Before 1993, Babe Ruth had the most walks, with 2,062 bases on balls.

Interpreted as:

most career walks by a player through 1992

	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	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	Ted Williams T. Williams	2,021	2,292	7,706	1,798	2,654	525	71	521	1,839	39	709	24	4	9,791	4,884	1,117	5	20	86	197	.344	.482	.634	1.116	2349	1,219.7	.493	188	1,067
3	Joe Morgan J. Morgan	1,865	2,649	9,277	1,650	2,517	449	96	268	1,133	40	1,015	689	162	11,329	3,962	813	51	96	76	105	.271	.392	.427	.819	1717	490	.372	135	447.2
4	Carl Yastrzemski C. Yastrzemski	1,845	3,308	11,988	1,816	3,419	646	59	452	1,844	40	1,393	168	116	13,991	5,539	1,157	13	105	190	323	.285	.379	.462	.841	2155	643.2	.375	130	469.8
5	Mickey Mantle M. Mantle	1,733	2,401	8,102	1,676	2,415	344	72	536	1,509	13	1,710	153	38	9,909	4,511	952	14	47	126	113	.298	.421	.557	.977	1941	840	.428	170	821.8
6	Mel Ott M. Ott	1,708	2,730	9,456	1,859	2,876	488	72	511	1,860	64	896	89		11,337	5,041	1,071	109			38	.304	.414	.533	.947	2204	826.4	.430	156	794.2
7	Eddie Yost E. Yost	1,614	2,109	7,346	1,215	1,863	337	56	139	682	99	920	72	48	9,175	2,729	532	98	18	15	133	.254	.394	.371	.765	1289	226.8	.362	114	163.5
8	Darrell Evans D. Evans	1,605	2,687	8,973	1,344	2,223	329	36	414	1,354	35	1,410	98	68	10,737	3,866	779	34	90	141	133	.248	.361	.431	.792	1496	305.2	.355	120	251.8
9	Stan Musial S. Musial	1,599	3,026	10,972	1,949	3,630	725	177	475	1,951	53	696	78	31	12,712	6,134	1,377	35	53	127	243	.331	.417	.559	.976	2474	1,032.5	.435	158	896.7
10	Pete Rose P. Rose	1,566	3,562	14,053	2,165	4,256	746	135	160	1,314	107	1,143	198	149	15,861	5,752	1,041	56	79	167	247	.303	.375	.409	.784	2190	480.1	.354	121	368.7
11	Harmon Killebrew H. Killebrew	1,559	2,435	8,147	1,283	2,086	290	24	573	1,584	48	1,699	19	18	9,831	4,143	887	0	77	160	243	.256	.376	.509	.884	1630	569	.389	142	477.8
12	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
13	Mike Schmidt M. Schmidt	1,507	2,404	8,352	1,506	2,234	408	59	548	1,595	79	1,883	174	92	10,062	4,404	1,015	16	108	201	156	.267	.380	.527	.908	1717	591	.395	147	539.8
14	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
15	Willie Mays W. Mays	1,464	2,992	10,881	2,062	3,283	523	140	660	1,903	44	1,526	338	103	12,493	6,066	1,323	13	91	192	251	.302	.384	.557	.941	2266	894.8	.409	154	802.7
16	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
17	Eddie Mathews E. Mathews	1,444	2,391	8,537	1,509	2,315	354	72	512	1,453	26	1,487	68	39	10,101	4,349	938	36	58	107	123	.271	.376	.509	.885	1685	557.5	.389	143	531.2
18	Frank Robinson F. Robinson	1,420	2,808	10,006	1,829	2,943	528	72	586	1,812	198	1,532	204	77	11,743	5,373	1,186	17	102	218	270	.294	.389	.537	.926	2083	807.2	.404	153	717.1
19	Hank Aaron H. Aaron	1,402	3,298	12,364	2,174	3,771	624	98	755	2,297	32	1,383	240	73	13,940	6,856	1,477	21	121	293	328	.305	.374	.555	.928	2453	936.4	.403	153	858.5
20	Dwight Evans D. Evans	1,391	2,606	8,996	1,470	2,446	483	73	385	1,384	53	1,697	78	59	10,569	4,230	941	52	77	60	227	.272	.370	.470	.840	1640	459.6	.375	129	357.7
21	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
22	Reggie Jackson R. Jackson	1,375	2,820	9,864	1,551	2,584	463	49	563	1,702	96	2,597	228	115	11,416	4,834	1,075	13	68	164	183	.262	.356	.490	.846	1749	503	.374	139	497.6
23	Willie McCovey W. McCovey	1,345	2,588	8,197	1,229	2,211	353	46	521	1,555	69	1,550	26	22	9,686	4,219	920	5	70	260	176	.270	.374	.515	.889	1594	551.5	.388	145	497.9
24	Luke Appling L. Appling	1,302	2,422	8,856	1,319	2,749	440	102	45	1,116	11	528	179		10,243	3,528	587	74			129	.310	.399	.398	.798	1538	325.1	.378	115	198.1
25	Rickey Henderson R. Henderson	1,286	1,859	6,879	1,472	2,000	329	54	199	725	50	925	1,042	240	8,276	3,034	582	20	41	45	109	.291	.404	.441	.845	1336	407.7	.382	142	402.8