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It is, however, considered a faux pas for a professional player to actually walk to first base; the batter-runner and any advancing runners normally jog on such a play. This is a list of top 100 Major League Baseball pitchers who have allowed the most walks of all time. Nolan Ryan holds the record for walking the most batters in a career with ...
The base on balls is defined in Section 2.00 of baseball's Official Rules, [1] and further detail is given in 6.08(a). [2] The following table lists the top 100 career base on balls leaders in Major League Baseball history. Since 2007, Barry Bonds [3] [4] holds the record for most career walks drawn with 2,558.
This is a list of the longest walks that have occurred in groups and on solo or duo projects. Many have promoted social causes or medical conditions. Some have been done mostly for the experience. Groups consist of three or more people who walked at least most of the entire distance. Solo/duo walks are one or two people.
Consecutive games with a walk. 22 – Roy Cullenbine, Detroit Tigers – July 2 through July 22, 1947; Consecutive games with a double. 9 – Bo Bichette, Toronto Blue Jays – July 31 through August 8, 2019; Consecutive games with a triple. 5 (2 tied) Harry Davis, Pittsburgh Pirates – July 29 through August 3, 1897
The aforementioned Matt Kelly noted that the only other player who had drawn even 170 walks in a season was Babe Ruth in 1923. As for intentional walks, Bonds himself is the only player to have drawn even half of his 2004 total in any other season (68 in 2002, 61 in 2003); the next-highest player is Willie McCovey with 45 in 1969. [53] [71]
The following is a list of single-game baseball records and unusual events. The following criteria are used for inclusion: The following criteria are used for inclusion: Only events occurring within a single plate appearance , inning , or game are included; cumulative or aggregate records achieved over more than one game are not listed.
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 base on balls (walk) issued to a batter by a pitcher with the intent of removing the batter's opportunity to swing at the pitched ball.
The longest American League winning streak is 22, by the 2017 Cleveland Indians. The longest winning streak consisting only of playoff games stands at 12 consecutive wins, by the 1927, 1928 and 1932 New York Yankees (who swept the World Series all three seasons) and tied by the 1998–99 Yankees.