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Active Leaders & Records for Bases on Balls
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Year-by-Year Top-Tens
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| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Bases on Balls | Throws |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Tim Wakefield (19, 44) | 1205 | R |
| 2. | Livan Hernandez (16, 36) | 1050 | R |
| 3. | Ryan Dempster (14, 34) | 940 | R |
| 4. | Barry Zito (12, 33) | 934 | L |
| 5. | Jamey Wright (16, 36) | 898 | R |
| 6. | Miguel Batista (17, 40) | 866 | R |
| 7. | Jeff Suppan (16, 36) | 858 | R |
| 8. | A.J. Burnett (13, 34) | 826 | R |
| 9. | Carlos Zambrano (11, 30) | 823 | R |
| 10. | Kevin Millwood (15, 36) | 787 | R |
| 11. | Doug Davis (13, 35) | 783 | L |
| 12. | Javier Vazquez (14, 34) | 763 | R |
| 13. | Tim Hudson (13, 35) | 762 | R |
| 14. | Randy Wolf (13, 34) | 758 | L |
| 15. | Bartolo Colon (14, 38) | 750 | R |
| 16. | Derek Lowe (15, 38) | 740 | R |
| 17. | CC Sabathia (11, 30) | 725 | L |
| 18. | Jon Garland (12, 31) | 700 | R |
| 19. | Darren Oliver (18, 40) | 690 | L |
| 20. | Freddy Garcia (13, 34) | 656 | R |
| 21. | Kerry Wood (13, 34) | 655 | R |
| 22. | Jason Marquis (12, 32) | 645 | R |
| 23. | Ted Lilly (13, 35) | 632 | L |
| 24. | Oliver Perez (9, 29) | 628 | L |
| 25. | Chris Carpenter (14, 36) | 624 | R |
| 26. | Brad Penny (12, 33) | 597 | R |
| 27. | Brett Tomko (14, 38) | 582 | R |
| 28. | John Lackey (10, 32) | 569 | R |
| 29. | Mark Buehrle (12, 32) | 564 | L |
| 30. | Bronson Arroyo (12, 34) | 554 | R |
| 31. | Brett Myers (10, 30) | 536 | R |
| Vicente Padilla (13, 33) | 536 | R | |
| 33. | Johan Santana (11, 32) | 528 | L |
| 34. | Kyle Lohse (11, 32) | 527 | R |
| 35. | Josh Beckett (11, 31) | 523 | R |
| 36. | Roy Halladay (14, 34) | 520 | R |
| 37. | Arthur Rhodes (20, 41) | 516 | L |
| 38. | Roy Oswalt (11, 33) | 500 | R |
| Dontrelle Willis (9, 29) | 500 | L | |
| 40. | Jake Peavy (10, 30) | 499 | R |
| 41. | Ramon Ortiz (11, 38) | 489 | R |
| 42. | Joel Pineiro (12, 32) | 487 | R |
| 43. | Matt Cain (7, 26) | 473 | R |
| Scott Kazmir (8, 27) | 473 | L | |
| 45. | Jake Westbrook (11, 33) | 469 | R |
| 46. | Aaron Harang (10, 33) | 465 | R |
| 47. | Bruce Chen (13, 34) | 446 | L |
| 48. | Chad Billingsley (6, 26) | 441 | R |
| 49. | Edwin Jackson (9, 27) | 439 | R |
| 50. | Brandon Webb (7, 32) | 435 | R |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Bases on Balls | Throws |
| 51. | Felix Hernandez (7, 25) | 424 | R |
| 52. | Rich Harden (9, 29) | 422 | R |
| Wandy Rodriguez (7, 32) | 422 | L | |
| 54. | Nate Robertson (9, 33) | 420 | L |
| 55. | Jose Contreras (9, 39) | 418 | R |
| Jason Isringhausen (15, 38) | 418 | R | |
| 57. | Carl Pavano (13, 35) | 417 | R |
| 58. | Ervin Santana (7, 28) | 414 | R |
| 59. | LaTroy Hawkins (17, 38) | 413 | R |
| 60. | Rodrigo Lopez (10, 35) | 411 | R |
| 61. | Justin Verlander (7, 28) | 410 | R |
| 62. | Aaron Cook (10, 32) | 408 | R |
| 63. | Dennys Reyes (15, 34) | 400 | L |
| 64. | Ubaldo Jimenez (6, 27) | 398 | R |
| 65. | Octavio Dotel (13, 37) | 396 | R |
| 66. | Cliff Lee (10, 32) | 392 | L |
| 67. | Hector Carrasco (12, 41) | 387 | R |
| 68. | Paul Maholm (7, 29) | 382 | L |
| 69. | Jorge De La Rosa (8, 30) | 381 | L |
| 70. | Tim Lincecum (5, 27) | 379 | R |
| 71. | Jonathan Sanchez (6, 28) | 376 | L |
| 72. | Erik Bedard (8, 32) | 373 | L |
| Kyle Farnsworth (13, 35) | 373 | R | |
| 74. | J.C. Romero (13, 35) | 372 | L |
| Ian Snell (7, 29) | 372 | R | |
| 76. | Kyle Davies (7, 27) | 367 | R |
| 77. | Fausto Carmona (6, 27) | 364 | R |
| 78. | Jon Lester (6, 27) | 362 | L |
| 79. | Francisco Cordero (13, 36) | 357 | R |
| Dan Haren (9, 30) | 357 | R | |
| 81. | Jorge Sosa (9, 33) | 354 | R |
| 82. | Ryan Franklin (12, 38) | 353 | R |
| 83. | Elmer Dessens (14, 40) | 348 | R |
| 84. | Mark Hendrickson (10, 37) | 345 | L |
| 85. | Joe Blanton (8, 30) | 344 | R |
| 86. | Tim Redding (8, 33) | 337 | R |
| 87. | Kevin Correia (9, 30) | 335 | R |
| 88. | Jeremy Affeldt (10, 32) | 328 | L |
| Chad Durbin (12, 33) | 328 | R | |
| 90. | Juan Cruz (11, 32) | 327 | R |
| 91. | Jeff Francis (7, 30) | 326 | L |
| 92. | Zack Greinke (8, 27) | 325 | R |
| 93. | Guillermo Mota (13, 37) | 323 | R |
| 94. | Casey Fossum (9, 33) | 319 | L |
| Matt Garza (6, 27) | 319 | R | |
| 96. | Chad Gaudin (9, 28) | 316 | R |
| 97. | Gavin Floyd (8, 28) | 315 | R |
| Joe Saunders (7, 30) | 315 | L | |
| 99. | Chris Capuano (7, 32) | 314 | L |
| Mike Pelfrey (6, 27) | 314 | R |
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