Mickey Mantle has the most career bases on balls by a player younger than 29, with 1,003 bases on balls.
Interpreted as:
most bbs by a player before age 29| 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 | 1,003 | 1,399 | 5,004 | 1,112 | 1,537 | 225 | 60 | 320 | 935 | 9 | 1,028 | 111 | 31 | 6,051 | 2,842 | 605 | 12 | 23 | 60 | 55 | .307 | .422 | .568 | .990 |
| 2 |  | E. Yost | 968 | 1,294 | 4,675 | 775 | 1,207 | 236 | 46 | 73 | 422 | 54 | 531 | 46 | 18 | 5,780 | 1,754 | 355 | 79 | 4 | 0 | 86 | .258 | .391 | .375 | .766 |
| 3 |  | J. Soto | 920 | 1,138 | 4,011 | 802 | 1,133 | 203 | 17 | 257 | 726 | 19 | 859 | 100 | 29 | 4,980 | 2,141 | 477 | 3 | 27 | 85 | 102 | .282 | .416 | .534 | .950 |
| 4 |  | M. Ott | 920 | 1,589 | 5,621 | 1,131 | 1,775 | 313 | 55 | 306 | 1,193 | 32 | 469 | 58 | 6,646 | 3,116 | 674 | 73 | .316 | .415 | .554 | .969 | ||||
| 5 | | J. Foxx | 887 | 1,411 | 4,982 | 1,105 | 1,690 | 289 | 87 | 343 | 1,220 | 8 | 763 | 61 | 5,934 | 3,182 | 719 | 57 | .339 | .440 | .639 | 1.079 | ||||
| 6 | | E. Mathews | 836 | 1,330 | 4,894 | 929 | 1,373 | 200 | 49 | 338 | 902 | 14 | 793 | 43 | 22 | 5,809 | 2,685 | 587 | 30 | 35 | 52 | 66 | .281 | .385 | .549 | .933 |
| 7 |  | B. Harper | 833 | 1,283 | 4,557 | 850 | 1,273 | 270 | 22 | 267 | 752 | 36 | 1,189 | 111 | 39 | 5,482 | 2,388 | 559 | 12 | 44 | 103 | 93 | .279 | .392 | .524 | .916 |
| 8 |  | F. Thomas | 815 | 976 | 3,452 | 714 | 1,137 | 221 | 8 | 232 | 769 | 24 | 533 | 18 | 15 | 4,351 | 2,070 | 461 | 0 | 60 | 110 | 114 | .329 | .454 | .600 | 1.054 |
| 9 |  | M. Trout | 806 | 1,208 | 4,376 | 910 | 1,335 | 252 | 46 | 289 | 761 | 82 | 1,126 | 200 | 36 | 5,313 | 2,546 | 587 | 0 | 49 | 101 | 58 | .305 | .418 | .582 | 1.000 |
| 10 | | A. Dunn | 797 | 1,131 | 3,871 | 699 | 955 | 201 | 8 | 278 | 672 | 58 | 1,256 | 59 | 19 | 4,749 | 2,006 | 487 | 2 | 21 | 81 | 57 | .247 | .381 | .518 | .900 |
| 11 | | H. Clift | 794 | 1,145 | 4,162 | 825 | 1,173 | 231 | 54 | 156 | 669 | 33 | 535 | 55 | 5,024 | 1,980 | 441 | 35 | 23 | .282 | .401 | .476 | .877 | |||
| 12 | | D. Bush | 794 | 1,222 | 4,456 | 815 | 1,094 | 117 | 52 | 8 | 22 | 315 | 5,481 | 1,339 | 177 | 209 | .246 | .362 | .300 | .663 | ||||||
| 13 |  | R. Henderson | 788 | 1,182 | 4,429 | 940 | 1,286 | 205 | 42 | 120 | 454 | 27 | 614 | 701 | 174 | 5,283 | 1,935 | 367 | 16 | 23 | 25 | 70 | .290 | .399 | .437 | .836 |
| 14 |  | T. Williams | 788 | 860 | 3,034 | 785 | 1,066 | 223 | 48 | 191 | 723 | 16 | 280 | 11 | 3,842 | 1,958 | 462 | 4 | 64 | .351 | .487 | .645 | 1.133 | |||
| 15 |  | B. Ruth | 738 | 948 | 3,038 | 782 | 1,051 | 231 | 76 | 238 | 753 | 21 | 519 | 63 | 3,834 | 2,148 | 545 | 37 | .346 | .477 | .707 | 1.184 | ||||
| 16 |  | L. Gehrig | 734 | 1,133 | 4,176 | 990 | 1,427 | 292 | 109 | 247 | 1,050 | 19 | 482 | 60 | 5,029 | 2,678 | 648 | 100 | .342 | .442 | .641 | 1.084 | ||||
| 17 | | A. Vaughan | 729 | 1,305 | 4,894 | 867 | 1,591 | 271 | 109 | 78 | 727 | 37 | 215 | 78 | 5,744 | 2,314 | 458 | 84 | 10 | .325 | .416 | .473 | .889 | |||
| 18 |  | A. Pujols | 696 | 1,239 | 4,578 | 947 | 1,531 | 342 | 13 | 319 | 977 | 60 | 506 | 45 | 26 | 5,382 | 2,856 | 674 | 1 | 47 | 154 | 157 | .334 | .425 | .624 | 1.049 |
| 19 | | J. Morgan | 690 | 1,030 | 3,789 | 651 | 1,011 | 159 | 61 | 77 | 345 | 17 | 409 | 248 | 73 | 4,558 | 1,523 | 297 | 37 | 25 | 16 | 33 | .267 | .380 | .402 | .782 |
| 20 |  | B. Bonds | 681 | 1,106 | 3,918 | 750 | 1,099 | 244 | 40 | 204 | 633 | 22 | 641 | 266 | 78 | 4,664 | 2,035 | 488 | 3 | 40 | 140 | 50 | .281 | .387 | .519 | .906 |
| 21 | | P. Fielder | 676 | 1,191 | 4,223 | 672 | 1,213 | 240 | 10 | 268 | 796 | 97 | 892 | 17 | 11 | 5,044 | 2,277 | 518 | 0 | 48 | 136 | 104 | .287 | .394 | .539 | .933 |
| 22 | | R. Santo | 671 | 1,376 | 5,084 | 719 | 1,426 | 229 | 50 | 224 | 814 | 25 | 799 | 26 | 30 | 5,844 | 2,427 | 503 | 9 | 55 | 59 | 142 | .280 | .364 | .477 | .841 |
| 23 | | R. Kiner | 660 | 905 | 3,249 | 637 | 931 | 130 | 29 | 257 | 684 | 12 | 450 | 15 | 1 | 3,924 | 1,890 | 416 | 3 | 84 | .287 | .409 | .582 | .991 | ||
| 24 |  | K. Griffey Jr. | 656 | 1,375 | 5,226 | 940 | 1,569 | 294 | 27 | 350 | 1,018 | 40 | 876 | 143 | 53 | 5,982 | 2,967 | 671 | 6 | 54 | 153 | 101 | .300 | .379 | .568 | .947 |
| 25 |  | M. Cabrera | 650 | 1,362 | 5,081 | 859 | 1,607 | 347 | 13 | 280 | 994 | 39 | 1,016 | 29 | 17 | 5,825 | 2,820 | 640 | 5 | 50 | 146 | 168 | .316 | .395 | .555 | .950 |
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