most career walks through august 31, 1972

Before September 1, 1972, Babe Ruth had the most walks, with 2,062 bases on balls.

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	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
1	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	2,062	2,504	8,400	2,173	2,873	506	136	714	2,213	44	1,331	123		10,622	5,793	1,356	116				.342	.474	.690	1.164
2	Ted Williams T. Williams	2,018	2,292	7,706	1,799	2,654	525	71	521	1,839	39	709	24	5	9,788	4,884	1,117	5	20	89	201	.344	.482	.634	1.115
3	Mickey Mantle M. Mantle	1,733	2,401	8,101	1,675	2,415	344	72	536	1,509	12	1,718	152	42	9,907	4,511	952	14	47	126	113	.298	.420	.557	.977
4	Mel Ott M. Ott	1,720	2,730	9,455	1,859	2,876	488	72	511	1,865	64	895	89		11,348	5,041	1,071	109			38	.304	.415	.533	.948
5	Eddie Yost E. Yost	1,614	2,109	7,345	1,215	1,863	337	56	139	683	99	921	72	50	9,174	2,729	532	98	18	14	137	.254	.394	.372	.766
6	Stan Musial S. Musial	1,605	3,026	10,971	1,949	3,630	726	177	475	1,950	53	698	78	31	12,718	6,135	1,378	36	53	127	249	.331	.417	.559	.976
7	Eddie Collins E. Collins	1,533	2,825	9,955	1,822	3,311	438	187	47		77		741		12,081	4,264	672	516				.333	.426	.428	.854
8	Lou Gehrig L. Gehrig	1,511	2,164	8,001	1,888	2,721	534	163	493	1,998	46	789	102		9,664	5,060	1,190	106			2	.340	.448	.632	1.080
9	Jimmie Foxx J. Foxx	1,457	2,317	8,134	1,751	2,645	458	125	534	1,924	13	1,311	87		9,676	4,955	1,117	72			70	.325	.428	.609	1.038
10	Eddie Mathews E. Mathews	1,443	2,391	8,537	1,509	2,315	354	72	512	1,454	26	1,490	69	41	10,100	4,349	938	36	58	107	127	.271	.376	.509	.885
11	Willie Mays W. Mays	1,439	2,919	10,652	2,035	3,234	512	140	654	1,878	42	1,474	337	102	12,234	5,988	1,306	11	90	193	244	.304	.386	.562	.948
12	Harmon Killebrew H. Killebrew	1,403	2,109	7,165	1,190	1,872	259	23	536	1,436	46	1,498	18	18	8,683	3,785	818	0	69	148	211	.261	.382	.528	.911
13	Tristram Speaker T. Speaker	1,393	2,792	10,199	1,881	3,515	794	221	117		105		437		12,011	5,102	1,132	314				.345	.429	.500	.929
14	Luke Appling L. Appling	1,313	2,422	8,856	1,320	2,749	440	102	45	1,115	11	530	179		10,254	3,528	587	74			129	.310	.400	.398	.798
15	Ty Cobb T. Cobb	1,261	3,032	11,443	2,246	4,189	723	298	117		95		900		13,090	5,859	1,138	296				.366		.512
16	Pee Wee Reese P. Wee Reese	1,211	2,166	8,058	1,338	2,169	330	80	126	885	26	890	232	45	9,470	3,037	536	155	20	3	176	.269	.366	.377	.743
17	Frank Robinson F. Robinson	1,202	2,417	8,767	1,632	2,629	467	69	517	1,604	178	1,307	197	76	10,250	4,785	1,053	14	89	189	248	.300	.392	.546	.937
18	Richie Ashburn R. Ashburn	1,200	2,189	8,364	1,321	2,574	317	109	29	589	43	569	235	103	9,736	3,196	455	110	19	25	82	.308	.397	.382	.779
19	Charlie Gehringer C. Gehringer	1,193	2,323	8,860	1,775	2,839	574	146	184	1,434	51	372	182		10,244	4,257	904	140			27	.320	.404	.480	.885
20	Donie Bush D. Bush	1,180	1,948	7,204	1,280	1,806	185	75	9		29		407		8,760	2,168	269	347				.251	.358	.301	.659
21	Hank Aaron H. Aaron	1,179	2,824	10,824	1,962	3,370	571	95	665	2,020	30	1,206	238	70	12,159	6,126	1,331	19	107	268	291	.311	.377	.566	.943
22	Al Kaline A. Kaline	1,177	2,570	9,171	1,494	2,753	453	73	372	1,463	50	910	131	65	10,534	4,468	898	44	92	126	250	.300	.379	.487	.867
23	Max Bishop M. Bishop	1,163	1,340	4,497	966	1,216	236	35	41	380	31	452	40		5,789	1,645	312	98				.270	.423	.366	.789
24	Harry Hooper H. Hooper	1,146	2,311	8,783	1,432	2,463	390	161	75		76		375		10,255	3,400	626	250				.280	.368	.387	.755
25	Lu Blue L. Blue	1,099	1,615	5,912	1,151	1,696	320	108	44	692	44	437	151		7,223	2,364	472	168				.287	.402	.400	.802

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