Before 1947, Babe Ruth had the most bases on balls, with 2,062 bases on balls.

Interpreted as:

most career walks by a player through 1946

	NAME	BB	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	HBP	SO	SB	PA	TB	XBH	SH	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WRC	WRAA	WOBA	WRC+	BRAA
1	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	2,062	2,503	8,399	2,174	2,873	506	136	714	2,214	43	1,330	123	10,617	5,793	1,356	113		.342	.474	.690	1.164	2727	1,436.8	.513	197	1,369.6
2	Mel Ott M. Ott	1,708	2,726	9,452	1,859	2,876	488	72	511	1,860	64	896	89	11,333	5,041	1,071	109	38	.304	.414	.533	.947	2204	827.4	.430	156	795.3
3	Lou Gehrig L. Gehrig	1,508	2,164	8,001	1,888	2,721	534	163	493	1,995	45	790	102	9,660	5,060	1,190	106	2	.340	.447	.632	1.080	2265	1,046.8	.477	173	980
4	Eddie Collins E. Collins	1,499	2,826	9,949	1,821	3,315	438	187	47	1,300	77	468	741	12,037	4,268	672	512		.333	.424	.429	.853	2032	693.4	.409	144	619.7
5	Jimmie Foxx J. Foxx	1,452	2,317	8,134	1,751	2,646	458	125	534	1,922	13	1,311	87	9,670	4,956	1,117	71	69	.325	.428	.609	1.038	2135	934.1	.460	158	780.8
6	Tristram Speaker T. Speaker	1,381	2,789	10,195	1,882	3,514	792	222	117	1,531	103	394	436	11,988	5,101	1,131	309		.345	.428	.500	.928	2264	921	.436	157	812.3
7	Ty Cobb T. Cobb	1,249	3,034	11,434	2,244	4,189	724	295	117	1,933	94	681	897	13,068	5,854	1,136	291		.366	.433	.512	.945	2534	1,093.6	.445	165	975.1
8	Billy Hamilton B. Hamilton	1,189	1,594	6,283	1,697	2,164	242	95	40	742	89	271	914	7,608	2,716	377	47		.344	.455	.432	.888	1716	578.6	.433	142	505.5
9	Charlie Gehringer C. Gehringer	1,186	2,323	8,860	1,775	2,839	574	146	184	1,427	50	372	181	10,237	4,257	904	141	27	.320	.404	.480	.884	1797	516.6	.405	124	350
10	Donie Bush D. Bush	1,158	1,945	7,210	1,280	1,804	186	74	9	440	29	630	406	8,734	2,165	269	337		.250	.356	.300	.656	955	22.3	.328	96	-54.3
11	Max Bishop M. Bishop	1,156	1,338	4,494	966	1,216	236	35	41	379	31	452	40	5,779	1,645	312	98		.271	.423	.366	.789	904	176.3	.383	113	104.4
12	Harry Hooper H. Hooper	1,136	2,309	8,785	1,429	2,466	389	160	75	816	76	581	375	10,244	3,400	624	247		.281	.368	.387	.755	1384	244.2	.363	116	190.1
13	Jimmy Sheckard J. Sheckard	1,135	2,122	7,605	1,296	2,084	354	136	56	810	92	849	465	9,118	2,878	546	286		.274	.375	.378	.753	1343	311.5	.368	121	241.6
14	Lu Blue L. Blue	1,092	1,615	5,904	1,152	1,696	319	109	44	695	43	436	151	7,207	2,365	472	168		.287	.402	.401	.803	1102	191.5	.380	112	118
15	Paul Waner P. Waner	1,091	2,549	9,459	1,627	3,152	605	191	113	1,309	38	376	104	10,762	4,478	909	174	45	.333	.404	.473	.878	1868	537	.403	135	487.9
16	Bob Johnson B. Johnson	1,075	1,863	6,920	1,239	2,051	396	95	288	1,283	24	851	96	8,047	3,501	779	28	102	.296	.393	.506	.899	1426	473.4	.411	133	351.6
17	Harlond Clift H. Clift	1,070	1,582	5,730	1,070	1,558	309	62	178	829	41	713	69	6,894	2,525	549	53	51	.272	.390	.441	.831	1101	275.5	.387	114	137.3
18	Bill Dahlen B. Dahlen	1,064	2,444	9,036	1,590	2,461	413	163	84	1,234	140	759	548	10,405	3,452	660	165		.272	.358	.382	.740	1589	236.5	.357	108	139.6
19	Joe Cronin J. Cronin	1,059	2,124	7,579	1,233	2,285	515	118	170	1,424	34	700	87	8,838	3,546	803	166	57	.301	.390	.468	.857	1468	369.8	.393	120	242.4
20	Stan Hack S. Hack	1,051	1,862	7,038	1,211	2,128	352	79	57	630	21	447	165	8,223	2,809	488	113	35	.302	.395	.399	.794	1219	251	.376	125	240.6
21	Roy Thomas R. Thomas	1,042	1,470	5,296	1,011	1,537	100	53	7	299	71	521	244	6,575	1,764	160	166		.290	.413	.333	.747	1020	272.1	.375	128	230.5
22	Max Carey M. Carey	1,040	2,476	9,363	1,545	2,665	419	159	70	802	77	695	738	10,770	3,612	648	290		.285	.361	.386	.747	1411	179.3	.357	110	128.3
23	Rogers Hornsby R. Hornsby	1,038	2,259	8,173	1,579	2,930	541	169	301	1,584	48	679	135	9,475	4,712	1,011	216		.358	.434	.577	1.010	2018	899	.459	173	863.2
24	Jesse Burkett J. Burkett	1,029	2,067	8,426	1,720	2,850	320	182	75	952	75	561	389	9,620	3,759	577	90		.338	.415	.446	.861	1921	592.9	.411	137	526.7
25	Luke Appling L. Appling	1,011	1,952	7,236	1,096	2,261	371	91	32	949	10	433	152	8,314	2,910	494	57	67	.312	.397	.402	.800	1255	268.1	.377	114	151.3