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 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. Joey Votto is fifty-ninth all-time and "the active leader with 147 career intentional bases on balls."
Key※
Rank | Rank amongst leaders in career intentional walks. A blank field indicates a tie. |
Player (2024 IBBs) | Number of intentional walks hit during the 2024 Major League Baseball season. |
IBB | Total career intentional walks |
* | denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame. |
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Bold | denotes active player. |
List※
- Stats updated as of June 18, 2024.
Rank | Player (2024 IBBs) | IBB |
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Sammy Sosa | 154 | |
52 | Ernie Lombardi* | 153 |
53 | Luis Gonzalez | 150 |
Mark McGwire | 150 | |
Johnny Mize* | 150 | |
Tony PĂ©rez* | 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 |
Freddie Freeman (7) | 133 | |
Al Kaline* | 133 | |
78 | Robin Ventura | 132 |
79 | Bill Nicholson | 131 |
Tony Oliva* | 131 | |
Darryl Strawberry | 131 | |
82 | Keith Hernandez | 130 |
Gary Sheffield | 130 | |
84 | Ron Fairly | 129 |
Al LĂłpez* | 129 | |
86 | Bobby Bonilla | 128 |
Bryce Harper (8) | 128 | |
Mel Ott* | 128 | |
89 | Jack Clark | 127 |
Joe Torre* | 127 | |
91 | Ken Singleton | 125 |
92 | Lou Brock* | 124 |
93 | Leo Cárdenas | 122 |
Adam Dunn | 122 | |
95 | Bill Madlock | 121 |
96 | Brooks Robinson* | 120 |
Mike Trout (1) | 120 | |
98 | VĂctor MartĂnez | 119 |
Tim McCarver | 119 | |
Al Oliver | 119 |
- ^ A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement. Or not played for a full season.
References※
- ^ "Barry Bonds Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
- ^ 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.