Single Season Base on Balls
| Rank | Player | Year | Team | PA | Hits | R | AVG | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SB | CS | SB% | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Babe Ruth | 1927 | SRR | 751 | 191 | 166 | .346 | 32 | 5 | 69 | 151 | 195 | 4 | 1 | .80 | .513 | .798 | 1.313 |
| 2 | Ted Williams | 1949 | QCK | 763 | 181 | 130 | .314 | 33 | 2 | 38 | 96 | 183 | 0 | 1 | .00 | .483 | .577 | 1.061 |
| 3 | Joey Votto | 2015 | DIN | 720 | 154 | 109 | .291 | 26 | 1 | 24 | 76 | 166 | 11 | 1 | .91 | .460 | .480 | .941 |
| 4 | Mickey Mantle | 1961 | QQB | 671 | 139 | 141 | .278 | 22 | 2 | 45 | 114 | 165 | 6 | 1 | .85 | .453 | .601 | 1.054 |
| 5 | Stan Musial | 1949 | SRR | 758 | 196 | 133 | .328 | 41 | 8 | 39 | 133 | 156 | 0 | 0 | .00 | .467 | .619 | 1.087 |
| 6 | Ralph Kiner | 1949 | CIR | 711 | 152 | 105 | .275 | 17 | 7 | 45 | 102 | 153 | 2 | 2 | .50 | .428 | .576 | 1.005 |
| 7 | Barry Bonds | 1997 | TLF | 695 | 142 | 120 | .266 | 21 | 5 | 40 | 89 | 151 | 6 | 5 | .54 | .437 | .550 | .988 |
| 8 | Jim Gentile | 1961 | COL | 622 | 139 | 114 | .302 | 22 | 1 | 45 | 112 | 143 | 0 | 0 | .00 | .475 | .647 | 1.124 |
| 9 | Eddie Joost | 1949 | PBP | 724 | 134 | 90 | .239 | 22 | 4 | 21 | 85 | 139 | 0 | 1 | .00 | .392 | .406 | .798 |
| 10 | Bryce Harper | 2015 | THD | 662 | 168 | 127 | .322 | 31 | 1 | 50 | 123 | 137 | 5 | 0 | .10 | .463 | .673 | 1.137 |
| 11 | Norm Cash | 1961 | THD | 650 | 174 | 117 | .340 | 18 | 6 | 43 | 109 | 125 | 8 | 1 | .88 | .470 | .651 | 1.122 |
| Lou Gehrig | 1927 | IMG | 741 | 183 | 130 | .301 | 34 | 21 | 35 | 106 | 125 | 3 | 4 | .42 | .418 | .599 | 1.019 | |
| 13 | Eddie Stanky | 1949 | TAF | 686 | 136 | 79 | .249 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 45 | 124 | 1 | 2 | .33 | .390 | .307 | .698 |
| 14 | Harmon Killebrew | 1961 | SSL | 646 | 151 | 111 | .291 | 23 | 7 | 51 | 106 | 123 | 0 | 0 | .00 | .428 | .658 | 1.087 |
| Mark Mcgwire | 1997 | DIN | 674 | 143 | 106 | .266 | 23 | 0 | 57 | 126 | 123 | 3 | 0 | .10 | .409 | .627 | 1.037 | |
| 16 | Rocky Colavito | 1961 | GTL | 648 | 156 | 105 | .301 | 28 | 1 | 49 | 148 | 122 | 1 | 0 | .10 | .433 | .644 | 1.078 |
| Jack Clark | 1987 | PBP | 505 | 109 | 103 | .286 | 31 | 2 | 26 | 100 | 122 | 0 | 1 | .00 | .457 | .584 | 1.042 | |
| Joe Morgan | 1977 | PBP | 656 | 158 | 117 | .303 | 17 | 2 | 23 | 91 | 122 | 39 | 10 | .79 | .434 | .476 | .911 | |
| 19 | Elmer Valo | 1949 | COL | 741 | 162 | 105 | .282 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 76 | 119 | 13 | 6 | .68 | .407 | .390 | .798 |
| 20 | Mike Hargrove | 1977 | GTL | 654 | 146 | 73 | .279 | 20 | 3 | 11 | 71 | 118 | 0 | 6 | .00 | .414 | .392 | .807 |
| 21 | Gene Tenace | 1977 | GTL | 573 | 104 | 90 | .237 | 23 | 5 | 16 | 77 | 116 | 0 | 0 | .00 | .406 | .423 | .830 |
| 22 | Ty Cobb | 1927 | SSL | 643 | 179 | 93 | .349 | 29 | 10 | 7 | 82 | 114 | 18 | 22 | .44 | .473 | .486 | .960 |
| Jay Buhner | 1997 | COL | 591 | 93 | 77 | .201 | 10 | 2 | 25 | 78 | 114 | 0 | 1 | .00 | .364 | .393 | .758 | |
| 24 | Pee Wee Reese | 1949 | GTL | 784 | 212 | 134 | .320 | 29 | 5 | 18 | 83 | 113 | 15 | 4 | .78 | .421 | .460 | .882 |
| 25 | Jeff Bagwell | 1997 | CIR | 687 | 150 | 116 | .266 | 39 | 3 | 36 | 90 | 112 | 27 | 6 | .81 | .398 | .538 | .937 |
| 26 | Jim Thome | 1997 | BRI | 580 | 154 | 94 | .333 | 30 | 0 | 47 | 106 | 108 | 0 | 1 | .00 | .456 | .703 | 1.160 |
| Frank Thomas | 1997 | THD | 644 | 171 | 113 | .322 | 40 | 0 | 41 | 132 | 108 | 2 | 0 | .10 | .436 | .630 | 1.067 | |
| Rogers Hornsby | 1927 | BRI | 705 | 183 | 106 | .312 | 28 | 10 | 20 | 86 | 108 | 1 | 1 | .50 | .420 | .496 | .917 | |
| 29 | Toby Harrah | 1977 | BUM | 656 | 148 | 118 | .279 | 29 | 2 | 34 | 94 | 106 | 32 | 5 | .86 | .407 | .533 | .941 |
| Josh Donaldson | 2015 | CIR | 709 | 174 | 106 | .295 | 34 | 3 | 31 | 104 | 106 | 1 | 1 | .50 | .403 | .522 | .925 | |
| Andy Seminick | 1949 | DIN | 475 | 79 | 64 | .221 | 10 | 3 | 23 | 62 | 106 | 0 | 0 | .00 | .401 | .460 | .862 | |
| 32 | Eddie Yost | 1949 | THD | 588 | 125 | 102 | .261 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 38 | 105 | 2 | 3 | .40 | .393 | .412 | .805 |
| 33 | Wally Moon | 1961 | QQB | 565 | 139 | 99 | .304 | 27 | 2 | 14 | 55 | 104 | 2 | 3 | .40 | .431 | .464 | .897 |
| 34 | Reggie Smith | 1977 | SSL | 591 | 168 | 112 | .346 | 35 | 5 | 33 | 89 | 103 | 1 | 2 | .33 | .461 | .643 | 1.105 |
| 35 | Eddie Mathews | 1961 | PBP | 618 | 154 | 107 | .304 | 28 | 3 | 28 | 104 | 102 | 13 | 3 | .81 | .420 | .538 | .959 |
| Enos Slaughter | 1949 | TLF | 726 | 225 | 131 | .365 | 44 | 6 | 10 | 106 | 102 | 0 | 0 | .00 | .451 | .504 | .956 | |
| Jose Bautista | 2015 | PBP | 646 | 118 | 105 | .221 | 21 | 2 | 33 | 81 | 102 | 2 | 0 | .10 | .349 | .454 | .804 | |
| 38 | Mike Schmidt | 1977 | BBS | 654 | 159 | 103 | .293 | 33 | 8 | 40 | 91 | 101 | 0 | 1 | .00 | .411 | .605 | 1.016 |
| Tony Clark | 1997 | GTL | 668 | 163 | 86 | .292 | 26 | 2 | 23 | 92 | 101 | 0 | 1 | .00 | .399 | .469 | .869 | |
| 40 | Willie Mays | 1961 | BBS | 630 | 160 | 102 | .308 | 34 | 2 | 37 | 102 | 100 | 4 | 1 | .80 | .422 | .596 | 1.019 |
| Jud Wilson | 1927 | PBP | 655 | 176 | 105 | .325 | 51 | 5 | 20 | 118 | 100 | 9 | 5 | .64 | .427 | .548 | .977 | |
| 42 | Luke Appling | 1949 | CIR | 648 | 166 | 87 | .305 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 56 | 99 | 4 | 8 | .33 | .410 | .397 | .809 |
| 43 | Roger Maris | 1961 | SSL | 649 | 161 | 122 | .297 | 19 | 8 | 63 | 126 | 98 | 0 | 0 | .00 | .412 | .711 | 1.125 |
| Cass Michaels | 1949 | SRR | 773 | 186 | 105 | .305 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 57 | 98 | 0 | 0 | .00 | .402 | .396 | .799 | |
| Ron Cey | 1977 | MIT | 667 | 118 | 79 | .211 | 24 | 3 | 30 | 88 | 98 | 1 | 2 | .33 | .330 | .426 | .757 | |
| 46 | Dom Dimaggio | 1949 | IMG | 751 | 167 | 110 | .259 | 29 | 7 | 10 | 60 | 97 | 7 | 6 | .53 | .357 | .372 | .730 |
| Max Bishop | 1927 | PBP | 495 | 97 | 87 | .252 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 97 | 5 | 3 | .62 | .401 | .299 | .701 | |
| Ferris Fain | 1949 | TAF | 624 | 109 | 58 | .217 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 58 | 97 | 2 | 1 | .66 | .342 | .273 | .616 | |
| 49 | Ken Griffey Jr | 1997 | SSL | 712 | 163 | 122 | .273 | 35 | 0 | 52 | 95 | 96 | 16 | 3 | .84 | .382 | .592 | .975 |
| Bob Allison | 1961 | BBS | 605 | 127 | 90 | .254 | 21 | 1 | 39 | 91 | 96 | 0 | 4 | .00 | .381 | .535 | .917 | |
| Jackie Robinson | 1949 | PVA | 777 | 189 | 128 | .289 | 29 | 10 | 13 | 58 | 96 | 33 | 6 | .84 | .386 | .424 | .811 | |
| 52 | Oscar Charleston | 1927 | THD | 606 | 159 | 114 | .321 | 35 | 21 | 26 | 114 | 95 | 12 | 4 | .75 | .429 | .634 | 1.064 |
| Vern Stephens | 1949 | IMG | 726 | 169 | 99 | .269 | 30 | 1 | 40 | 118 | 95 | 1 | 2 | .33 | .363 | .511 | .875 | |
| 54 | Larry Walker | 1997 | MIT | 680 | 202 | 133 | .356 | 58 | 3 | 42 | 112 | 94 | 12 | 0 | .10 | .454 | .692 | 1.147 |
| Paul Goldschmidt | 2015 | TLF | 630 | 179 | 111 | .340 | 25 | 2 | 30 | 93 | 94 | 1 | 1 | .50 | .439 | .567 | 1.007 | |
| Bob Higginson | 1997 | PBP | 624 | 163 | 103 | .310 | 30 | 7 | 28 | 94 | 94 | 10 | 0 | .10 | .413 | .554 | .968 | |
| Tommy Henrich | 1949 | SPS | 557 | 121 | 82 | .266 | 26 | 3 | 22 | 79 | 94 | 1 | 3 | .25 | .394 | .482 | .877 | |
| John Olerud | 1997 | SRR | 621 | 139 | 72 | .270 | 34 | 1 | 14 | 83 | 94 | 1 | 1 | .50 | .391 | .423 | .814 | |
| 59 | Mike Trout | 2015 | SRR | 672 | 160 | 117 | .280 | 26 | 6 | 50 | 116 | 93 | 9 | 0 | .10 | .385 | .610 | .996 |
| Carl Yastrzemski | 1974 | GTL | 517 | 134 | 75 | .320 | 20 | 1 | 18 | 70 | 93 | 8 | 1 | .88 | .441 | .502 | .943 | |
| Dwight Evans | 1987 | GTL | 608 | 140 | 80 | .278 | 28 | 0 | 30 | 92 | 93 | 1 | 1 | .50 | .391 | .513 | .905 | |
| Brian Downing | 1987 | LIO | 631 | 132 | 90 | .256 | 25 | 3 | 22 | 66 | 93 | 0 | 0 | .00 | .388 | .444 | .833 | |
| 63 | Joe Dimaggio | 1949 | BRI | 394 | 99 | 64 | .332 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 60 | 92 | 0 | 0 | .00 | .492 | .617 | 1.110 |
| Miguel Cabrera | 2015 | THD | 525 | 136 | 84 | .320 | 25 | 1 | 22 | 77 | 92 | 1 | 1 | .50 | .445 | .540 | .986 | |
| 65 | Darrell Evans | 1974 | SEP | 556 | 124 | 81 | .270 | 24 | 3 | 21 | 68 | 91 | 0 | 0 | .00 | .395 | .472 | .868 |
| Sid Gordon | 1949 | SPS | 637 | 145 | 86 | .270 | 22 | 5 | 17 | 92 | 91 | 2 | 0 | .10 | .376 | .425 | .802 | |
| 67 | Ray Lankford | 1997 | THD | 555 | 123 | 100 | .266 | 33 | 1 | 30 | 71 | 90 | 17 | 2 | .89 | .384 | .537 | .922 |
| Paul Waner | 1927 | TLF | 735 | 219 | 106 | .343 | 36 | 6 | 11 | 113 | 90 | 0 | 0 | .00 | .421 | .470 | .893 | |
| Gary Sheffield | 1997 | DIN | 508 | 90 | 73 | .224 | 21 | 0 | 15 | 46 | 90 | 3 | 3 | .50 | .384 | .389 | .774 | |
| 70 | Elbie Fletcher | 1949 | DIN | 553 | 110 | 76 | .252 | 15 | 4 | 18 | 71 | 89 | 0 | 0 | .00 | .383 | .429 | .813 |
| 71 | Willard Brown | 1949 | MNL | 625 | 180 | 108 | .340 | 41 | 8 | 31 | 125 | 88 | 3 | 2 | .60 | .436 | .625 | 1.062 |
| George Kell | 1949 | GTL | 605 | 163 | 72 | .321 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 69 | 88 | 6 | 0 | .10 | .423 | .443 | .867 | |
| Roy Sievers | 1949 | PBP | 603 | 145 | 78 | .285 | 24 | 2 | 18 | 84 | 88 | 0 | 0 | .00 | .395 | .447 | .843 | |
| Johnny Pesky | 1949 | TLF | 720 | 194 | 111 | .316 | 37 | 10 | 0 | 111 | 88 | 0 | 1 | .00 | .401 | .410 | .812 | |
| Lu Blue | 1927 | BUM | 474 | 104 | 73 | .276 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 40 | 88 | 11 | 2 | .84 | .410 | .396 | .807 | |
| Edwin Encarnacion | 2015 | BRI | 627 | 118 | 89 | .224 | 22 | 0 | 33 | 80 | 88 | 0 | 1 | .00 | .342 | .454 | .797 | |
| 77 | Andre Thornton | 1977 | CIR | 533 | 115 | 71 | .266 | 20 | 3 | 30 | 84 | 87 | 4 | 4 | .50 | .397 | .535 | .934 |
| Reggie Jackson | 1977 | SSL | 611 | 146 | 99 | .280 | 37 | 3 | 30 | 93 | 87 | 10 | 1 | .90 | .382 | .535 | .918 | |
| Paul O'neill | 1997 | CIR | 645 | 164 | 75 | .296 | 39 | 1 | 16 | 80 | 87 | 6 | 3 | .66 | .389 | .457 | .847 | |
| 80 | Von Hayes | 1987 | SEP | 556 | 133 | 78 | .283 | 28 | 9 | 25 | 76 | 86 | 8 | 2 | .80 | .393 | .541 | .935 |
| Tony Lazzeri | 1927 | GTL | 691 | 175 | 91 | .292 | 28 | 10 | 13 | 90 | 86 | 9 | 1 | .89 | .377 | .438 | .816 | |
| 82 | Perico Formental | 1949 | TLF | 615 | 157 | 98 | .303 | 23 | 12 | 20 | 103 | 85 | 1 | 1 | .50 | .400 | .509 | .910 |
| 83 | Martin Dihigo | 1927 | BUM | 548 | 155 | 93 | .345 | 26 | 3 | 18 | 91 | 84 | 12 | 6 | .66 | .450 | .536 | .987 |
| George Grantham | 1927 | SRR | 617 | 156 | 103 | .301 | 30 | 19 | 10 | 47 | 84 | 0 | 0 | .00 | .399 | .491 | .891 | |
| Bob Elliott | 1949 | DIN | 596 | 114 | 60 | .237 | 19 | 10 | 19 | 75 | 84 | 0 | 1 | .00 | .349 | .437 | .787 | |
| Edgar Martinez | 1997 | SPS | 601 | 140 | 74 | .277 | 25 | 1 | 12 | 64 | 84 | 0 | 0 | .00 | .384 | .401 | .786 | |
| Dick Howser | 1961 | PBP | 699 | 152 | 93 | .253 | 27 | 4 | 7 | 57 | 84 | 43 | 10 | .81 | .351 | .347 | .698 | |
| Bob Bailey | 1974 | GTL | 494 | 92 | 48 | .227 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 47 | 84 | 0 | 2 | .00 | .356 | .330 | .687 | |
| 89 | Hack Wilson | 1927 | MWB | 658 | 167 | 109 | .298 | 30 | 12 | 31 | 137 | 83 | 9 | 7 | .56 | .386 | .560 | .947 |
| Ken Griffey Sr. | 1977 | COL | 657 | 181 | 102 | .324 | 38 | 8 | 18 | 107 | 83 | 12 | 0 | .10 | .406 | .517 | .924 | |
| Manny Ramirez | 1997 | GTL | 659 | 148 | 88 | .265 | 44 | 1 | 27 | 121 | 83 | 0 | 2 | .00 | .368 | .493 | .862 | |
| Gene Tenace | 1974 | GTL | 470 | 64 | 56 | .172 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 42 | 83 | 0 | 2 | .00 | .344 | .323 | .668 | |
| 93 | Ken Singleton | 1977 | GTL | 613 | 155 | 87 | .295 | 23 | 0 | 13 | 61 | 82 | 0 | 0 | .00 | .392 | .414 | .806 |
| 94 | Piper Davis | 1949 | DIN | 686 | 194 | 126 | .337 | 44 | 12 | 25 | 89 | 81 | 0 | 0 | .00 | .418 | .587 | 1.006 |
| David Ortiz | 2015 | SPS | 501 | 112 | 71 | .267 | 16 | 0 | 40 | 99 | 81 | 0 | 0 | .00 | .385 | .593 | .979 | |
| Wade Johnston | 1927 | DIN | 645 | 166 | 85 | .311 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 89 | 81 | 13 | 0 | .10 | .404 | .454 | .859 | |
| Joe Ferguson | 1977 | DIN | 502 | 114 | 62 | .274 | 14 | 3 | 19 | 60 | 81 | 2 | 0 | .10 | .389 | .459 | .849 | |
| Craig Biggio | 1997 | IMG | 735 | 161 | 122 | .264 | 41 | 3 | 15 | 79 | 81 | 32 | 4 | .88 | .378 | .415 | .794 | |
| Joc Pederson | 2015 | BRI | 572 | 85 | 65 | .177 | 18 | 0 | 20 | 60 | 81 | 0 | 0 | .00 | .307 | .340 | .648 | |
| 100 | Greg Luzinski | 1977 | THD | 643 | 179 | 109 | .325 | 29 | 3 | 43 | 107 | 80 | 1 | 0 | .10 | .409 | .623 | 1.033 |