which pitcher has the most walks in the modern era

Since 1900, Nolan Ryan has allowed the most walks, with 2,795 allowed.

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Which pitcher has the most walks with a minimum of 0.5 IP per team game in the modern era?

	NAME	BB	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	2,795	807	324	292	.526	773	3.19	5,714	222	61	3	5386.0	3,923	1,911	2,178	321	158	13	78	22,575	277	9.55	4.67	2.04	0.54	25.3	12.4	1.25	.265	3.64	90	2.96	83	6.56	370.2
2	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	1,833	741	329	244	.574	709	3.22	4,136	254	55	2	5217.2	4,672	1,864	2,130	414	53	13	150	21,683	183	7.13	3.16	2.26	0.71	19.1	8.5	1.25	.279	3.67	87	3.14	86	8.06	271.5
3	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	1,809	864	318	274	.537	716	3.35	3,342	245	45	29	5404.0	5,044	2,012	2,337	482	123	83	86	22,677	226	5.57	3.01	1.85	0.80	14.7	8.0	1.27	.270	3.89	87	3.61	95	8.40	116.1
4	Early Wynn E. Wynn	1,775	691	300	244	.551	611	3.54	2,334	289	49	16	4564.0	4,291	1,796	2,037	338	64	67	36	19,408	51	4.60	3.50	1.31	0.67	12.0	9.1	1.33	.265	4.02	94	3.64	97	8.46	56.4
5	Bob Feller B. Feller	1,764	570	266	162	.621	484	3.25	2,581	279	44	22	3827.0	3,271	1,384	1,557	224	60	52	6	16,180	69	6.07	4.15	1.46	0.53	16.0	10.9	1.32	.264	3.66	82	3.48	89	7.69	184.6
6	Bobo Newsom B. Newsom	1,732	600	211	222	.487	483	3.98	2,082	246	31	21	3759.1	3,769	1,664	1,908	206	61	71		16,467	60	4.98	4.15	1.20	0.49	12.6	10.5	1.46	.288	4.57	95	3.81	92	9.02	144.5
7	Charlie Hough C. Hough	1,665	858	216	216	.500	440	3.75	2,362	107	13	61	3801.1	3,283	1,582	1,807	383	174	240	44	16,170	179	5.59	3.94	1.42	0.91	14.6	10.3	1.30	.250	4.28	95	4.28	109	7.77	-142.3
8	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	1,580	709	354	184	.658	707	3.12	4,672	118	46	0	4916.2	4,185	1,707	1,885	363	159	0	63	20,240	143	8.55	2.89	2.96	0.66	23.1	7.8	1.17	.284	3.45	70	3.08	71	7.66	680.4
9	Red Ruffing R. Ruffing	1,541	624	273	225	.548	538	3.80	1,987	335	45	18	4344.0	4,284	1,833	2,115	254	58	69		18,546	46	4.12	3.19	1.29	0.53	10.7	8.3	1.34	.274	4.38	91	3.93	95	8.88	82.3
10	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	1,500	682	305	203	.600	682	3.54	2,607	56	25	0	4413.1	4,298	1,734	1,900	356	66	0	145	18,604	65	5.32	3.06	1.74	0.73	14.0	8.1	1.31	.280	3.87	86	3.94	94	8.76	120.1
11	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	1,497	618	303	166	.646	603	3.29	4,875	100	37	2	4135.1	3,346	1,513	1,703	411	190	7	37	17,067	109	10.61	3.26	3.26	0.89	28.6	8.8	1.17	.291	3.71	75	3.18	73	7.28	554.3
12	Bump Hadley B. Hadley	1,442	528	161	165	.494	355	4.24	1,318	134	14	25	2945.2	2,980	1,389	1,609	167	63	108		13,016	72	4.03	4.41	0.91	0.51	10.1	11.1	1.50	.281	4.92	96	4.42	102	9.10	-27.9
13	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	1,434	750	363	245	.597	665	3.09	2,583	382	63	28	5243.2	4,830	1,798	2,016	434	42	67	60	21,547	81	4.43	2.46	1.80	0.74	12.0	6.7	1.19	.258	3.46	84	3.44	94	8.29	124.4
14	Earl Whitehill E. Whitehill	1,431	541	218	185	.541	473	4.36	1,350	226	16	11	3564.2	3,917	1,726	2,018	192	101	46		15,781	43	3.41	3.61	0.94	0.48	8.6	9.1	1.50	.293	5.10	99	4.29	99	9.89	6
15	Sad Sam Jones S. Sam Jones	1,396	647	229	217	.513	487	3.84	1,223	250	36	31	3883.0	4,084	1,656	2,008	151	69	116		16,662	73	2.83	3.24	0.88	0.35	7.3	8.4	1.41	.285	4.65	98	3.93	101	9.47	-7.5
16	Jack Morris J. Morris	1,390	549	254	186	.577	527	3.90	2,478	175	28	0	3824.0	3,567	1,657	1,815	389	58	10	99	16,120	206	5.83	3.27	1.78	0.92	15.4	8.6	1.30	.269	4.27	96	3.93	95	8.40	93
17	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	1,390	656	311	205	.603	647	2.86	3,640	231	61	1	4783.0	3,971	1,521	1,674	380	76	6	116	19,369	126	6.85	2.62	2.62	0.72	18.8	7.2	1.12	.259	3.15	79	3.03	85	7.47	286.1
18	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	1,379	777	314	265	.542	690	3.11	3,534	303	53	10	5350.0	4,938	1,846	2,128	399	108	33	164	21,953	160	5.95	2.32	2.56	0.67	16.1	6.3	1.18	.275	3.58	85	3.06	85	8.31	312.9
19	Bobby Witt B. Witt	1,375	430	142	157	.475	397	4.83	1,955	47	11	0	2465.0	2,493	1,324	1,449	252	39	13	37	11,003	128	7.14	5.02	1.42	0.92	17.8	12.5	1.57	.304	5.29	111	4.41	102	9.10	-26.2
20	Mike Torrez M. Torrez	1,371	494	185	160	.536	458	3.96	1,404	117	15	0	3043.2	3,043	1,340	1,501	223	59	13	84	13,179	103	4.15	4.05	1.02	0.66	10.7	10.4	1.45	.279	4.44	102	4.06	107	9.00	-86.3
21	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	1,363	802	417	279	.599	666	2.17	3,509	531	110	34	5914.1	4,913	1,424	1,902	97	205	127		23,405	154	5.34	2.07	2.57	0.15	15.0	5.8	1.06	.264	2.89	68	2.42	76	7.48	472.8
22	Don Sutton D. Sutton	1,343	774	324	256	.559	756	3.26	3,574	178	58	5	5282.1	4,692	1,914	2,104	472	82	12	102	21,631	112	6.09	2.29	2.66	0.80	16.5	6.2	1.14	.261	3.58	92	3.23	90	7.99	181.2
23	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	1,336	528	251	174	.591	482	2.91	3,117	255	56	6	3884.1	3,279	1,258	1,420	257	102	21	118	16,068	108	7.22	3.10	2.33	0.60	19.4	8.3	1.19	.268	3.29	78	2.89	81	7.60	290.5
24	Chuck Finley C. Finley	1,332	524	200	173	.536	467	3.85	2,610	63	15	0	3197.1	3,069	1,366	1,517	304	76	24	36	13,638	130	7.35	3.75	1.96	0.86	19.1	9.8	1.38	.297	4.27	87	3.90	88	8.64	189.7
25	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	1,322	692	287	250	.534	685	3.31	3,701	242	60	0	4970.0	4,632	1,830	2,029	430	155	3	71	20,491	114	6.70	2.39	2.80	0.78	18.1	6.5	1.20	.282	3.67	85	3.18	82	8.39	368.6

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Since 1900, Nolan Ryan has allowed the most walks, with 2,795 allowed.

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