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Most Bases Loaded Walks

Posted by Sean Forman on August 29, 2007

A user asked me about Pat Burrell and his bases loaded walks, so I figured, why not check the most ever in a season. Eventually, I want to allow users to search the splits, but that is a little ways off.

| name_common      | year_game | PA   | BB   | IBB  |
+------------------+-----------+------+------+------+
| Jackie Jensen    |      1959 |   18 |    8 |    0 |
| D'Angelo Jimenez |      2004 |   24 |    7 |    0 |
| Charlie Maxwell  |      1960 |   16 |    6 |    0 |
| Rocky Colavito   |      1961 |   17 |    6 |    0 |
| Mike Hargrove    |      1983 |   15 |    6 |    0 |
| Jack Clark       |      1987 |   15 |    6 |    0 |
| Darren Daulton   |      1993 |   29 |    6 |    0 |
| Danny Tartabull  |      1996 |   29 |    6 |    0 |
| Mark McGwire     |      1998 |   14 |    6 |    0 |
| Ellis Burks      |      2000 |   29 |    6 |    0 |
| John Olerud      |      2003 |   25 |    6 |    0 |
| Hideki Matsui    |      2004 |   32 |    6 |    0 |
| Michael Tucker   |      2004 |   24 |    6 |    0 |
| Adam Dunn        |      2005 |   19 |    6 |    0 |
| Chipper Jones    |      2005 |    8 |    6 |    0 |
| Derek Jeter      |      2006 |   17 |    6 |    0 |
| Trot Nixon       |      2006 |   27 |    6 |    0 |
| Pat Burrell      |      2007 |   13 |    6 |    0 |

D'Angelo Jimenez? How about Chipper with six walks in eight PA's.

Here are the career leaders.

| name_common      | PA   | BB   | IBB  |
+------------------+------+------+------+
| Carl Yastrzemski |  259 |   39 |    0 |
| Dwight Evans     |  267 |   38 |    0 |
| Joe Morgan       |  202 |   31 |    0 |
| Mickey Tettleton |  176 |   30 |    0 |
| Rickey Henderson |  257 |   29 |    0 |
| Dave Winfield    |  284 |   29 |    0 |
| Jack Clark       |  196 |   27 |    0 |
| Jeff Kent        |  277 |   27 |    0 |
| Manny Ramirez    |  248 |   27 |    0 |
| J.T. Snow        |  220 |   27 |    0 |
| Rocky Colavito   |  174 |   26 |    0 |
| Darrell Evans    |  220 |   26 |    0 |
| Mark McGwire     |  165 |   26 |    0 |
| John Olerud      |  247 |   26 |    0 |
| Pete Rose        |  240 |   25 |    0 |
| Ron Santo        |  211 |   25 |    0 |
| Barry Bonds      |  241 |   24 |    1 |
| Mark McLemore    |  179 |   23 |    0 |
| Paul O'Neill     |  233 |   23 |    0 |
| Danny Tartabull  |  160 |   23 |    0 |
| Frank Thomas     |  207 |   23 |    0 |
| Robin Ventura    |  238 |   23 |    0 |
| Jose Canseco     |  185 |   22 |    0 |
| Brian Downing    |  207 |   22 |    0 |
| Derek Jeter      |  196 |   22 |    0 |
| Edgar Martinez   |  205 |   22 |    0 |
| Eddie Murray     |  302 |   22 |    0 |
| Darrell Porter   |  147 |   22 |    0 |
| Gene Tenace      |  140 |   22 |    0 |
| Wade Boggs       |  212 |   21 |    0 |
| Pat Burrell      |  142 |   21 |    0 |
| Mike Cameron     |  184 |   21 |    0 |
| Carlton Fisk     |  240 |   21 |    0 |
| Mark Grace       |  168 |   21 |    0 |
| Dick McAuliffe   |  175 |   21 |    0 |
| Tony Phillips    |  162 |   21 |    0 |
| Jorge Posada     |  219 |   21 |    0 |
| Bobby Abreu      |  148 |   20 |    0 |
| Brady Anderson   |  178 |   20 |    0 |
| Harold Baines    |  254 |   20 |    0 |
| Mike Hargrove    |  111 |   20 |    0 |
| Chipper Jones    |  175 |   20 |    0 |
| Tim Raines       |  189 |   20 |    0 |
| Brooks Robinson  |  331 |   20 |    0 |
| Alex Rodriguez   |  190 |   20 |    0 |
| Bernie Williams  |  266 |   20 |    0 |

3 Responses to “Most Bases Loaded Walks”

  1. Andy Says:

    That one IBB for Bonds with the bases loaded was quite memorable. That was when Buck Showalter, then-manager of Arizona, walked Bonds in the bottom of the 9th with 2 outs, with Arizona ahead 8-6. It made the score 8-7 but brought up Brent Mayne instead, who made the final out.

    The box score is here:
    http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SFN/SFN199805280.shtml

    Brent Mayne has had a few interesting claims to fame in his career, including being the most recent (I believe) non-pitcher to get a decision in a game. The Rockies were forced to use him as a pitcher in this game:

    http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/COL/COL200008220.shtml

    ...and he ended up getting the win!

  2. kingturtle Says:

    Four current Yankee starters (Arod, Posada, Abreu and Jeter) are on that career list.

  3. Andy Says:

    Burrell just came up with the bases loaded, but he hit a sac fly. Better off walking!