List of Major League Baseball career intentional bases on balls leaders

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. A pitch that is intentionally thrown far outside the strike zone for this purpose is referred to as an intentional ball. Since the 2017 season, intentional bases on balls are issued to the hitter at the discretion of a manager.

Barry Bonds, the all-time leader in intentional bases on balls.

Barry Bonds^[1][2] is the all-time leader in intentional bases on balls with 688 career intentional walks. Bonds is the only player to be intentionally walked more than 400 times. Miguel Cabrera is ninth all-time and the active leader with 238 career intentional bases on balls.

Key

Rank	Rank amongst leaders in career intentional walks. A blank field indicates a tie.
Player (2023 IBBs)	Number of intentional walks hit during the 2023 Major League Baseball season.
IBB	Total career intentional walks
*	denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Bold	denotes active player.^[a]

List

 

Miguel Cabrera, the active leader and 9th all-time in career intentional bases on balls.

• Stats updated as of August 12, 2023.

Rank	Player (2023 IBBs)	IBB
1	Barry Bonds	688
2	Albert Pujols	316
3	Stan Musial *	298
4	Hank Aaron *	293
5	Willie McCovey *	260
6	Vladimir Guerrero *	250
7	Ken Griffey Jr. *	246
8	Ted Williams *	243
9	Miguel Cabrera (0)	238
10	George Brett *	229
11	Willie Stargell *	227
12	Eddie Murray *	222
13	Frank Robinson *	218
14	Manny Ramirez	216
15	Willie Mays *	214
16	David Ortiz *	209
17	Tony Gwynn *	203
18	Ernie Banks *	202
19	Mike Schmidt *	201
20	Rusty Staub	193
21	Carl Yastrzemski *	190
22	Chili Davis	188
	Ted Simmons *	188
24	Harold Baines *	187
25	Carlos Delgado	186
26	Todd Helton	185
27	Billy Williams *	182
28	Ichiro Suzuki	181
29	Wade Boggs *	180
30	Chipper Jones *	177
31	Jim Thome *	173
32	Rafael Palmeiro	172
	Dave Winfield *	172
34	Fred McGriff *	171
35	Dave Parker	170
36	Frank Thomas *	168
37	Roberto Clemente *	167
	Pete Rose	167
39	Prince Fielder	164
	Reggie Jackson *	164
41	Lance Berkman	160
	Harmon Killebrew *	160
43	Dale Murphy	159
44	Adrián González	158
45	John Olerud	157
46	Jeff Bagwell *	155
	Will Clark	155
48	Orlando Cepeda *	154
	Ryan Howard	154
	Duke Snider *	154

Rank	Player (2023 IBBs)	IBB
	Sammy Sosa	154
52	Ernie Lombardi *	153
53	Luis Gonzalez	150
	Mark McGwire	150
	Johnny Mize *	150
	Tony Pérez *	150
57	Mickey Mantle *	148
	Tim Raines *	148
59	Joey Votto (0)	147
60	Mike Piazza *	146
61	Joe Mauer	145
62	Rod Carew *	144
	Garry Templeton	144
	Mo Vaughn	144
65	Andre Dawson *	143
66	José Cruz	142
	Ted Kluszewski	142
	Eddie Mathews *	142
69	Darrell Evans	141
70	Boog Powell	140
71	Dick Allen	138
72	Don Mattingly	136
73	Johnny Bench *	135
	Frank Howard	135
75	Jimmie Foxx *	133
	Al Kaline *	133
77	Robin Ventura	132
78	Bill Nicholson	131
	Tony Oliva *	131
	Darryl Strawberry	131
81	Keith Hernandez	130
	Gary Sheffield	130
83	Ron Fairly	129
	Al López *	129
85	Bobby Bonilla	128
	Mel Ott *	128
87	Jack Clark	127
	Joe Torre *	127
89	Ken Singleton	125
90	Lou Brock *	124
91	Leo Cárdenas	122
	Adam Dunn	122
	Freddie Freeman (8)	122
94	Bill Madlock	121
95	Brooks Robinson *	120
96	Víctor Martínez	119
	Tim McCarver	119
	Al Oliver	119
	Mike Trout (2)	119
100	Johnny Edwards	118

Notes

1. A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or not played for a full season.

References

1. "Barry Bonds Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
2. Jensen, Don. "Barry Bonds Bio". Society For American Baseball Research. Retrieved August 1, 2021.

External links

• "Career Leaders & Records for Intentional Bases on Balls". Baseball-Reference.com.