Player stats

Batting Walk Percentage 2018

The percentage of plate appearances ending in a walk, including intentional walks.

Season

Minimum workload: 3.1 plate appearances per game, rounded to the nearest whole appearance. Completed seasons use the league's scheduled regular-season game count; seasons in progress use team games played. Batting-title exceptions are not applied. Data through December 31, 2018. Data refreshed Mar 13, 2026, 3:40 AM UTC.

No. 1 / Batting Walk Percentage / 2018

Mike Trout

LAA

20.1%

Season leader

Batting Walk Percentage2018 season
#	Player	Team	PA	AB	BB%
1	M. TroutMike Trout	LAA	608	471	20.1%
2	B. HarperBryce Harper	WSH	695	550	18.7%
3	J. VottoJoey Votto	CIN	623	503	17.3%
4	C. SantanaCarlos Santana	PHI	679	560	16.2%
5	A. HicksAaron Hicks	NYY	581	480	15.5%
6	K. SchwarberKyle Schwarber	CHC	510	428	15.3%
7	J. RamírezJosé Ramírez	CLE	698	578	15.2%
8	M. CarpenterMatt Carpenter	STL	677	564	15.1%
9	B. NimmoBrandon Nimmo	NYM	535	433	15.0%
10	J. SmoakJustin Smoak	TOR	594	505	14.0%
11	A. McCutchenAndrew McCutchen	NYY	682	569	13.9%
12	Y. GrandalYasmani Grandal	LAD	518	440	13.9%
13	S. ChooShin-Soo Choo	TEX	665	560	13.8%
14	A. BregmanAlex Bregman	HOU	705	594	13.6%
15	C. HernándezCésar Hernández	PHI	708	605	13.4%
16	T. ShawTravis Shaw	MIL	587	498	13.3%
17	J. BellJosh Bell	PIT	583	501	13.2%
18	M. BettsMookie Betts	BOS	614	520	13.2%
19	R. HoskinsRhys Hoskins	PHI	660	558	13.2%
20	M. ConfortoMichael Conforto	NYM	638	543	13.2%
21	P. GoldschmidtPaul Goldschmidt	AZ	690	593	13.0%
22	J. GalloJoey Gallo	TEX	577	500	12.8%
23	T. PhamTommy Pham	TB	570	494	11.8%
24	M. KeplerMax Kepler	MIN	611	532	11.6%
25	J. LowrieJed Lowrie	OAK	680	596	11.5%
26	L. CainLorenzo Cain	MIL	620	539	11.5%
27	G. PolancoGregory Polanco	PIT	535	461	11.4%
28	B. DozierBrian Dozier	LAD	632	553	11.1%
29	C. BellingerCody Bellinger	LAD	632	557	10.9%
30	E. EncarnaciónEdwin Encarnación	CLE	579	500	10.9%
31	N. ArenadoNolan Arenado	COL	673	590	10.8%
32	F. FreemanFreddie Freeman	ATL	707	618	10.7%
33	A. BenintendiAndrew Benintendi	BOS	661	579	10.7%
34	B. GardnerBrett Gardner	NYY	609	530	10.7%
35	J. CandelarioJeimer Candelario	DET	619	539	10.7%
36	J. MartinezJ.D. Martinez	BOS	649	569	10.6%
37	M. OlsonMatt Olson	OAK	660	580	10.6%
38	B. ZobristBen Zobrist	CHC	520	455	10.6%
39	E. SuárezEugenio Suárez	CIN	606	527	10.6%
40	A. RizzoAnthony Rizzo	CHC	665	566	10.5%
41	C. YelichChristian Yelich	MIL	651	574	10.4%
42	J. UptonJustin Upton	LAA	613	533	10.4%
43	T. BarnhartTucker Barnhart	CIN	522	460	10.3%
44	G. SpringerGeorge Springer	HOU	620	544	10.3%
45	Y. MoncadaYoán Moncada	CWS	650	578	10.3%
46	M. HanigerMitch Haniger	SEA	683	596	10.2%
47	J. AguilarJesús Aguilar	MIL	566	492	10.2%
48	N. MarkakisNick Markakis	ATL	705	623	10.2%
49	J. KipnisJason Kipnis	CLE	601	530	10.0%
50	G. StantonGiancarlo Stanton	NYY	705	617	9.9%

BB%: The percentage of plate appearances ending in a walk, including intentional walks.

Understanding Batting Walk Percentage

The percentage of plate appearances ending in a walk, including intentional walks.

Formula: 100 × BB ÷ PA

Read rates alongside playing time. A small sample can produce an extreme result, and a missing value is different from zero.

Season rankings use regular-season records. A player has one combined row across teams; the team label identifies the associated team, not a separate team stint.

Source: MLB statistics and MLBDB derived measures. Formulas describe the measure above. Data refreshed Mar 13, 2026, 3:40 AM UTC.