biggest year over year bb% increases minimum 500 pa

Barry Bonds has the highest walk percentage with 500+ plate appearances in a season, with a walk percentage of 37.6 in 2004.

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	NAME	BB%	PA	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Barry Bonds B. Bonds	37.6	617	2004	SFG	147	373	129	135	27	3	45	101	232	9	41	6	1	303	75	0	3	120	5	.362	.609	.812	1.422	185	108	.537	233	105.7
2	Barry Bonds B. Bonds	32.4	612	2002	SFG	143	403	117	149	31	2	46	110	198	9	47	9	2	322	79	0	2	68	4	.370	.582	.799	1.381	183	110	.544	244	109.9
3	Barry Bonds B. Bonds	26.9	550	2003	SFG	130	390	111	133	22	1	45	90	148	10	58	7	0	292	68	0	2	61	7	.341	.529	.749	1.278	148	80.5	.503	212	79.4
4	Barry Bonds B. Bonds	26.7	664	2001	SFG	153	476	129	156	32	2	73	137	177	9	93	13	3	411	107	0	2	35	5	.328	.515	.863	1.379	200	117.7	.537	234	116.6
5	Ted Williams T. Williams	25.9	526	1954	BOS	117	386	93	133	23	1	29	89	136	1	32	0	0	245	53	0	3		10	.345	.513	.635	1.148	131	71.1	.507	207	65.5
6	Jack Clark J. Clark	24.4	558	1987	STL	131	419	93	120	23	1	35	106	136	0	139	1	2	250	59	0	3	13	5	.286	.459	.597	1.055	124	55.2	.445	177	54
7	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	24.4	616	1920	NYY	142	458	158	172	36	9	54	135	150	3	80	14	14	388	99	5				.376	.532	.847	1.379	191	120.9	.597	237	110.5
8	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	24.3	699	1923	NYY	152	522	151	205	45	13	41	130	170	4	93	17	21	399	99	3				.393	.545	.764	1.309	211	124.7	.571	230	120.4
9	Mickey Mantle M. Mantle	24.3	502	1962	NYY	123	377	96	121	15	1	30	89	122	1	78	9	0	228	46	0	2	9	4	.321	.486	.605	1.091	118	59.5	.472	192	57.6
10	Ted Williams T. Williams	24.3	606	1941	BSA	143	456	135	185	33	3	37	120	147	3	27	2	4	335	73	0			10	.406	.553	.735	1.287	179	108.8	.568	221	96.9
11	Mark McGwire M. McGwire	23.8	681	1998	STL	155	509	130	152	21	0	70	147	162	6	155	1	0	383	91	0	4	28	8	.299	.470	.752	1.222	176	91.7	.492	205	90.7
12	Mickey Mantle M. Mantle	23.4	623	1957	NYY	144	474	121	173	28	6	34	94	146	0	75	16	3	315	68	0	3	23	5	.365	.512	.665	1.177	157	87.1	.498	217	86
13	Ted Williams T. Williams	23.4	693	1947	BSA	156	528	125	181	40	9	32	114	162	2	47	0	1	335	81	1			10	.343	.499	.634	1.133	170	91.3	.508	207	86.2
14	Jack Crooks J. Crooks	23.3	583	1892	STL	128	445	82	95	7	4	7	38	136	2	52	23		131	18					.213	.400	.294	.694	98	20.1	.363	113	10.9
15	Ted Williams T. Williams	23.2	672	1946	BSA	150	514	142	176	37	8	38	123	156	2	44	0	0	343	83	0			12	.342	.497	.667	1.164	166	95.8	.525	214	87.5
16	John McGraw J. McGraw	23.0	539	1899	BAL	117	399	140	156	13	3	1	33	124	14	21	73		178	17	2				.391	.547	.446	.994	140	65.2	.494	178	61.2
17	Jimmy Wynn J. Wynn	22.7	653	1969	HOU	149	495	113	133	17	1	33	87	148	3	142	23	7	251	51	2	5	14	5	.269	.436	.507	.943	122	52.2	.421	166	49.5
18	Roy Cullenbine R. Cullenbine	22.6	607	1947	DET	142	464	82	104	18	1	24	78	137	0	51	3	2	196	43	6			10	.224	.401	.422	.823	95	25.9	.391	131	22.1
19	Barry Bonds B. Bonds	22.4	675	1996	SFG	158	517	122	159	27	3	42	129	151	1	76	40	7	318	72	0	6	30	11	.308	.461	.615	1.076	151	63.7	.446	179	67.8
20	Jack Clark J. Clark	22.3	593	1989	SDP	142	455	76	110	19	1	26	94	132	1	145	6	2	209	46	0	5	18	10	.242	.410	.459	.869	97	32.6	.386	151	32.9
21	Ted Williams T. Williams	22.2	730	1949	BSA	155	566	150	194	39	3	43	159	162	2	48	1	1	368	85	0			22	.343	.490	.650	1.141	182	95.5	.511	187	82.2
22	Juan Soto J. Soto	22.2	654	2021	WSH	151	502	111	157	20	2	29	95	145	2	93	9	7	268	51	0	5	23	23	.313	.465	.534	.999	136	57.3	.420	164	53.2
23	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	22.1	652	1926	NYY	152	495	139	184	30	5	47	153	144	3	76	11	9	365	82	10				.372	.516	.737	1.253	184	105.6	.551	216	100.6
24	Eddie Yost E. Yost	22.1	684	1956	WSH	152	515	94	119	17	2	11	53	151	8	82	8	5	173	30	9	1	9	8	.231	.412	.336	.748	95	15.5	.354	109	7.8
25	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	22.1	589	1932	NYY	133	457	120	156	13	5	41	137	130	2	62	2	2	302	59	0				.341	.489	.661	1.150	153	79.1	.501	192	75.3

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