most walks from august 17, 1940 to september 29, 1968

Between August 17, 1940 and September 29, 1968, Ted Williams had the most walks, with 1,847 bases on balls.

Interpreted as:
most walks by a player from August 17, 1940 to september 29, 1968
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 Ted Williams
T. Williams
1,847
2,041
6,744
1,572
2,336
448
52
473
1,618
34
607
21
5
8,646
4,307
973
1
20
89
182
.346
.488
.639
1.126
2 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
3 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
4 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
5 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
6 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
7 Pee Wee Reese
P. Wee Reese
1,166
2,082
7,746
1,280
2,084
322
76
121
857
25
848
217
45
9,109
2,921
519
152
20
3
175
.269
.366
.377
.743
8 Willie Mays
W. Mays
1,140
2,446
9,130
1,761
2,812
446
129
587
1,654
33
1,148
299
92
10,386
5,277
1,162
7
76
166
214
.308
.384
.578
.962
9 Jim Gilliam
J. Gilliam
1,036
1,956
7,119
1,163
1,889
304
71
65
557
33
416
203
111
8,321
2,530
440
98
35
30
90
.265
.360
.355
.715
10 Ralph Kiner
R. Kiner
1,011
1,472
5,205
971
1,451
216
39
369
1,014
24
754
22
4
6,256
2,852
624
9
7
1
128
.279
.398
.548
.946
11 Eddie Joost
E. Joost
1,007
1,445
5,214
834
1,252
228
31
133
568
32
775
55
20
6,333
1,941
392
80
0
2
75
.240
.366
.372
.739
12 Eddie Stanky
E. Stanky
997
1,259
4,300
812
1,154
185
35
29
365
35
376
48
5
5,435
1,496
249
103
65
.268
.410
.348
.758
13 Earl Torgeson
E. Torgeson
988
1,668
4,969
849
1,318
215
46
149
738
8
655
133
44
6,045
2,072
410
55
25
7
116
.265
.386
.417
.803
14 Duke Snider
D. Snider
971
2,143
7,161
1,259
2,116
358
85
407
1,333
21
1,236
99
50
8,237
3,865
850
52
32
104
165
.295
.380
.540
.919
15 Rocky Colavito
R. Colavito
951
1,841
6,503
972
1,730
282
21
374
1,160
29
883
19
28
7,559
3,176
677
16
60
59
182
.266
.359
.488
.848
16 Bob Elliott
B. Elliott
947
1,847
6,652
988
1,921
349
85
163
1,143
15
583
53
2
7,672
2,929
597
58
172
.289
.379
.440
.819
17 Gil Hodges
G. Hodges
943
2,072
7,029
1,105
1,921
295
48
370
1,274
25
1,137
63
31
8,102
3,422
713
55
50
31
165
.273
.359
.487
.846
18 Elmer Valo
E. Valo
942
1,806
5,029
768
1,420
228
73
58
602
38
285
110
32
6,091
1,968
359
65
17
12
114
.282
.398
.391
.790
19 Al Kaline
A. Kaline
941
2,095
7,642
1,258
2,322
386
65
314
1,247
40
717
123
55
8,731
3,780
765
39
69
103
200
.304
.380
.495
.875
20 Harmon Killebrew
H. Killebrew
940
1,533
5,239
884
1,367
189
17
397
1,007
38
1,159
7
10
6,262
2,781
603
0
45
80
135
.261
.374
.531
.905
21 Mickey Vernon
M. Vernon
933
2,333
8,456
1,173
2,425
476
116
171
1,282
49
842
136
33
9,528
3,646
763
71
19
21
179
.287
.360
.431
.791
22 Frank Robinson
F. Robinson
927
1,916
7,003
1,318
2,117
402
60
418
1,277
147
1,047
181
69
8,158
3,893
880
13
68
158
192
.302
.392
.556
.948
23 Gene Woodling
G. Woodling
922
1,797
5,586
831
1,585
256
63
147
829
28
476
29
45
6,613
2,408
466
46
31
35
110
.284
.386
.431
.817
24 Enos Slaughter
E. Slaughter
911
2,022
6,579
1,030
1,979
328
124
135
1,118
31
421
65
17
7,589
2,960
587
58
10
11
113
.301
.388
.450
.838
25 Ferris Fain
F. Fain
904
1,151
3,930
596
1,139
213
30
48
569
18
262
47
16
4,904
1,556
291
44
8
3
117
.290
.424
.396
.820
StatMuse has game-level data for walks going back to the 1901 season.
Some of the information used here was obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.

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