most intentional walks single season by pitcher

Gene Garber has intentionally walked the most batters in a season, with 24 walked in 1974.

	NAME	IBB	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Gene Garber G. Garber	24	1974	TOT	51	5	2	.714	0	3.08	41	0	0	5	76.0	74	26	36	4	44	2	20	337	5	4.86	5.21	0.93	0.47	12.2	13.1	1.55	.285	4.26	83	3.99	110	8.76	-3
2	Kent Tekulve K. Tekulve	23	1982	PIT	85	12	8	.600	0	2.87	66	0	0	20	128.2	113	41	47	7	46	3	64	541	1	4.62	3.22	1.43	0.49	12.2	8.5	1.24	.253	3.29	79	3.53	98	7.90	1.1
3	Dale Murray D. Murray	23	1978	TOT	68	9	6	.600	0	3.78	62	0	0	7	119.0	119	50	59	5	53	3	43	520	8	4.69	4.01	1.17	0.38	11.9	10.2	1.45	.287	4.46	109	3.49	99	9.00	0.3
4	Mike Garman M. Garman	23	1975	STL	66	3	8	.273	0	2.39	48	0	0	10	79.0	73	21	31	3	48	1	36	358	4	5.47	5.47	1.00	0.34	13.4	13.4	1.53	.271	3.53	67	3.71	107	8.32	-2.2
5	Roger McDowell R. McDowell	20	1991	TOT	71	9	9	.500	0	2.93	50	0	0	10	101.1	100	33	40	4	48	2	34	445	2	4.44	4.26	1.04	0.36	11.2	10.8	1.46	.282	3.55	80	3.86	104	8.88	-1.7
6	Greg Minton G. Minton	20	1984	SFG	74	4	9	.308	1	3.76	48	0	0	19	124.1	130	52	60	6	57	0	43	556	5	3.47	4.13	0.84	0.43	8.6	10.3	1.50	.279	4.34	108	3.99	113	9.41	-6.6
7	Kent Tekulve K. Tekulve	20	1979	PIT	94	10	8	.556	0	2.75	75	0	0	31	134.1	109	41	46	5	49	2	67	550	4	5.02	3.28	1.53	0.33	13.6	8.9	1.18	.248	3.08	72	3.23	84	7.30	9.2
8	Randy Jones R. Jones	20	1978	SDP	37	13	14	.481	36	2.88	71	7	2	0	253.0	263	81	104	6	64	0	0	1,058	4	2.53	2.28	1.11	0.21	6.7	6.0	1.29	.280	3.70	87	3.08	90	9.36	9.6
9	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	20	1967	PHI	40	17	15	.531	40	2.29	253	16	6	0	302.1	241	77	94	18	73	13	0	1,216	4	7.53	2.17	3.47	0.54	20.8	6.0	1.04	.260	2.80	69	2.49	77	7.17	24.7
10	Ron Willis R. Willis	20	1967	STL	65	6	5	.545	0	2.67	42	0	0	10	81.0	76	24	27	3	43	3	24	350	5	4.67	4.78	0.98	0.33	12.0	12.3	1.47	.282	3.00	80	3.69	114	8.44	-4.2
11	Lindy McDaniel L. McDaniel	20	1965	CHC	71	5	6	.455	0	2.59	92	0	0	2	128.2	115	37	45	12	47	0	26	538	7	6.44	3.29	1.96	0.84	17.1	8.7	1.26	.266	3.15	71	3.40	96	8.04	2
12	John Hiller J. Hiller	19	1974	DET	59	17	14	.548	0	2.64	134	0	0	13	150.0	127	44	51	10	62	3	52	633	7	8.04	3.72	2.16	0.60	21.2	9.8	1.26	.276	3.06	70	2.95	79	7.62	12.9
13	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	19	1967	LAD	38	13	16	.448	38	2.74	196	9	3	0	282.0	269	86	101	19	60	8	0	1,151	5	6.26	1.91	3.27	0.61	17.0	5.2	1.17	.288	3.22	88	2.75	92	8.59	7.2
14	Ron Perranoski R. Perranoski	19	1964	LAD	72	5	7	.417	0	3.09	79	0	0	14	125.1	128	43	62	5	46	1	52	547	3	5.67	3.30	1.72	0.36	14.4	8.4	1.39	.296	4.45	95	2.99	96	9.19	1.4
15	Greg Minton G. Minton	18	1985	SFG	68	5	4	.556	0	3.54	37	0	0	4	96.2	98	38	42	6	54	0	36	424	2	3.44	5.03	0.69	0.56	8.7	12.7	1.57	.281	3.91	102	4.40	120	9.12	-7.9
16	Bill Campbell B. Campbell	18	1983	CHC	82	6	8	.429	0	4.49	97	0	0	8	122.1	128	61	65	4	49	1	46	530	6	7.14	3.60	1.98	0.29	18.3	9.2	1.45	.327	4.78	116	2.81	71	9.42	14.7
17	Dave Heaverlo D. Heaverlo	18	1979	OAK	62	4	11	.267	0	4.20	40	0	0	9	85.2	97	40	42	7	42	4	42	392	0	4.20	4.41	0.95	0.74	10.2	10.7	1.62	.301	4.41	105	4.46	107	10.19	-2.6
18	Kent Tekulve K. Tekulve	18	1978	PIT	91	8	7	.533	0	2.33	77	0	0	31	135.1	115	35	44	5	55	2	65	573	5	5.12	3.66	1.40	0.33	13.4	9.6	1.26	.253	2.93	64	3.18	88	7.65	6.4
19	Gary Lavelle G. Lavelle	18	1977	SFG	73	7	7	.500	0	2.05	93	0	0	20	118.1	106	27	35	4	37	0	49	485	2	7.07	2.81	2.51	0.30	19.2	7.6	1.21	.291	2.66	53	2.53	68	8.06	16.4
20	Tom Murphy T. Murphy	18	1974	MIL	70	10	10	.500	0	1.90	47	0	0	20	123.0	97	26	27	6	51	2	66	497	3	3.44	3.73	0.92	0.44	9.5	10.3	1.20	.233	1.98	53	3.73	104	7.10	-2.1
21	Ron Schueler R. Schueler	18	1974	PHI	44	11	16	.407	27	3.72	109	5	0	1	203.1	202	84	91	17	98	4	6	882	11	4.82	4.34	1.11	0.75	12.4	11.1	1.48	.283	4.03	100	4.09	111	8.94	-8.7
22	Clay Carroll C. Carroll	18	1969	CIN	71	12	6	.667	4	3.52	90	0	0	7	150.2	149	59	70	9	78	7	37	674	6	5.38	4.66	1.15	0.54	13.4	11.6	1.51	.286	4.18	92	3.78	102	8.90	-0.9
23	Mike McCormick M. McCormick	18	1967	SFG	40	22	10	.688	35	2.85	150	14	5	0	262.1	220	83	88	25	81	5	3	1,073	9	5.15	2.78	1.85	0.86	14.0	7.5	1.15	.240	3.02	84	3.62	111	7.55	-10.5
24	Bob Friend B. Friend	18	1956	PIT	49	17	17	.500	42	3.46	166	19	4	3	314.1	310	121	137	25	85	2	7	1,315	5	4.75	2.43	1.95	0.72	12.6	6.5	1.26	.275	3.92	94	3.18	83	8.88	22.8
25	Jimmy Haynes J. Haynes	17	2001	MIL	31	8	17	.320	29	4.85	112	0	0	0	172.2	182	93	98	20	78	4	0	756	8	5.84	4.07	1.44	1.04	14.8	10.3	1.51	.299	5.11	111	4.68	105	9.49	-4.4

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