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Progressive Leaders & Records for Intentional Bases on Balls


Baseball Leaders & Baseball Records:  Single-Season  Career  Active  Progressive  Yearly League 

+ - Indicates Hall of Famer. Bold indicates active player.

This table lists the career, single-season, active, yearly (meaning perfomances solely from that year) leaders following each season of Major League Baseball. Note that a player is considered active between the first and last season of their career. Entries under Single-Season from 1871-1875 are not carried forward past 1875. Entries under Career and Active do include totals from the 1871-1875 seasons.

Year CareerInt. Bases on Balls  Single-SeasonInt. Bases on Balls  ActiveInt. Bases on Balls  YearlyInt. Bases on Balls
1871
1872
1873
1874
1875
1876
1877
1878
1879
1880
1881
1882
1883
1884
1885
1886
1887
1888
1889
1890
1891
1892
1893
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898
1899
1900
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955 Ted Kluszewski 25 Ted Kluszewski 25 Ted Kluszewski 25 Ted Kluszewski 25
1956 Ted Kluszewski 47 Duke Snider+ 26 Ted Kluszewski 47 Duke Snider+ 26
1957 Ted Williams+ 61 Ted Williams+ 33 Ted Williams+ 61 Ted Williams+ 33
1958 Stan Musial+ 79 Ted Williams+ 33 Stan Musial+ 79 Stan Musial+ 26
1959 Stan Musial+ 90 Ted Williams+ 33 Stan Musial+ 90 Ernie Banks+ 20
1960 Stan Musial+ 97 Ted Williams+ 33 Stan Musial+ 97 Ernie Banks+ 28
1961 Ernie Banks+ 116 Ted Williams+ 33 Ernie Banks+ 116 Frank Robinson+ 23
1962 Ernie Banks+ 119 Ted Williams+ 33 Ernie Banks+ 119 Frank Robinson+ 16
1963 Ernie Banks+ 135 Ted Williams+ 33 Ernie Banks+ 135 Frank Robinson+ 20
1964 Ernie Banks+ 146 Ted Williams+ 33 Ernie Banks+ 146 Frank Robinson+ 20
1965 Ernie Banks+ 165 Ted Williams+ 33 Ernie Banks+ 165 Leo Cardenas 25
1966 Ernie Banks+ 175 Ted Williams+ 33 Ernie Banks+ 175 Harmon Killebrew+ 18
1967 Ernie Banks+ 183 Ted Williams+ 33 Ernie Banks+ 183 Adolfo Phillips 29
1968 Hank Aaron+ 200 Ted Williams+ 33 Hank Aaron+ 200 Roberto Clemente+ 27
1969 Hank Aaron+ 219 Willie McCovey+ 45 Hank Aaron+ 219 Willie McCovey+ 45
1970 Hank Aaron+ 234 Willie McCovey+ 45 Hank Aaron+ 234 Willie McCovey+ 40
1971 Hank Aaron+ 255 Willie McCovey+ 45 Hank Aaron+ 255 Willie McCovey+ 21
1972 Hank Aaron+ 270 Willie McCovey+ 45 Hank Aaron+ 270 Johnny Bench+ 23
1973 Hank Aaron+ 283 Willie McCovey+ 45 Hank Aaron+ 283 Willie McCovey+ 25
1974 Hank Aaron+ 289 Willie McCovey+ 45 Hank Aaron+ 289 Bill Russell 25
1975 Hank Aaron+ 292 Willie McCovey+ 45 Hank Aaron+ 292 Rod Carew+ 18
1976 Hank Aaron+ 293 Willie McCovey+ 45 Hank Aaron+ 293 Jim Spencer 19
1977 Hank Aaron+ 293 Willie McCovey+ 45 Willie McCovey+ 248 Ted Simmons 25
1978 Hank Aaron+ 293 Willie McCovey+ 45 Willie McCovey+ 256 Dave Parker 23
1979 Hank Aaron+ 293 Willie McCovey+ 45 Willie McCovey+ 258 Dave Winfield+ 24
1980 Hank Aaron+ 293 Willie McCovey+ 45 Willie McCovey+ 260 Warren Cromartie 24
1981 Hank Aaron+ 293 Willie McCovey+ 45 Willie Stargell+ 226 Mike Schmidt+ 18
1982 Hank Aaron+ 293 Willie McCovey+ 45 Willie Stargell+ 227 Keith Hernandez 19
1983 Hank Aaron+ 293 Willie McCovey+ 45 Carl Yastrzemski+ 190 Ken Singleton 19
1984 Hank Aaron+ 293 Willie McCovey+ 45 Rusty Staub 190 Eddie Murray+ 25
1985 Hank Aaron+ 293 Willie McCovey+ 45 Rusty Staub 193 George Brett+ 31
1986 Hank Aaron+ 293 Willie McCovey+ 45 Ted Simmons 181 Mike Schmidt+ 25
1987 Hank Aaron+ 293 Willie McCovey+ 45 Mike Schmidt+ 187 Dale Murphy 29
1988 Hank Aaron+ 293 Willie McCovey+ 45 Mike Schmidt+ 197 Will Clark 27
1989 Hank Aaron+ 293 Willie McCovey+ 45 Mike Schmidt+ 201 Kevin Mitchell 32
1990 Hank Aaron+ 293 Willie McCovey+ 45 George Brett+ 204 Eddie Murray+ 21
1991 Hank Aaron+ 293 Willie McCovey+ 45 George Brett+ 214 Fred McGriff 26
1992 Hank Aaron+ 293 Willie McCovey+ 45 George Brett+ 220 Barry Bonds 32
1993 Hank Aaron+ 293 Willie McCovey+ 45 George Brett+ 229 Barry Bonds 43
1994 Hank Aaron+ 293 Willie McCovey+ 45 Eddie Murray+ 211 Mo Vaughn 20
1995 Hank Aaron+ 293 Willie McCovey+ 45 Eddie Murray+ 216 Frank Thomas 29
1996 Hank Aaron+ 293 Willie McCovey+ 45 Barry Bonds 226 Barry Bonds 30
1997 Hank Aaron+ 293 Willie McCovey+ 45 Barry Bonds 260 Barry Bonds 34
1998 Hank Aaron+ 293 Willie McCovey+ 45 Barry Bonds 289 Barry Bonds 29
1999 Barry Bonds 298 Willie McCovey+ 45 Barry Bonds 298 Mark McGwire 21
2000 Barry Bonds 320 Willie McCovey+ 45 Barry Bonds 320 Vladimir Guerrero 23
2001 Barry Bonds 355 Willie McCovey+ 45 Barry Bonds 355 Sammy Sosa 37
2002 Barry Bonds 423 Barry Bonds 68 Barry Bonds 423 Barry Bonds 68
2003 Barry Bonds 484 Barry Bonds 68 Barry Bonds 484 Barry Bonds 61
2004 Barry Bonds 604 Barry Bonds 120 Barry Bonds 604 Barry Bonds 120
2005 Barry Bonds 607 Barry Bonds 120 Barry Bonds 607 Albert Pujols 27
2006 Barry Bonds 645 Barry Bonds 120 Barry Bonds 645 Barry Bonds 38
2007 Barry Bonds 688 Barry Bonds 120 Barry Bonds 688 Barry Bonds 43
2008 Barry Bonds 688 Barry Bonds 120 Ken Griffey 244 Albert Pujols 34
2009 Barry Bonds 688 Barry Bonds 120 Ken Griffey 246 Albert Pujols 44

Baseball Leaders & Baseball Records:  Single-Season  Career  Active  Progressive  Yearly League