Baseball records that will never be broken, including Cal's Iron Man Streak

Baseball records that will never be broken, including Cal’s Iron Man Streak and more

By Ryan Morik | May 25, 2020

BALTIMORE, MD - SEPTEMBER 7: Cal Ripken Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles raises his arms to ackownledge the fans as he takes a victory lap around Camden Yards in Baltimore 06 September after setting the record of 2,131 consecutive games played. Ripken broke the record set by Lou Gehrig, and the Orioles defeated the Angels 4-2. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read J. DAVID AKE/AFP via Getty Images) /

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CHICAGO, IL – JULY 31: Barry Bonds #25 of the San Francisco Giants draws an intentional walk during a game against the Chicago Cubs on July 31, 2003 at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images) /

Unbreakable baseball records: Barry Bonds’ walk totals

I will not accept Barry Bonds slander from people who hit .250 on JV. Just stop. Steroids or not, Bonds was the most feared hitter in the league, and even if he cheated, his numbers are so damn impressive.

If you want to go further in depth on this record, check out more here. But I’ll keep it short and sweet.

Bonds has the three highest single-season walk totals in baseball history (232 in 2004, 198 in 2002, and 177 in 2001). Since 2005, no one has walked more than 144 times.

Bonds was intentionally walked 688 times in his career. That is more than the entire Tampa Bay Rays franchise (614), and more than double Albert Pujols’ 311 intentional walks in his career.

Bonds was also intentionally walked 120 times in 2004. If that number were its own person, it would’ve been the fifth-most walks in the league that year. That number almost double his previous MLB record of 68 from 2002. For the record, only eight players have been intentionally walked more than 120 times from 2005 to today.

The most intentional walks in a season since 2005 is Pujols’ 44 in 2009. The second-most? Bonds’ 43 in 2007, his final year. Since the league literally started telling people to just go to first base in 2017, rather than throw four meaningless pitches, the most intentional walks in a season is 25, by Mike Trout.

No hitter in the history of baseball will ever be feared as much as Barry Bonds.

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