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

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

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Data note: Walks: player game data complete from 1901
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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	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

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