most walks from may 12, 1917 to april 19, 1987

Between May 12, 1917 and April 19, 1987, Babe Ruth had the most walks, with 2,044 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	2,044	2,382	8,135	2,135	2,794	487	131	707	2,170	43	1,279	123		10,331	5,664	1,325	109				.343	.477	.696	1.174
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	Joe Morgan J. Morgan	1,865	2,649	9,277	1,650	2,517	449	96	268	1,133	40	1,015	689	162	11,329	3,962	813	51	96	76	105	.271	.392	.427	.819
4	Carl Yastrzemski C. Yastrzemski	1,845	3,308	11,988	1,816	3,419	646	59	452	1,844	40	1,395	168	115	13,991	5,539	1,157	13	105	190	325	.285	.379	.462	.841
5	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
6	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
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	Pete Rose P. Rose	1,566	3,562	14,053	2,165	4,256	746	135	160	1,314	107	1,143	198	148	15,861	5,752	1,041	56	79	167	250	.303	.375	.409	.784
10	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
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	Darrell Evans D. Evans	1,385	2,297	7,802	1,179	1,958	298	35	348	1,158	32	1,194	92	58	9,330	3,370	681	32	79	123	116	.251	.363	.432	.795
18	Mike Schmidt M. Schmidt	1,362	2,119	7,334	1,355	1,966	352	57	500	1,403	71	1,752	169	89	8,877	3,932	909	16	94	174	123	.268	.384	.536	.920
19	Reggie Jackson R. Jackson	1,347	2,718	9,568	1,514	2,518	451	49	549	1,661	92	2,512	228	114	11,087	4,714	1,049	13	67	164	180	.263	.357	.493	.850
20	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
21	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
22	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
23	Ken Singleton K. Singleton	1,263	2,082	7,189	985	2,029	317	25	246	1,065	17	1,246	21	36	8,558	3,134	588	29	60	125	248	.282	.388	.436	.824
24	Rusty Staub R. Staub	1,255	2,951	9,720	1,189	2,716	499	47	292	1,466	79	888	47	33	11,229	4,185	838	56	119	193	298	.279	.362	.431	.793
25	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

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