Player stats

Batting Walk Percentage 2020

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, 2020. Data refreshed Mar 13, 2026, 3:29 AM UTC.

No. 1 / Batting Walk Percentage / 2020

Juan Soto

WSH

20.9%

Season leader

Batting Walk Percentage2020 season
#	Player	Team	PA	AB	BB%
1	J. SotoJuan Soto	WSH	196	154	20.9%
2	B. HarperBryce Harper	PHI	244	190	20.1%
3	A. HicksAaron Hicks	NYY	211	169	19.4%
4	R. Acuña Jr.Ronald Acuña Jr.	ATL	202	160	18.8%
5	C. YelichChristian Yelich	MIL	247	200	18.6%
6	C. SantanaCarlos Santana	CLE	255	206	18.4%
7	F. FreemanFreddie Freeman	ATL	262	214	17.2%
8	J. VottoJoey Votto	CIN	223	186	16.6%
9	A. RendonAnthony Rendon	LAA	232	189	16.4%
10	P. GoldschmidtPaul Goldschmidt	STL	231	191	16.0%
11	M. MuncyMax Muncy	LAD	248	203	15.7%
12	C. BiggioCavan Biggio	TOR	265	220	15.5%
13	Y. GrandalYasmani Grandal	CWS	194	161	15.5%
14	M. CanhaMark Canha	OAK	243	191	15.2%
15	B. NimmoBrandon Nimmo	NYM	225	186	14.7%
16	M. TroutMike Trout	LAA	241	199	14.5%
17	H. DozierHunter Dozier	KC	186	158	14.5%
18	M. OzunaMarcell Ozuna	ATL	267	228	14.2%
19	K. LewisKyle Lewis	SEA	242	206	14.0%
20	M. OlsonMatt Olson	OAK	245	210	13.9%
21	J. DavisJ.D. Davis	NYM	229	190	13.5%
22	K. SchwarberKyle Schwarber	CHC	224	191	13.4%
23	M. YastrzemskiMike Yastrzemski	SF	225	192	13.3%
24	I. HappIan Happ	CHC	231	198	13.0%
25	E. SuárezEugenio Suárez	CIN	231	198	13.0%
26	K. SeagerKyle Seager	SEA	248	203	12.9%
27	J. GalloJoey Gallo	TEX	226	193	12.8%
28	C. BellingerCody Bellinger	LAD	243	213	12.3%
29	T. GrishamTrent Grisham	SD	252	215	12.3%
30	K. CalhounKole Calhoun	AZ	228	190	12.3%
31	J. RamírezJosé Ramírez	CLE	254	219	12.2%
32	C. TaylorChris Taylor	LAD	214	185	12.1%
33	Y. MoncadaYoán Moncada	CWS	231	200	12.1%
34	T. La StellaTommy La Stella	OAK	228	196	11.8%
35	N. CruzNelson Cruz	MIN	214	185	11.7%
36	A. RizzoAnthony Rizzo	CHC	243	203	11.5%
37	M. KeplerMax Kepler	MIN	196	171	11.2%
38	B. LoweBrandon Lowe	TB	224	193	11.2%
39	R. GrossmanRobbie Grossman	OAK	192	166	10.9%
40	G. SpringerGeorge Springer	HOU	222	189	10.8%
41	R. LaureanoRamón Laureano	OAK	222	183	10.8%
42	J. AguilarJesús Aguilar	MIA	216	188	10.6%
43	J. Bradley Jr.Jackie Bradley Jr.	BOS	217	191	10.6%
44	J. SeguraJean Segura	PHI	217	192	10.6%
45	M. SemienMarcus Semien	OAK	236	211	10.6%
46	F. Tatis Jr.Fernando Tatis Jr.	SD	257	224	10.5%
47	M. CabreraMiguel Cabrera	DET	231	204	10.4%
48	M. ConfortoMichael Conforto	NYM	233	202	10.3%
49	M. MachadoManny Machado	SD	254	224	10.2%
50	B. ReynoldsBryan Reynolds	PIT	208	185	10.1%

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, 3:29 AM UTC.