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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.
In Major League Baseball (MLB), records play an integral part in evaluating a player's impact on the sport. Holding a career record almost guarantees a player eventual entry into the Baseball Hall of Fame because it represents both longevity and consistency over a long period of time. (For Japanese baseball records see Nippon Professional Baseball)
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. According to Major League Baseball's policy on winning streaks, tie games do not end a team's winning streak. [1]
List of Major League Baseball All-Star Game records; List of Major League Baseball attendance records; List of Major League Baseball postseason records. List of World Series career records; List of World Series single-game records; List of World Series single-series records
Joltin' Joe" actually hit in 57 straight MLB games – singling in the 1941 All-Star game held mid-streak [94] – and 73 out of 74 regular season games, starting a 17-game streak the day after his 56-game one ended. [95] He also holds the second longest streak in minor league baseball history, 61 games, set in 1933. [94]
Cy Young, the all-time leader in career wins. This is a list of Major League Baseball (MLB) pitchers with 200 or more career wins. In the sport of baseball, a win is a statistic credited to the pitcher for the winning team who was in the game when his team last took the lead. A starting pitcher must complete five innings to earn a win; if this ...
List of Major League Baseball career fielding errors as a first baseman leaders; List of Major League Baseball career fielding errors as a second baseman leaders; List of Major League Baseball career fielding errors as a third baseman leaders; List of Major League Baseball career fielding errors as a shortstop leaders