Four Intentional Walks Issued
There have been 89 four-intentional-walk games since 1897, measured across 223,559 games, an average of one occurrence every 2,511 games. The most recent was David Herndon on 4 September 2011; the first was Ed Appleton on 11 June 1915.
Four intentional walks by one pitcher.
Much rarer now: 2 since 2000, one every 32,028 games, against one every 2,511 across the whole record.
89recorded occurrences
1 in 2,511games · 1897+
1915first · Ed Appleton
2011-09-04most recent · David Herndon
12y 2mlongest drought · 1998-04-10 to 2010-07-04
By decade
Recorded occurrences in each decade within this page’s coverage.
Done it most
Every occurrence (89 of them)
| Date | Player | # | Game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-09-04 | 89 | ↗ | ||
| 2010-07-04 | GMGuillermo Mota | 88 | ↗ | |
| 1998-04-10 | DMDave Mlicki | 87 | ↗ | |
| 1991-06-06 | GAGerald Alexander | 86 | ↗ | |
| 1984-07-15 | BCBill Campbell | 85 | ↗ | |
| 1981-08-30 | 84 | ↗ | ||
| 1980-08-21 | DKDennis Kinney | 83 | ↗ | |
| 1980-06-03 | 82 | ↗ | ||
| 1980-05-17 | MTMike Torrez | 81 | ↗ | |
| 1979-05-17 | GHGuillermo Hernandez | 80 | ↗ | |
| 1978-06-16 | 79 | ↗ | ||
| 1977-06-12 | 78 | ↗ | ||
| 1976-09-17 | DKDon Kirkwood | 77 | ↗ | |
| 1976-07-28 | DKDon Kirkwood | 76 | ↗ | |
| 1976-06-27 | TMTom Murphy | 75 | ↗ | |
| 1975-07-19 | LMLynn McGlothen | 74 | ↗ | |
| 1975-06-25 | DGDave Giusti | 73 | ↗ | |
| 1974-08-09 | JHJohn Hiller | 72 | ↗ | |
| 1973-09-17 | RMRudy May | 71 | ↗ | |
| 1972-05-11 | MCMike Caldwell | 70 | ↗ | |
| 1970-09-02 | 69 | ↗ | ||
| 1970-04-24 | 68 | ↗ | ||
| 1969-04-15 | 67 | ↗ | ||
| 1968-07-12 | 66 | ↗ | ||
| 1967-09-16 | RPRon Perranoski | 65 | ↗ | |
| 1967-09-08 | RWRon Willis | 64 | ↗ | |
| 1967-07-19 | MMMike McCormick | 63 | ↗ | |
| 1967-04-22 | TPTony Pierce | 62 | ↗ | |
| 1965-06-11 | DGDave Giusti | 61 | ↗ | |
| 1962-09-04 | DDDick Donovan | 60 | ↗ | |
| 1962-08-14 | 59 | ↗ | ||
| 1962-07-07 | BSBob Shaw | 58 | ↗ | |
| 1962-04-28 | EFEarl Francis | 57 | ↗ | |
| 1960-04-28 | LSLarry Sherry | 56 | ↗ | |
| 1958-08-31 | RKRon Kline | 55 | ↗ | |
| 1957-09-10 | 54 | ↗ | ||
| 1957-07-30 | RGRuben Gomez | 53 | ↗ | |
| 1957-05-22 | 52 | ↗ | ||
| 1957-05-15 | AWAl Worthington | 51 | ↗ | |
| 1957-04-23 | HJHal Jeffcoat | 50 | ↗ | |
| 1956-09-09 | HFHersh Freeman | 49 | ↗ | |
| 1956-05-02 | JBJim Brosnan | 48 | ↗ | |
| 1955-08-25 | PMPaul Minner | 47 | ↗ | |
| 1954-09-22 | JHJack Harshman | 46 | ↗ | |
| 1954-08-26 | HWHerm Wehmeier | 45 | ↗ | |
| 1954-06-20 | RGRuben Gomez | 44 | ↗ | |
| 1954-06-09 | 43 | ↗ | ||
| 1953-09-20 | BSBunky Stewart | 42 | ↗ | |
| 1953-05-27 | DMDave Madison | 41 | ↗ | |
| 1952-09-20 | 40 | ↗ | ||
| 1952-07-01 | 39 | ↗ | ||
| 1951-09-07 | BRBob Rush | 38 | ↗ | |
| 1951-05-05 | JKJim Konstanty | 37 | ↗ | |
| 1950-08-17 | CFCliff Fannin | 36 | ↗ | |
| 1950-07-16 | SMSal Maglie | 35 | ↗ | |
| 1948-07-21 | ESElmer Singleton | 34 | ↗ | |
| 1947-05-09 | CFCliff Fannin | 33 | ↗ | |
| 1946-07-14 | MDMurry Dickson | 32 | ↗ | |
| 1945-06-18 | AAAce Adams | 31 | ↗ | |
| 1945-05-20 | JBJim Bagby | 30 | ↗ | |
| 1945-04-18 | NANate Andrews | 29 | ↗ | |
| 1944-09-19 | DGDenny Galehouse | 28 | ↗ | |
| 1944-06-15 | HGHal Gregg | 27 | ↗ | |
| 1943-09-18 | GCGeorge Caster | 26 | ↗ | |
| 1941-08-07 | 25 | ↗ | ||
| 1941-06-17 | BLBill Lee | 24 | ↗ | |
| 1941-05-03 | JMJohnny Murphy | 23 | ↗ | |
| 1940-07-05 | HCHugh Casey | 22 | ↗ | |
| 1937-09-10 | 21 | ↗ | ||
| 1934-07-01 | MGMilt Gaston | 20 | ↗ | |
| 1934-06-16 | AHArt Herring | 19 | ↗ | |
| 1933-08-21 | 18 | ↗ | ||
| 1932-07-23 | WMWilcy Moore | 17 | ↗ | |
| 1931-09-22 | PCPhil Collins | 16 | ↗ | |
| 1931-09-17 | STSloppy Thurston | 15 | ↗ | |
| 1929-05-01 | CRCharlie Root | 14 | ↗ | |
| 1928-09-08 | 13 | ↗ | ||
| 1927-09-03 | DMDanny MacFayden | 12 | ↗ | |
| 1924-07-08 | HCHal Carlson | 11 | ↗ | |
| 1923-08-26 | TZTom Zachary | 10 | ↗ | |
| 1923-05-22 | MCMike Cvengros | 9 | ↗ | |
| 1922-06-27 | CMCliff Markle | 8 | ↗ | |
| 1920-07-12 | DFDana Fillingim | 7 | ↗ | |
| 1918-07-17 | DRDick Robertson | 6 | ↗ | |
| 1917-08-17 | BBBullet Joe Bush | 5 | ↗ | |
| 1915-10-02 | GDGene Dale | 4 | ↗ | |
| 1915-09-18 | GDGene Dale | 3 | ↗ | |
| 1915-06-17 | JPJeff Pfeffer | 2 | ↗ | |
| 1915-06-11 | EAEd Appleton | 1 | ↗ |