Mickey Mantle has the most career bases on balls by a player younger than 31, with 1,251 bases on balls.
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MLB most walks by a player before the age of 31| NAME | BB | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | HBP | SO | SB | CS | PA | TB | XBH | SH | SF | IBB | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | M. Mantle | 1,251 | 1,675 | 5,895 | 1,339 | 1,821 | 256 | 67 | 404 | 1,152 | 10 | 1,218 | 132 | 33 | 7,199 | 3,423 | 727 | 13 | 30 | 78 | 62 | .309 | .429 | .581 | 1.010 |
| 2 |  | E. Yost | 1,192 | 1,556 | 5,604 | 916 | 1,430 | 266 | 53 | 93 | 514 | 67 | 662 | 55 | 34 | 6,956 | 2,081 | 412 | 88 | 5 | 10 | 104 | .255 | .392 | .371 | .763 |
| 3 |  | M. Ott | 1,140 | 1,864 | 6,544 | 1,332 | 2,061 | 359 | 63 | 369 | 1,389 | 38 | 566 | 62 | 7,808 | 3,653 | 791 | 86 | 5 | .315 | .419 | .558 | .978 | |||
| 4 | | J. Foxx | 1,106 | 1,710 | 6,116 | 1,355 | 2,048 | 346 | 102 | 429 | 1,522 | 9 | 935 | 76 | 7,293 | 3,885 | 877 | 62 | .335 | .437 | .635 | 1.073 | ||||
| 5 |  | T. Williams | 1,069 | 1,156 | 4,123 | 1,060 | 1,462 | 311 | 56 | 257 | 1,015 | 21 | 367 | 16 | 5,218 | 2,656 | 624 | 5 | 93 | .355 | .490 | .644 | 1.134 | |||
| 6 | | E. Mathews | 1,030 | 1,634 | 6,002 | 1,138 | 1,690 | 248 | 61 | 399 | 1,083 | 18 | 978 | 60 | 31 | 7,124 | 3,257 | 708 | 31 | 43 | 62 | 87 | .282 | .386 | .543 | .929 |
| 7 |  | F. Thomas | 1,021 | 1,279 | 4,559 | 912 | 1,464 | 291 | 10 | 290 | 990 | 34 | 694 | 28 | 17 | 5,691 | 2,645 | 591 | 0 | 77 | 125 | 143 | .321 | .443 | .580 | 1.023 |
| 8 |  | R. Henderson | 996 | 1,472 | 5,524 | 1,171 | 1,603 | 261 | 47 | 138 | 561 | 33 | 736 | 871 | 201 | 6,604 | 2,372 | 446 | 18 | 33 | 31 | 84 | .290 | .400 | .429 | .829 |
| 9 | | A. Dunn | 990 | 1,448 | 4,975 | 865 | 1,246 | 266 | 10 | 354 | 880 | 71 | 1,632 | 59 | 21 | 6,065 | 2,594 | 630 | 2 | 27 | 107 | 75 | .250 | .381 | .521 | .902 |
| 10 | | H. Clift | 982 | 1,436 | 5,259 | 1,013 | 1,458 | 294 | 62 | 170 | 768 | 36 | 647 | 67 | 6,328 | 2,386 | 526 | 51 | 45 | .277 | .394 | .454 | .848 | |||
| 11 |  | J. Soto | 959 | 1,180 | 4,150 | 821 | 1,169 | 207 | 18 | 265 | 749 | 19 | 881 | 102 | 30 | 5,159 | 2,207 | 490 | 3 | 28 | 89 | 105 | .282 | .416 | .532 | .948 |
| 12 |  | B. Harper | 959 | 1,508 | 5,384 | 997 | 1,513 | 327 | 24 | 306 | 889 | 44 | 1,395 | 133 | 46 | 6,454 | 2,806 | 657 | 12 | 55 | 120 | 116 | .281 | .391 | .521 | .912 |
| 13 | | D. Bush | 952 | 1,497 | 5,539 | 1,001 | 1,375 | 145 | 58 | 8 | 25 | 358 | 6,748 | 1,660 | 211 | 232 | .248 | .361 | .300 | .661 | ||||||
| 14 |  | B. Ruth | 939 | 1,199 | 3,926 | 985 | 1,355 | 282 | 85 | 309 | 944 | 27 | 668 | 74 | 4,941 | 2,734 | 676 | 49 | .345 | .474 | .696 | 1.171 | ||||
| 15 |  | L. Gehrig | 938 | 1,438 | 5,344 | 1,261 | 1,831 | 378 | 126 | 316 | 1,352 | 23 | 563 | 78 | 6,407 | 3,409 | 820 | 102 | .343 | .443 | .638 | 1.081 | ||||
| 16 | | J. Morgan | 928 | 1,338 | 4,887 | 872 | 1,334 | 225 | 67 | 124 | 497 | 24 | 538 | 378 | 102 | 5,914 | 2,065 | 416 | 42 | 33 | 26 | 51 | .273 | .389 | .423 | .812 |
| 17 |  | A. Pujols | 914 | 1,558 | 5,733 | 1,186 | 1,900 | 426 | 15 | 408 | 1,230 | 73 | 646 | 75 | 34 | 6,782 | 3,580 | 849 | 1 | 61 | 236 | 203 | .331 | .426 | .624 | 1.050 |
| 18 |  | M. Trout | 904 | 1,367 | 4,938 | 1,022 | 1,495 | 285 | 51 | 334 | 867 | 91 | 1,312 | 204 | 37 | 5,985 | 2,884 | 670 | 0 | 52 | 115 | 62 | .303 | .416 | .584 | 1.000 |
| 19 |  | B. Bonds | 879 | 1,361 | 4,802 | 956 | 1,375 | 290 | 45 | 279 | 821 | 29 | 756 | 325 | 97 | 5,762 | 2,592 | 614 | 3 | 49 | 187 | 65 | .286 | .396 | .540 | .936 |
| 20 | | R. Kiner | 870 | 1,212 | 4,327 | 827 | 1,214 | 167 | 34 | 329 | 887 | 22 | 618 | 20 | 3 | 5,223 | 2,436 | 530 | 4 | 103 | .281 | .404 | .563 | .967 | ||
| 21 | | R. Santo | 859 | 1,690 | 6,214 | 899 | 1,740 | 277 | 58 | 279 | 1,051 | 28 | 1,004 | 29 | 33 | 7,186 | 2,970 | 614 | 10 | 75 | 72 | 180 | .280 | .366 | .478 | .844 |
| 22 |  | J. Thome | 851 | 1,198 | 4,058 | 799 | 1,158 | 235 | 18 | 276 | 792 | 37 | 1,202 | 17 | 12 | 4,982 | 2,257 | 529 | 1 | 35 | 64 | 81 | .285 | .411 | .556 | .967 |
| 23 |  | C. Yastrzemski | 849 | 1,504 | 5,601 | 890 | 1,655 | 341 | 37 | 235 | 848 | 19 | 754 | 99 | 64 | 6,504 | 2,775 | 613 | 9 | 26 | 80 | 161 | .295 | .388 | .495 | .884 |
| 24 |  | K. Griffey Jr. | 841 | 1,680 | 6,352 | 1,163 | 1,883 | 342 | 33 | 438 | 1,270 | 56 | 1,101 | 173 | 64 | 7,319 | 3,605 | 813 | 6 | 64 | 187 | 116 | .296 | .380 | .568 | .948 |
| 25 | | A. Vaughan | 831 | 1,539 | 5,763 | 1,018 | 1,846 | 309 | 120 | 86 | 814 | 42 | 245 | 94 | 6,740 | 2,653 | 515 | 104 | 17 | .320 | .410 | .460 | .870 | |||
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