Here's the all-time list as of the start of the 2008 season:
CAREER
INTENTIONAL WALKS IBB
1 Kent Tekulve 179
2 Greg Maddux 172
3 Gaylord Perry 164
4 Gene Garber 155
5 Steve Carlton 150
6 Tom Glavine 141
7 Lindy McDaniel 136
8 Greg Minton 131
9 Tug McGraw 128
10 Gary Lavelle 126
11 Ron Reed 124
12 Don Drysdale 123
T13 Jerry Koosman 121
T13 Ron Perranoski 121
T15 Jerry Reuss 118
T15 Ron Kline 118
T15 Bob Gibson 118
18 Rick Reuschel 117
T19 Frank Tanana 116
T19 Jim Kaat 116
T19 Tom Seaver 116
T19 Ferguson Jenkins 116
23 Bob Friend 115
24 Stu Miller 114
T25 Clay Carroll 112
T25 Dick Tidrow 112
27 Bob Miller 111
T28 Dave Giusti 109
T28 Rollie Fingers 109
30 Orel Hershiser 108
T31 Larry Jackson 106
T31 Roy Face 106
T33 Don Sutton 102
T33 Tommy John 102
T35 Danny Darwin 101
T35 Mike McCormick 101
T37 Lee Smith 100
T37 Bill Campbell 100
39 Jack Morris 99
T40 Jim Bunning 98
T40 Roger McDowell 98
T42 Frank Linzy 97
T42 Jack Billingham 97
T44 Claude Osteen 93
T44 Jim Perry 93
46 John Curtis 92
47 Dennis Eckersley 91
48 Goose Gossage 90
T49 Milt Pappas 89
T49 Don Robinson 89
T51 Paul Lindblad 88
T51 Randy Jones 88
T53 Bob Stanley 87
T53 Tom Hume 87
T55 Mike LaCoss 86
T55 Greg Harris 86
T55 Phil Niekro 86
T55 Steve Renko 86
T55 Diego Segui 86
T55 Jesse Orosco 86
T55 Dennis Lamp 86
62 Darold Knowles 85
T63 Bob Forsch 84
T63 Mike Krukow 84
T63 Mike Torrez 84
T63 Don McMahon 84
T67 Bruce Sutter 83
T67 Rick Wise 83
T67 Pedro Borbon 83
T70 Bill Gullickson 82
T70 Turk Farrell 82
T70 Juan Marichal 82
T70 Mike Henneman 82
T70 Ray Sadecki 82
T75 Dave LaRoche 81
T75 John Smoltz 81
T75 Rick Honeycutt 81
T75 Sparky Lyle 81
T79 Bob Locker 80
T79 Mike Jackson 80
T79 Dave Roberts 80
T79 Joe Gibbon 80
T79 Don Cardwell 80
T79 Ted Abernathy 80
T79 Dale Murray 80
T86 Willie Hernandez 79
T86 Phil Regan 79
T86 Nelson Briles 79
T86 Fred Norman 79
T86 Woodie Fryman 79
T91 Paul Assenmacher 78
T91 Bob Knepper 78
T91 Nolan Ryan 78
T91 John Franco 78
T95 Jim Brewer 77
T95 Harvey Haddix 77
T95 Mike Morgan 77
T95 Doug Bair 77
T99 Pat Dobson 76
T99 Ray Burris 76
T99 Ron Taylor 76
T99 Pedro Ramos 76
T99 Kevin Gross 76
T99 Mike Stanton 76
T105 Rick Sutcliffe 75
T105 Dean Chance 75
T105 Steve Bedrosian 75
T105 Steve Rogers 75
T105 Fritz Peterson 75
T105 Mel Stottlemyre 75
T105 Marty Pattin 75
T105 Dick Drago 75
T113 Jim Barr 74
T113 Vern Law 74
T113 Sam McDowell 74
T113 Chris Short 74
T113 Dan Petry 74
T118 Denny Lemaster 73
T118 Ted Power 73
T118 Randy Moffitt 73
T118 Tom Murphy 73
T122 Dick Ruthven 72
T122 Bob Shirley 72
T124 Bobby Bolin 71
T124 Jim Lonborg 71
T124 Dick Ellsworth 71
T124 John Hiller 71
T124 Bert Blyleven 71
T124 Dennis Martinez 71
T124 Wilbur Wood 71
T124 Joe Niekro 71
T124 Grant Jackson 71
T124 Tim Burke 71
T134 Joe Boever 70
T134 Johnny Klippstein 70
T134 Rick Mahler 70
T134 Ken Holtzman 70
T134 Johnny Podres 70
T134 Dick Hall 70
T134 Dan Quisenberry 70
T141 Jon Matlack 69
T141 Robin Roberts 69
T143 Ken Forsch 68
T143 Jack Aker 68
T143 Mike Timlin 68
T143 David Weathers 68
T143 Neil Allen 68
T143 Reggie Cleveland 68
T143 Paul Quantrill 68
T143 Bob Shaw 68
T151 Mickey Lolich 67
T151 John Buzhardt 67
T151 Tom Niedenfuer 67
T151 Juan Pizarro 67
T151 Ken Sanders 67
T151 Todd Worrell 67
T151 Jack Baldschun 67
T158 Tom Griffin 66
T158 Dock Ellis 66
T158 Billy O'Dell 66
T158 Julian Tavarez 66
T158 Milt Wilcox 66
T163 Jeff Reardon 65
T163 Carl Morton 65
T163 Jim Slaton 65
T163 Fernando Valenzuela 65
T163 Joe Horlen 65
T163 Terry Mulholland 65
T163 David Wells 65
T163 Gary Lucas 65
T163 Dan Spillner 65
T163 Joe Coleman 65
T163 Joaquin Andujar 65
T163 Tony Cloninger 65
T175 Larry Andersen 64
T175 Dave Smith 64
T175 Shane Rawley 64
T175 Dan Schatzeder 64
T175 Gary Bell 64
T180 Don Elston 63
T180 Jim Gott 63
T180 Mark Eichhorn 63
T180 Lew Burdette 63
T180 Terry Forster 63
T180 Elias Sosa 63
T180 Roger Clemens 63
T180 John Candelaria 63
T180 Steve Trachsel 63
T180 Lynn McGlothen 63
T180 Mark Davis 63
T191 Rick Rhoden 62
T191 Mike Caldwell 62
T191 Alejandro Pena 62
T191 Lew Krausse 62
T191 Skip Lockwood 62
T191 Livan Hernandez 62
T191 Jamie Moyer 62
T191 Curt Simmons 62
T191 Stan Williams 62
T191 Jerry Johnson 62
T191 Bob Veale 62
T191 Ken Brett 62
T191 Moe Drabowsky 62
T204 Tom Browning 61
T204 Mike Moore 61
T204 Vida Blue 61
T204 Jim Kern 61
T204 Al Worthington 61
T204 Hoyt Wilhelm 61
T204 Mike Cuellar 61
T204 Hal Woodeshick 61
T212 Bob Welch 60
T212 Tommie Sisk 60
T212 Warren Spahn 60
T212 Walt Terrell 60
T212 Doyle Alexander 60
T217 Jeff Parrett 59
T217 Stan Bahnsen 59
T217 Todd Jones 59
T217 Steve Barber 59
T217 John Burkett 59
T217 Jeff Nelson 59
T217 Joe Hoerner 59
T217 Mudcat Grant 59
T217 Bob Moose 59
T217 Storm Davis 59
T217 Jack Sanford 59
T228 Dave Tomlin 58
T228 Ray Culp 58
T228 Larry McWilliams 58
T228 Bruce Kison 58
T228 Rick Camp 58
T228 Mike Garman 58
T228 Burt Hooton 58
T228 Steve Hargan 58
T228 Danny Frisella 58
T228 Al Hrabosky 58
T238 Bill Bonham 57
T238 Frank DiPino 57
T238 Scott Sullivan 57
T238 Clay Kirby 57
T238 Wayne Granger 57
T238 Catfish Hunter 57
T238 Jose Mesa 57
T238 Tippy Martinez 57
T238 Cal Koonce 57
T238 John Montefusco 57
T248 Rudy May 56
T248 Ron Davis 56
T248 Doug Drabek 56
T248 Al McBean 56
T248 Tim Hudson 56
T248 Doug Bird 56
T248 Ken Johnson 56
T248 Tom Gordon 56
T248 Dave McNally 56
T257 Craig Lefferts 55
T257 Bruce Dal Canton 55
T257 Ron Herbel 55
T257 Sonny Siebert 55
T257 Tom Burgmeier 55
T257 Turk Wendell 55
T257 Larry Sherry 55
T257 Jim Rooker 55
T257 Pat Jarvis 55
T257 Dave Heaverlo 55
T257 Zane Smith 55
T257 Bill Hands 55
T269 Dan Plesac 54
T269 Ed Whitson 54
T269 George Culver 54
T269 Pedro Astacio 54
T269 Steve Howe 54
T269 Claude Raymond 54
T269 Charlie Williams 54
T269 Al Holland 54
T269 Kelly Downs 54
T269 Clem Labine 54
T269 Atlee Hammaker 54
T280 Dave Burba 53
T280 Bobby Shantz 53
T280 Steve Mingori 53
T280 Gary Ross 53
T280 Doug Jones 53
T280 Scott Garrelts 53
T280 Jeff Robinson 53
T280 Mike Scott 53
T280 Gary Peters 53
T280 Al Leiter 53
T280 Mark Guthrie 53
T280 Pascual Perez 53
T280 Luis Tiant 53
T280 George Brunet 53
T294 Mike Marshall 52
T294 Josh Fogg 52
T294 Pete Mikkelsen 52
T294 Andy Benes 52
T294 Roberto Hernandez 52
T294 Bob Buhl 52
T300 Kevin Appier 51
T300 Lee Stange 51
T300 Jeff Brantley 51
T300 Ed Roebuck 51
T300 Scott Sanderson 51
T300 Camilo Pascual 51
T300 Mark Williamson 51
T300 Neal Heaton 51
T300 Trevor Hoffman 51
T309 Bruce Ruffin 50
T309 Ed Farmer 50
T309 Cecil Upshaw 50
T309 Mario Soto 50
T309 Bill Singer 50
T309 Jeff Fassero 50
T309 Mike DeJean 50
T309 Jose DeLeon 50
T309 Kenny Rogers 50
T318 Dennis Cook 49
T318 Steve Blass 49
T318 Ernie Broglio 49
T318 Warren Brusstar 49
T318 Lary Sorensen 49
T318 Casey Cox 49
T318 Ken Dayley 49
T318 Brett Tomko 49
T318 John Denny 49
T318 Andy Hassler 49
T318 Doug Corbett 49
T318 Ross Grimsley 49
T318 Eric Show 49
T318 Dick Donovan 49
T318 Donnie Moore 49
T318 Bud Black 49
T318 Bill Greif 49
T318 Andy Ashby 49
T318 Kip Wells 49
T318 Todd Stottlemyre 49
T338 Steve Trout 48
T338 Sandy Koufax 48
T338 Roger Craig 48
T338 Joe Hesketh 48
T338 Dave Righetti 48
T338 Bob Ojeda 48
T338 Doc Medich 48
T338 Danny Graves 48
T338 Dick Bosman 48
T338 Terry Leach 48
T338 Rick White 48
T338 George Frazier 48
T338 Eddie Watt 48
T338 Greg McMichael 48
T338 Vicente Romo 48
T338 Steve Kline 48
T338 Ray Washburn 48
T338 Jon Lieber 48
T356 Steve Farr 47
T356 Juan Agosto 47
T356 Dan Miceli 47
T356 Ricky Horton 47
T356 Al Fitzmorris 47
T356 Dave Schmidt 47
T356 Jamey Wright 47
T356 Dave LaPoint 47
T364 Rich Rodriguez 46
T364 Pete Richert 46
T364 Gary Nolan 46
T364 Don Stanhouse 46
T364 Bill Stoneman 46
T364 Steve Reed 46
T364 Ron Schueler 46
T364 Dave Stewart 46
T364 Dick Radatz 46
T364 Jim Owens 46
T364 Danny Cox 46
T364 Chuck McElroy 46
T364 Jason Grimsley 46
T364 Kent Mercker 46
T364 Alan Mills 46
T364 Mark Littell 46
T364 Pat Zachry 46
T381 Antonio Alfonseca 45
T381 Don Carman 45
T381 Les Lancaster 45
T381 Jim Clancy 45
T381 Jim Merritt 45
T381 Bennie Daniels 45
T381 Johnny Antonelli 45
T381 Tim Stoddard 45
T381 Pete Falcone 45
T381 Billy Hoeft 45
T381 Tim Leary 45
T381 Mike Bielecki 45
T381 Eric Plunk 45
T381 Ed Halicki 45
T381 Don Aase 45
T381 Fred Gladding 45
T381 Bob Wickman 45
T381 Mark Clear 45
T381 Tom Buskey 45
T400 Whitey Ford 44
T400 Denny Neagle 44
T400 Jim Brosnan 44
T400 Jaime Navarro 44
T400 Charlie Leibrandt 44
T400 Bill Monbouquette 44
T400 Clyde Wright 44
T400 Charlie Hough 44
T400 Cal McLish 44
T400 Dick Selma 44
T400 Jeff Shaw 44
T400 Brian Meadows 44
T400 Joe Nuxhall 44
T400 Andy Messersmith 44
T414 Tim Crews 43
T414 Wayne Twitchell 43
T414 Bryn Smith 43
T414 Larry Dierker 43
T414 Ken Hill 43
T414 Tim Belcher 43
T414 Jeff Russell 43
T414 Mark Leiter 43
T414 Chuck Crim 43
T414 Stan Belinda 43
T414 Paul Gibson 43
T414 Vinegar Bend Mizell 43
T414 Sammy Stewart 43
T414 Bill Henry 43
T414 Greg Harris 43
T414 Randy Myers 43
T414 Curt Schilling 43
T431 Ramon Hernandez 42
T431 Bruce Hurst 42
T431 Bill Swift 42
T431 Dwight Gooden 42
T431 Al Jackson 42
T431 David Cone 42
T431 Steve Hamilton 42
T431 Gene Conley 42
T431 Lance McCullers 42
T431 Rick Aguilera 42
T431 Shawn Chacon 42
T431 Orlando Pena 42
T431 Don Gullett 42
T431 Doug Henry 42
T431 Juan Berenguer 42
T431 Kevin Brown 42
T431 Dave Rozema 42
T431 Bill Castro 42
T431 Javier Vazquez 42
T431 Jeff Lahti 42
2558, 688 of which were intentional.
Nolan Ryan allowed 2,795 career walks.
Through the 2007 MLB season: The single season MLB record for walks is held by Barry Bonds who was walked 232 times in the 2004 season. The career MLB record for walks is held by Barry Bonds who has been walked 2558 times during his career.
In his MLB career, Babe Ruth drew 2,062 walks.
Everyone in MLB history that has hit 500+ HR has also walked more than 500 times. Currently 23 players, soon to be 24 when Manny Ramirez hits 2 more HRs, have hit 500 HRs in a career and all have 500+ walks led by Barry Bonds with 2,558 walks. Most 500 HR members have 1,000+ career walks. Ernie Banks is the 500 HR member with the fewest career walks with 763.
During his career (1986-2007), Bonds set the all-time records for walks with 2,558 and intentional walks with 688.
As of the start of the 2008 MLB season, the career record holder for intentional walks in Barry Bonds with 686.
2558, 688 of which were intentional.
Derek Jeter drew 1,082 walks during his career (1995-2014).
Barry Bonds is the all-time career leader in walks (2,558) and intentional walks (688), so it shouldn't be surprising that he led the majors in home runs and walks during his historic 2001 season. That year, Bonds set new major-league records for home runs in a season with 73 and walks with 177.
Single season: Ted Williams, 1957: 33 Career: Carl Yastrzemski, 190
Barry Bonds is the all-time career leader in walks (2,558) and intentional walks (688), so it shouldn't be surprising that he led the majors in home runs and walks during his historic 2001 season. That year, Bonds set new major-league records for home runs in a season with 73 and walks with 177.
Jackie Robinson ended up getting 74 walks in 1947, 57 walks in 1948, 86 walks in 1949, 80 walks in 1950, 79 walks in 1951, 106 walks in 1952, 74 walks in 1953, 63 walks in 1954, 61 walks in 1955 and 60 walks in 1956 however 5 walks in 1955 were intentional walks and 2 walks in 1956 were intentional walks, he had a total of 740 walks in his career.
Babe was credited with giving up 451 walks in his MLB pitching career ... 441 in the regular season and 10 in the World Series.
Batter - Season: Barry Bonds - 232 in 2004 Career: Barry Bonds - 2558 Pitcher - Season: Amos Rusie - 289 in 1890 Career: Nolan Ryan - 2795
strikes, walks, hits strikes, walks, hits
No, a pitcher doesn't have to be taken out of the game no matter how many batters he walks. The manager will probably take him out if he walks a ton of hitters but, the only time a pitcher has to be taken out is when he hits a batter and the ump thinks he did it on purpose so, he ejects him.