most walks from january 1, 1901 to july 30, 1982

Between January 1, 1901 and July 30, 1982, 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	Carl Yastrzemski C. Yastrzemski	1,766	3,140	11,426	1,762	3,277	613	59	439	1,769	36	1,349	168	114	13,345	5,325	1,111	13	104	179	308	.287	.381	.466	.847
4	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
5	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
6	Joe Morgan J. Morgan	1,671	2,354	8,316	1,496	2,282	400	91	241	1,000	34	892	654	156	10,153	3,587	732	50	82	70	86	.274	.395	.431	.826
7	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
8	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
9	Harmon Killebrew H. Killebrew	1,561	2,435	8,147	1,282	2,086	290	24	573	1,583	48	1,704	19	20	9,833	4,143	887	0	77	161	243	.256	.376	.509	.884
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	Frank Robinson F. Robinson	1,418	2,808	10,006	1,830	2,943	528	72	586	1,812	198	1,532	203	79	11,741	5,373	1,186	17	102	218	279	.294	.389	.537	.926
16	Hank Aaron H. Aaron	1,403	3,298	12,364	2,175	3,771	624	98	755	2,297	32	1,381	240	73	13,941	6,856	1,477	21	121	293	330	.305	.374	.555	.929
17	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
18	Willie McCovey W. McCovey	1,346	2,588	8,197	1,229	2,211	353	46	521	1,556	69	1,550	26	21	9,687	4,219	920	5	70	260	179	.270	.375	.515	.889
19	Pete Rose P. Rose	1,327	3,036	12,300	1,967	3,804	689	126	156	1,143	91	1,006	179	136	13,831	5,213	971	48	65	151	212	.309	.379	.424	.803
20	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
21	Al Kaline A. Kaline	1,276	2,834	10,116	1,622	3,007	498	75	399	1,582	55	1,020	137	68	11,596	4,852	972	45	104	133	276	.297	.376	.480	.855
22	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
23	Jimmy Wynn J. Wynn	1,224	1,920	6,653	1,105	1,665	285	39	291	964	27	1,426	225	101	8,010	2,901	615	32	74	84	119	.250	.366	.436	.802
24	Rusty Staub R. Staub	1,215	2,669	9,387	1,176	2,625	481	47	286	1,400	78	862	47	33	10,848	4,058	814	56	112	184	289	.280	.363	.432	.795
25	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

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