most career walks through september 23, 1973

Before September 24, 1973, 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	Willie Mays W. Mays	1,467	2,992	10,881	2,060	3,283	523	140	660	1,903	44	1,527	338	102	12,496	6,066	1,323	13	91	193	253	.302	.384	.557	.942
10	Harmon Killebrew H. Killebrew	1,459	2,202	7,482	1,226	1,944	269	24	545	1,481	47	1,566	18	18	9,059	3,896	838	0	71	151	226	.260	.381	.521	.902
11	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
12	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
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	Frank Robinson F. Robinson	1,288	2,572	9,319	1,721	2,779	495	69	551	1,707	187	1,408	198	77	10,903	5,065	1,115	15	94	200	261	.298	.391	.544	.934
16	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
17	Hank Aaron H. Aaron	1,257	2,960	11,273	2,059	3,502	584	96	712	2,127	31	1,263	239	71	12,690	6,414	1,392	19	110	283	301	.311	.378	.569	.947
18	Al Kaline A. Kaline	1,211	2,685	9,552	1,551	2,860	470	73	386	1,518	54	944	135	66	10,960	4,634	929	44	99	131	264	.299	.378	.485	.863
19	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
20	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
21	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
22	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
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	Carl Yastrzemski C. Yastrzemski	1,150	1,962	7,225	1,144	2,106	411	45	286	1,095	24	936	124	85	8,456	3,465	742	10	47	112	212	.291	.388	.480	.868
25	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

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