List of top 100 Major League Baseball leaders in bases on balls allowed

This is a list of top 100 Major League Baseball pitchers who have allowed the most Walks of all time.

Active players are denoted in bold text.

The List

Rank Player (2010 Walks) BB
1 Nolan Ryan 2,795
2 Steve Carlton 1,833
3 Phil Niekro 1,809
4 Early Wynn 1,775
5 Bob Feller 1,764
6 Bobo Newsom 1,732
7 Amos Rusie 1,707
8 Charlie Hough 1,665
9 Roger Clemens 1,580
10 Gus Weyhing 1,570
11 Red Ruffing 1,541
12 Tom Glavine 1,500
13 Randy Johnson 1,497
14 Bump Hadley 1,442
15 Warren Spahn 1,434
16 Earl Whitehill 1,431
17 Tony Mullane 1,408
18 Sad Sam Jones 1,396
19 Jack Morris 1,390
Tom Seaver 1,390
21 Gaylord Perry 1,379
22 Bobby Witt 1,375
23 Mike Torrez 1,371
24 Walter Johnson 1,363
25 Don Sutton 1,343
26 Chick Fraser 1,338
27 Bob Gibson 1,336
28 Chuck Finley 1,332
29 Bert Blyleven 1,322
30 Sam McDowell 1,312
31 Jim Palmer 1,311
32 Mark Baldwin 1,307
33 Adonis Terry 1,298
34 Mickey Welch 1,297
35 Burleigh Grimes 1,295
36 Mark Langston 1,289
37 Kid Nichols 1,272
38 Bullet Joe Bush 1,263
39 Joe Niekro 1,262
40 Allie Reynolds 1,261
41 Tommy John 1,259
42 Frank Tanana 1,255
43 Bob Lemon 1,251
44 Hal Newhouser 1,249
45 George Mullin 1,238
46 Timothy Keefe 1,233
47 Cy Young 1,217
48 Red Faber 1,213
49 Vic Willis 1,212
50 Ted Breitenstein 1,207
51 Tim Wakefield (47) 1,205
52 Brickyard Kennedy 1,203
53 Jerry Koosman 1,198
54 Tommy Bridges 1,192
55 John Clarkson 1,191
56 Lefty Grove 1,187
57 Vida Blue 1,185
58 Billy Pierce 1,178
59 Kenny Rogers 1,175
60 Dennis Martinez 1,165
61 Al Leiter 1,163
62 Mike Moore 1,156
63 Jack Stivetts 1,155
64 Fernando Valenzuela 1,151
65 David Cone 1,137
Jamie Moyer 1,137
67 Bill Hutchinson 1,132
Johnny Vander Meer 1,132
69 Jerry Reuss 1,127
70 Ted Lyons 1,121
Bucky Walters 1,121
72 Mel Harder 1,118
73 Earl Moore 1,108
74 Bob Buhl 1,105
75 Luis Tiant 1,104
76 Mickey Lolich 1,099
77 Lefty Gomez 1,095
78 Virgil Trucks 1,088
79 Whitey Ford 1,086
80 Jim Kaat 1,083
81 Eppa Rixey 1,082
82 Rick Sutcliffe 1,081
83 Eddie Plank 1,072
84 Camilo Pascual 1,069
85 Bob Turley 1,068
86 Hooks Dauss 1,067
87 Ice Box Chamberlain 1,065
88 Bert Cunningham 1,064
89 Curt Simmons 1,063
90 Bill Donovan 1,059
91 Murry Dickson 1,058
92 Jouett Meekin 1,056
93 Liván Hernández (46) 1,050
94 Vern Kennedy 1,049
95 Dizzy Trout 1,046
96 Howard Ehmke 1,042
97 Wes Ferrell 1,040
98 Tommy Byrne 1,037
99 Red Ames 1,034
Dave Stewart 1,034
Dave Stieb 1,034
Bob Welch 1,034


See also

References

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