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File:Max Carey 1921.jpg was the first major-league player with nine times on base in a single game, in 1922.]]

In baseball statistics, the term times on base (TOB), is the cumulative total number of times a batter has reached base as a result of a hit, base on balls, or hit by pitch. This statistic does not include times reaching base by way of an error, uncaught third strike, fielder's obstruction or a fielder's choice, making the statistic somewhat of a misnomer.

Times on base leaders in Major League Baseball

=Career=

{{Further|List of Major League Baseball career times on base leaders}}

As of the end of the 2021 season, the following are the top 10 players in career times on base.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/TOB_career.shtml|title=Career Leaders & Records for Times On Base |publisher=Baseball Reference|accessdate=August 15, 2022}}

  1. Pete Rose – 5929
  2. Barry Bonds – 5599
  3. Ty Cobb – 5532
  4. Rickey Henderson – 5343
  5. Carl Yastrzemski – 5304
  6. Stan Musial – 5282
  7. Hank Aaron – 5205
  8. Tris Speaker – 4998
  9. Babe Ruth – 4978
  10. Eddie Collins – 4891

=Single-season=

  1. Babe Ruth, Yankees (1923) – 379
  2. Barry Bonds, Giants (2004) – 376
  3. Ted Williams, Red Sox (1949) – 358
  4. Barry Bonds, Giants (2002) – 356
  5. Billy Hamilton, Phillies (1894) – 355
  6. Babe Ruth, Yankees (1921) – 353
  7. Babe Ruth, Yankees (1924) – 346
  8. Ted Williams, Red Sox (1947) – 345
  9. Three players are tied for ninth:
  10. Lou Gehrig, Yankees (1936) -342
  11. Wade Boggs, Red Sox (1988) – 342
  12. Barry Bonds, Giants (2001) – 342

=Single game=

Three players have had 9 TOB in a single game:{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/tiny/icpRV|title=Batting Game Finder: From 1908 to 2018, (requiring TOB>=8), sorted by greatest TOB |publisher=Baseball Reference|accessdate=August 17, 2018}}

  • Max Carey, July 7, 1922 – six hits, three walks (18-inning game){{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1922/B07070PIT1922.htm |title=New York Giants 9, Pittsburgh Pirates 8 |website=Retrosheet |date=July 7, 1922 |accessdate=September 16, 2022}}
  • Johnny Burnett, July 10, 1932 – nine hits (18-inning game){{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1932/B07100CLE1932.htm |title=Philadelphia Athletics 18, Cleveland Indians 17 |website=Retrosheet |date=July 10, 1932 |accessdate=September 16, 2022}}
  • Stan Hack, August 9, 1942 – five hits, four walks (18-inning game){{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1942/B08091CIN1942.htm |title=Chicago Cubs 10, Cincinnati Reds 8 (1) |website=Retrosheet |date=August 9, 1942 |accessdate=September 16, 2022}}

Burnett's nine hits are the record for most hits in a single game in MLB history, albeit in extra innings.

See also

References

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External links

  • [https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/TOB_career.shtml All-time career leaders] from baseball-reference.com
  • [https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/TOB_season.shtml All-time single-season leaders] from baseball-reference.com

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