The most walks in a game so far this season honors goes to Alex Gordon of the Royals who on June 17 against the Cardinals walked five times. There have been 10 other players who had four walks in a game and 18 players who have had two intentional walks.
Alexei Ramirez and Starlin Castro lead the majors with 74 games each in which they did not draw a walk.
Here are the leaders in walkless games:
| Rk | Player | #Matching | PA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexei Ramirez | 74 | Ind. Games | 300 |
| 2 | Starlin Castro | 74 | Ind. Games | 313 |
| 3 | Clint Barmes | 73 | Ind. Games | 243 |
| 4 | Mike Aviles | 73 | Ind. Games | 296 |
| 5 | Ichiro Suzuki | 72 | Ind. Games | 319 |
| 6 | Alex Rios | 71 | Ind. Games | 286 |
| 7 | Adam Jones | 70 | Ind. Games | 297 |
| 8 | Alcides Escobar | 70 | Ind. Games | 269 |
| 9 | Delmon Young | 69 | Ind. Games | 278 |
| 10 | Sean Rodriguez | 69 | Ind. Games | 216 |
| 11 | Tony Gwynn | 69 | Ind. Games | 185 |
| 12 | Erick Aybar | 69 | Ind. Games | 259 |
Here are the one-walk in a game leaders:
| Rk | Player | #Matching | PA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Curtis Granderson | 41 | Ind. Games | 186 |
| 2 | Ben Zobrist | 36 | Ind. Games | 156 |
| 3 | Jose Bautista | 36 | Ind. Games | 160 |
| 4 | Joey Votto | 35 | Ind. Games | 150 |
| 5 | David Ortiz | 35 | Ind. Games | 157 |
| 6 | Alex Gordon | 33 | Ind. Games | 154 |
| 7 | David Wright | 32 | Ind. Games | 142 |
| 8 | Adam Dunn | 32 | Ind. Games | 140 |
| 9 | Chase Headley | 31 | Ind. Games | 136 |
| 10 | Edwin Encarnacion | 31 | Ind. Games | 135 |
| 11 | Alex Rodriguez | 30 | Ind. Games | 133 |
| 12 | A.J. Ellis | 30 | Ind. Games | 124 |
Here are the multi-walk game leaders:
| Rk | Player | #Matching | PA | BB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adam Dunn | 16 | Ind. Games | 75 | 36 |
| 2 | Carlos Pena | 15 | Ind. Games | 70 | 32 |
| 3 | Joey Votto | 14 | Ind. Games | 67 | 30 |
| 4 | Dan Uggla | 12 | Ind. Games | 53 | 26 |
| 5 | Carlos Santana | 11 | Ind. Games | 56 | 23 |
| 6 | Joe Mauer | 11 | Ind. Games | 51 | 26 |
| 7 | Rickie Weeks | 10 | Ind. Games | 46 | 21 |
| 8 | Jemile Weeks | 10 | Ind. Games | 48 | 21 |
| 9 | Miguel Montero | 10 | Ind. Games | 42 | 20 |
| 10 | Ben Zobrist | 9 | Ind. Games | 45 | 20 |
| 11 | Chase Headley | 9 | Ind. Games | 41 | 19 |
| 12 | Jose Bautista | 9 | Ind. Games | 44 | 19 |
The 1960 leader in walks was Eddie Yost (“The Walking Man”) with 125, but the leader when it came to “Walk, Don’t Run” were the Ventures:
