Before April 21, 1956, Babe Ruth had the most walks, with 2,062 walks.

Interpreted as:

most walks by a player through april 20, 1956

	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	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
3	Ted Williams T. Williams	1,574	1,681	5,898	1,464	2,055	418	66	394	1,472	24	510	22	3	7,508	3,787	878	5	7	19	140	.348	.487	.642	1.129
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	Charlie Gehringer C. Gehringer	1,193	2,323	8,860	1,775	2,839	574	146	184	1,434	51	372	182		10,244	4,257	904	140			27	.320	.404	.480	.885
11	Donie Bush D. Bush	1,180	1,948	7,204	1,280	1,806	185	75	9		29		407		8,760	2,168	269	347				.251	.358	.301	.659
12	Max Bishop M. Bishop	1,163	1,340	4,497	966	1,216	236	35	41	380	31	452	40		5,789	1,645	312	98				.270	.423	.366	.789
13	Harry Hooper H. Hooper	1,146	2,311	8,783	1,432	2,463	390	161	75		76		375		10,255	3,400	626	250				.280	.368	.387	.755
14	Stan Musial S. Musial	1,144	1,991	7,602	1,495	2,599	539	156	327	1,364	39	414	69	27	8,828	4,431	1,022	32	11	19	154	.342	.430	.583	1.013
15	Lu Blue L. Blue	1,099	1,615	5,912	1,151	1,696	320	108	44	692	44	437	151		7,223	2,364	472	168				.287	.402	.400	.802
16	Stan Hack S. Hack	1,093	1,938	7,277	1,239	2,193	363	81	57	642	21	466	165		8,508	2,889	501	117			39	.301	.394	.397	.791
17	Paul Waner P. Waner	1,093	2,550	9,460	1,627	3,152	605	191	113	1,316	38	376	104		10,766	4,478	909	175			45	.333	.404	.473	.878
18	Pee Wee Reese P. Wee Reese	1,091	1,860	7,022	1,200	1,919	302	75	112	793	24	775	213	37	8,277	2,707	489	128	12	1	152	.273	.372	.386	.758
19	Bob Johnson B. Johnson	1,077	1,863	6,920	1,239	2,051	396	95	288	1,283	24	851	96		8,049	3,501	779	28			102	.296	.393	.506	.899
20	Harlond Clift H. Clift	1,069	1,582	5,730	1,070	1,558	309	62	178	830	41	713	69		6,893	2,525	549	53			51	.272	.390	.441	.831
21	Joe Cronin J. Cronin	1,060	2,124	7,579	1,232	2,285	516	118	170	1,426	34	700	87		8,840	3,547	804	167			57	.301	.390	.468	.858
22	Eddie Joost E. Joost	1,045	1,575	5,610	874	1,339	238	35	134	600	34	827	60	20	6,790	2,049	407	101	0	2	84	.239	.361	.365	.727
23	Rogers Hornsby R. Hornsby	1,041	2,259	8,172	1,579	2,930	541	169	301		48	677	135		9,477	4,712	1,011	216				.359	.434	.577	1.011
24	Max Carey M. Carey	1,038	2,466	9,365	1,545	2,665	419	159	70		77	694	740		10,765	3,612	648	285				.285	.361	.386	.746
25	Miller Huggins M. Huggins	1,027	1,591	5,553	948	1,474	146	50	9		47		325		6,805	1,747	205	188				.265		.315