Editing Base on balls (section)

==Major League Baseball leaders==

===Career===
{{main|List of Major League Baseball career bases on balls leaders|List of Major League Baseball career bases on balls allowed leaders}}

===Single-season===
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|Member of the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame]]
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{| class="wikitable"
|+ style="text-align: center;" | Most by Batters
! Rank || Player || Year || Base on balls
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| 1 || rowspan="3" | [[Barry Bonds]] || [[2004 Major League Baseball season|2004]]|| 232
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| 2 || [[2002 Major League Baseball season|2002]]|| 198
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| 3 || [[2001 Major League Baseball season|2001]]|| 177
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| 4 || style="background:#ffffbb"|[[Babe Ruth]]* || [[1923 Major League Baseball season|1923]]|| 170
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| rowspan=3 | 5 || [[Mark McGwire]] || [[1998 Major League Baseball season|1998]]|| rowspan="3" | 162
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|style="background:#ffffbb"; rowspan="3"| [[Ted Williams]]* || [[1947 Major League Baseball season|1947]]
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| [[1949 Major League Baseball season|1949]]
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| 8 || [[1946 Major League Baseball season|1946]]|| 156
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| rowspan=2 | 9 || [[Barry Bonds]] || [[1996 Major League Baseball season|1996]]|| rowspan="2" | 151
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| [[Eddie Yost]] || [[1956 Major League Baseball season|1956]]
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<div style=display:inline-grid>
{| class="wikitable"
|+ style="text-align: center;" | Most by Pitchers
! Rank || Player || Year || Base on balls
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| 1 || style="background:#ffffbb"|[[Amos Rusie]]* || {{mlby|1890}} || 289
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| 2 || [[Mark Baldwin (baseball)|Mark Baldwin]] || {{mlby|1889}}|| 274
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| 3 || rowspan="2" style="background:#ffffbb" |[[Amos Rusie]]* || {{mlby|1892}} || 270
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| 4 || {{mlby|1891}} || 262
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| 5 || [[Mark Baldwin (baseball)|Mark Baldwin]] || {{mlby|1890}} || 249
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| 6 || [[Jack Stivetts]] || rowspan="3" | {{mlby|1891}} || 232
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| 7 || [[Mark Baldwin (baseball)|Mark Baldwin]] || 227
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| 8 || [[Phil Knell]] || 226
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| 9 || [[Bob Barr (1880s pitcher)|Bob Barr]] || {{mlby|1890}} || 219
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| 10 || style="background:#ffffbb"|[[Amos Rusie]]* || {{mlby|1893}} || 218
|}
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===Game===

[[Jimmie Foxx]], [[Andre Thornton]], [[Jeff Bagwell]] and [[Bryce Harper]] have each been walked six times during a major league regular season game.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/tiny/Yp1x2|title=Batting Game Finder: From 1908 to 2018, (requiring BB>=6), sorted by greatest BB|website=Baseball Reference|access-date=August 21, 2018}}</ref> Among pitchers, [[Tommy Byrne (baseball)|Tommy Byrne]] and [[Bruno Haas]] both gave up 16 bases on balls in a game.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/tiny/T22Mw|title=Pitching Game Finder: From 1908 to 2018, (requiring BB>=14), sorted by greatest BB|website=Baseball Reference|access-date=August 21, 2018}}</ref> On September 17, 1920, the [[Boston Red Sox]] drew 20 walks in a 12-inning game against the [[Detroit Tigers]]. {{Asof|September 2024}}, this is the most walks drawn or allowed by a team in a single game in Major League history according to available data.<ref>{{cite web |title=Team Batting Game Stats Finder - For single games, from 1901 to 2024, in the regular season, sorted by descending Bases on Balls. |url=https://stathead.com/tiny/DTCUy |website=Stathead.com |publisher=[[Sports Reference]] |access-date=18 September 2024 |language=en}}</ref>