List of Major League Baseball career intentional bases on balls leaders

Barry Bonds, the all-time leader in intentional bases on balls.

In baseball, an intentional base on balls, usually referred to as an intentional walk and denoted in baseball scorekeeping by IBB, is a walk issued to a batter by a pitcher with the intent of removing the batter's opportunity to swing at the pitched ball. A pitch that is intentionally thrown far outside the strike zone for this purpose is referred to as an intentional ball.

Barry Bonds is the all-time leader in intentional bases on balls with 688 career. Bonds is the only player to be intentionally walked more than 400 times. Albert Pujols is second all time and the active leader with 300 career intentional bases on balls and the only other player to be intentionally walked over 300 times.

Key

Rank Rank amongst leaders in career intentional walks. A blank field indicates a tie.
Player (2016 IBBs) Number of intentional walks hit during the 2016 Major League Baseball season.
IBB Total career intentional walks
* denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Bold denotes active player.[lower-alpha 1]

List

Albert Pujols, the active leader and second all time in career intentional bases on balls.
Rank Player (2016 IBBs) IBB
1 Barry Bonds 688
2 Albert Pujols (6) 302
3 Hank Aaron * 293
4 Willie McCovey * 260
5 Vladimir Guerrero 250
6 Ken Griffey Jr. * 246
7 George Brett * 229
8 Willie Stargell * 227
9 Eddie Murray * 222
10 Miguel Cabrera (15) 220
11 Frank Robinson * 218
12 Manny Ramirez 216
13 David Ortiz 209
14 Tony Gwynn * 203
15 Mike Schmidt * 201
16 Ernie Banks * 198
17 Rusty Staub 193
18 Willie Mays * 192
19 Carl Yastrzemski * 190
20 Chili Davis 188
Ted Simmons 188
22 Harold Baines 187
23 Carlos Delgado 186
24 Todd Helton 185
25 Billy Williams * 182
26 Wade Boggs * 180
Ichiro Suzuki (1) 180
28 Chipper Jones 177
29 Jim Thome 173
30 Rafael Palmeiro 172
Dave Winfield * 172
32 Fred McGriff 171
33 Dave Parker 170
34 Frank Thomas * 168
35 Roberto Clemente * 167
Pete Rose 167
37 Prince Fielder (1) 164
Reggie Jackson * 164
39 Lance Berkman 160
Harmon Killebrew * 160
41 Dale Murphy 159
42 John Olerud 157
43 Jeff Bagwell 155
Will Clark 155
45 Orlando Cepeda * 154
Adrian Gonzalez (9) 154
Ryan Howard (2) 154
Sammy Sosa 154
49 Luis Gonzalez 150
Mark McGwire 150
Rank Player (2016 IBBs) IBB
Tony Pérez * 150
52 Tim Raines 148
53 Mike Piazza * 146
54 Rod Carew * 144
Garry Templeton 144
Mo Vaughn 144
57 Andre Dawson * 143
58 José Cruz 142
59 Darrell Evans 141
60 Boog Powell 140
61 Dick Allen 138
62 Joe Mauer (10) 137
63 Don Mattingly 136
64 Johnny Bench * 135
Frank Howard 135
66 Robin Ventura 132
67 Al Kaline * 131
Tony Oliva 131
Darryl Strawberry 131
70 Keith Hernandez 130
Gary Sheffield 130
72 Ron Fairly 129
73 Bobby Bonilla 128
74 Jack Clark 127
Stan Musial * 127
Joe Torre * 127
77 Mickey Mantle * 126
78 Ken Singleton 125
79 Lou Brock * 124
80 Leo Cárdenas 122
Adam Dunn 122
82 Bill Madlock 121
83 Brooks Robinson * 120
84 Tim McCarver 119
Al Oliver 119
86 Johnny Edwards 118
87 Ron Cey 117
Larry Walker 117
89 Bobby Abreu 115
Pedro Guerrero 115
Reggie Smith 115
92 Brian Giles 114
Mark Grace 114
94 Steve Garvey 113
Edgar Martínez 113
96 Ken Caminiti 112
Norm Cash 112
Víctor Martínez (8) 112
Joey Votto (15) 112
100 Bill Buckner 111

Notes

  1. ↑ A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or not played for a full season.

References

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