .421 .460 .882
29 Jeff Bagwell 1997 CIR 687 150 116 .266 39 3 36 90 112 27 6 .81 .398 .538 .937
30 Buddy Myer 1934 DIN 686 166 120 .304 31 13 2 57 109 0 0 .00 .416 .419 .836
31 Jim Thome 1997 BRI 580 154 94 .333 30 0 47 106 108 0 1 .00 .456 .703 1.160
Frank Thomas 1997 THD 644 171 113 .322 40 0 41 132 108 2 0 .10 .436 .630 1.067
Rogers Hornsby 1927 BRI 705 183 106 .312 28 10 20 86 108 1 1 .50 .420 .496 .917
34 Toby Harrah 1977 BUM 656 148 118 .279 29 2 34 94 106 32 5 .86 .407 .533 .941
Josh Donaldson 2015 CIR 709 174 106 .295 34 3 31 104 106 1 1 .50 .403 .522 .925
Andy Seminick 1949 DIN 475 79 64 .221 10 3 23 62 106 0 0 .00 .401 .460 .862
37 Eddie Yost 1949 THD 588 125 102 .261 12 15 10 38 105 2 3 .40 .393 .412 .805
38 Wally Moon 1961 QQB 565 139 99 .304 27 2 14 55 104 2 3 .40 .431 .464 .897
39 Reggie Smith 1977 SSL 591 168 112 .346 35 5 33 89 103 1 2 .33 .461 .643 1.105
40 Eddie Mathews 1961 PBP 618 154 107 .304 28 3 28 104 102 13 3 .81 .420 .538 .959
Enos Slaughter 1949 TLF 726 225 131 .365 44 6 10 106 102 0 0 .00 .451 .504 .956
Mel Ott 1934 BRI 724 187 114 .306 30 10 24 104 102 0 0 .00 .403 .505 .910
Jose Bautista 2015 PBP 646 118 105 .221 21 2 33 81 102 2 0 .10 .349 .454 .804
44 Mike Schmidt 1977 BBS 654 159 103 .293 33 8 40 91 101 0 1 .00 .411 .605 1.016
Tony Clark 1997 GTL 668 163 86 .292 26 2 23 92 101 0 1 .00 .399 .469 .869
46 Willie Mays 1961 BBS 630 160 102 .308 34 2 37 102 100 4 1 .80 .422 .596 1.019
Dick Seay 1927 PBP 655 176 105 .325 51 5 20 118 100 9 5 .64 .427 .548 .977
48 Luke Appling 1949 CIR 648 166 87 .305 20 6 6 56 99 4 8 .33 .410 .397 .809
49 Roger Maris 1961 SSL 649 161 122 .297 19 8 63 126 98 0 0 .00 .412 .711 1.125
Cass Michaels 1949 SRR 773 186 105 .305 23 7 6 57 98 0 0 .00 .402 .396 .799
Ron Cey 1977 MIT 667 118 79 .211 24 3 30 88 98 1 2 .33 .330 .426 .757
52 Dom Dimaggio 1949 IMG 751 167 110 .259 29 7 10 60 97 7 6 .53 .357 .372 .730
Max Bishop 1927 PBP 495 97 87 .252 18 0 0 27 97 5 3 .62 .401 .299 .701
Ferris Fain 1949 TAF 624 109 58 .217 8 4 4 58 97 2 1 .66 .342 .273 .616
55 Ken Griffey Jr 1997 SSL 712 163 122 .273 35 0 52 95 96 16 3 .84 .382 .592 .975
Bob Allison 1961 BBS 605 127 90 .254 21 1 39 91 96 0 4 .00 .381 .535 .917
Jackie Robinson 1949 PVA 777 189 128 .289 29 10 13 58 96 33 6 .84 .386 .424 .811
58 Sammy T. Hughes 1927 THD 606 159 114 .321 35 21 26 114 95 12 4 .75 .429 .634 1.064
Vern Stephens 1949 IMG 726 169 99 .269 30 1 40 118 95 1 2 .33 .363 .511 .875
60 Larry Walker 1997 MIT 680 202 133 .356 58 3 42 112 94 12 0 .10 .454 .692 1.147
Paul Goldschmidt 2015 TLF 630 179 111 .340 25 2 30 93 94 1 1 .50 .439 .567 1.007
Bob Higginson 1997 PBP 624 163 103 .310 30 7 28 94 94 10 0 .10 .413 .554 .968
Tommy Henrich 1949 SPS 557 121 82 .266 26 3 22 79 94 1 3 .25 .394 .482 .877
John Olerud 1997 SRR 621 139 72 .270 34 1 14 83 94 1 1 .50 .391 .423 .814
65 Mike Trout 2015 SRR 672 160 117 .280 26 6 50 116 93 9 0 .10 .385 .610 .996
Carl Yastrzemski 1974 GTL 517 134 75 .320 20 1 18 70 93 8 1 .88 .441 .502 .943
67 Joe Dimaggio 1949 BRI 394 99 64 .332 11 7 20 60 92 0 0 .00 .492 .617 1.110
Miguel Cabrera 2015 THD 525 136 84 .320 25 1 22 77 92 1 1 .50 .445 .540 .986
69 Jud Wilson 1934 SRR 663 214 102 .380 35 7 21 113 91 0 2 .00 .467 .580 1.048
Darrell Evans 1974 SEP 556 124 81 .270 24 3 21 68 91 0 0 .00 .395 .472 .868
Sid Gordon 1949 SPS 637 145 86 .270 22 5 17 92 91 2 0 .10 .376 .425 .802
72 Turkey Stearnes 1934 DIN 730 248 154 .401 40 20 32 131 90 18 2 .89 .479 .686 1.165
Ray Lankford 1997 THD 555 123 100 .266 33 1 30 71 90 17 2 .89 .384 .537 .922
Thomas Richardson 1927 TLF 735 219 106 .343 36 6 11 113 90 0 0 .00 .421 .470 .893
Gary Sheffield 1997 DIN 508 90 73 .224 21 0 15 46 90 3 3 .50 .384 .389 .774
76 Charlie Gehringer 1934 MNL 736 217 128 .343 48 7 15 122 89 4 1 .80 .420 .513 .934
Elbie Fletcher 1949 DIN 553 110 76 .252 15 4 18 71 89 0 0 .00 .383 .429 .813
78 Willard Brown 1949 MNL 625 180 108 .340 41 8 31 125 88 3 2 .60 .436 .625 1.062
Lazaro Salazar 1934 DOG 695 198 124 .336 68 7 16 97 88 11 1 .91 .423 .557 .981
Paul Waner 1934 CIR 723 205 127 .328 32 23 14 92 88 1 1 .50 .416 .520 .938
George Kell 1949 GTL 605 163 72 .321 36 10 2 69 88 6 0 .10 .423 .443 .867
Roy Sievers 1949 PBP 603 145 78 .285 24 2 18 84 88 0 0 .00 .395 .447 .843
Johnny Pesky 1949 TLF 720 194 111 .316 37 10 0 111 88 0 1 .00 .401 .410 .812
Lu Blue 1927 BUM 474 104 73 .276 19 13 0 40 88 11 2 .84 .410 .396 .807
Edwin Encarnacion 2015 BRI 627 118 89 .224 22 0 33 80 88 0 1 .00 .342 .454 .797
86 Andre Thornton 1977 CIR 533 115 71 .266 20 3 30 84 87 4 4 .50 .397 .535 .934
Reggie Jackson 1977 SSL 611 146 99 .280 37 3 30 93 87 10 1 .90 .382 .535 .918
Paul O'neill 1997 CIR 645 164 75 .296 39 1 16 80 87 6 3 .66 .389 .457 .847
89 Tony Lazzeri 1927 GTL 691 175 91 .292 28 10 13 90 86 9 1 .89 .377 .438 .816
90 Martin Dihigo 1934 QCK 685 186 139 .320 42 6 41 131 85 4 2 .66 .406 .624 1.032
Perico Formental 1949 TLF 615 157 98 .303 23 12 20 103 85 1 1 .50 .400 .509 .910
92 Kiddo Davis 1927 BUM 548 155 93 .345 26 3 18 91 84 12 6 .66 .450 .536 .987
George Grantham 1927 SRR 617 156 103 .301 30 19 10 47 84 0 0 .00 .399 .491 .891
Ace Stone 1934 DIN 558 133 65 .294 12 11 4 78 84 5 2 .71 .402 .396 .799
Bob Elliott 1949 DIN 596 114 60 .237 19 10 19 75 84 0 1 .00 .349 .437 .787
Edgar Martinez 1997 SPS 601 140 74 .277 25 1 12 64 84 0 0 .00 .384 .401 .786
Dick Howser 1961 PBP 699 152 93 .253 27 4 7 57 84 43 10 .81 .351 .347 .698
Bob Bailey 1974 GTL 494 92 48 .227 13 1 9 47 84 0 2 .00 .356 .330 .687
99 Hack Wilson 1927 MWB 658 167 109 .298 30 12 31 137 83 9 7 .56 .386 .560 .947
Ken Griffey Sr. 1977 COL 657 181 102 .324 38 8 18 107 83 12 0 .10 .406 .517 .924