most walks from may 4, 1938 to september 27, 1959

Between May 4, 1938 and September 27, 1959, Ted Williams had the most bases on balls, with 1,943 walks.

Interpreted as:
most walks by a player from May 4, 1938 to september 27, 1959
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
1,943
2,179
7,396
1,743
2,556
510
71
492
1,767
36
668
23
4
9,398
4,684
1,073
5
18
82
194
.346
.483
.633
1.116
2 Stan Musial
S. Musial
1,415
2,528
9,498
1,763
3,203
659
169
412
1,677
45
538
72
30
11,027
5,436
1,240
36
33
90
221
.337
.424
.572
.997
3 Eddie Yost
E. Yost
1,408
1,838
6,531
1,086
1,666
301
53
122
611
88
783
67
43
8,134
2,439
476
93
14
13
120
.255
.393
.373
.767
4 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
5 Eddie Joost
E. Joost
1,043
1,556
5,572
873
1,334
237
35
134
599
34
822
60
20
6,747
2,043
406
98
0
2
84
.239
.363
.367
.729
6 Enos Slaughter
E. Slaughter
1,012
2,364
7,888
1,238
2,363
409
147
168
1,295
37
532
71
17
9,021
3,570
724
74
10
11
128
.300
.381
.453
.834
7 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
8 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
9 Bob Elliott
B. Elliott
982
1,978
7,141
1,064
2,061
382
94
170
1,196
16
604
61
2
8,205
3,141
646
66
185
.289
.376
.440
.816
10 Mickey Vernon
M. Vernon
957
2,399
8,723
1,196
2,495
491
120
172
1,311
49
869
137
33
9,828
3,742
783
80
19
20
184
.286
.359
.429
.788
11 Earl Torgeson
E. Torgeson
956
1,558
4,879
833
1,300
213
46
147
728
8
638
132
43
5,922
2,046
406
55
24
5
114
.266
.386
.419
.805
12 Richie Ashburn
R. Ashburn
948
1,794
7,121
1,113
2,217
287
97
22
502
39
453
200
85
8,223
2,764
406
101
14
20
70
.311
.394
.388
.783
13 Elmer Valo
E. Valo
912
1,639
4,885
757
1,389
221
73
57
574
35
271
110
32
5,911
1,927
351
65
14
11
110
.284
.400
.394
.794
14 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
15 Mickey Mantle
M. Mantle
892
1,246
4,478
993
1,392
208
54
280
841
8
904
97
28
5,408
2,548
542
12
18
54
44
.311
.425
.569
.994
16 Gil Hodges
G. Hodges
873
1,794
6,460
1,039
1,790
282
47
345
1,192
24
1,027
60
29
7,449
3,201
674
49
43
28
150
.277
.363
.496
.859
17 Larry Doby
L. Doby
869
1,533
5,348
960
1,515
243
52
253
972
38
1,012
47
15
6,300
2,621
548
20
25
19
100
.283
.386
.490
.876
18 Roy Cullenbine
R. Cullenbine
850
1,174
3,853
626
1,066
208
32
110
598
11
394
26
4,758
1,668
350
44
61
.277
.409
.433
.842
19 Luke Appling
L. Appling
832
1,467
5,355
747
1,657
240
51
22
601
8
317
110
6,239
2,065
313
44
129
.309
.403
.386
.789
20 Bill Nicholson
B. Nicholson
801
1,667
5,532
836
1,484
272
60
235
950
52
816
28
1
6,405
2,581
567
20
61
.268
.366
.467
.833
21 Lou Boudreau
L. Boudreau
797
1,646
6,029
861
1,779
385
66
68
789
34
309
51
0
7,024
2,500
519
164
156
.295
.380
.415
.795
22 Bobby Doerr
B. Doerr
788
1,796
6,898
1,068
1,997
374
87
220
1,220
10
580
52
1
7,802
3,205
681
106
186
.290
.363
.465
.828
23 Elbie Fletcher
E. Fletcher
786
1,211
4,172
649
1,151
199
52
77
568
39
413
27
5,042
1,685
328
45
67
.276
.395
.404
.799
24 Mel Ott
M. Ott
786
1,127
3,785
710
1,085
172
16
202
658
32
424
31
4,639
1,895
390
36
38
.287
.413
.501
.914
25 Charlie Keller
C. Keller
784
1,170
3,790
725
1,085
166
72
189
760
10
499
45
1
4,604
1,962
427
20
50
.286
.410
.518
.928
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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