Editing Times on base

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[[File:Max Carey 1921.jpg|thumb|right|upright=.8|[[Max Carey]] 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 [[Batting (baseball)|batter]] has reached base as a result of a [[Hit (baseball)|hit]], [[base on balls]], or [[hit by pitch]]. This statistic does not include times reaching base by way of an [[Error (baseball)|error]], [[uncaught third strike]], [[Obstruction (baseball)|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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
# [[Pete Rose]] – 5929
# [[Barry Bonds]] – 5599
# [[Ty Cobb]] – 5532
# [[Rickey Henderson]] – 5343
# [[Carl Yastrzemski]] – 5304
# [[Stan Musial]] – 5282
# [[Hank Aaron]] – 5205
# [[Tris Speaker]] – 4998
# [[Babe Ruth]] – 4978
# [[Eddie Collins]] – 4891

===Single-season===
# [[Babe Ruth]], [[New York Yankees|Yankees]] (1923) – 379
# [[Barry Bonds]], [[San Francisco Giants|Giants]] (2004) – 376
# [[Ted Williams]], [[Boston Red Sox|Red Sox]] (1949) – 358
# [[Barry Bonds]], [[San Francisco Giants|Giants]] (2002) – 356
# [[Billy Hamilton (baseball, born 1866)|Billy Hamilton]], [[Philadelphia Phillies|Phillies]] (1894) – 355
# [[Babe Ruth]], [[New York Yankees|Yankees]] (1921) – 353
# [[Babe Ruth]], [[New York Yankees|Yankees]] (1924) – 346
# [[Ted Williams]], [[Boston Red Sox|Red Sox]] (1947) – 345
# Three players are tied for ninth:
## [[Lou Gehrig]], [[New York Yankees|Yankees]] (1936) -342
## [[Wade Boggs]], [[Boston Red Sox|Red Sox]] (1988) – 342
## [[Barry Bonds]], [[San Francisco Giants|Giants]] (2001) – 342

===Single game===
Three players have had 9 TOB in a single game:<ref>{{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}}</ref>
*[[Max Carey]], July 7, 1922 – six hits, three walks (18-inning game)<ref>{{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}}</ref>
*[[Johnny Burnett (baseball)|Johnny Burnett]], July 10, 1932 – nine hits (18-inning game)<ref>{{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}}</ref>
*[[Stan Hack]], August 9, 1942 – five hits, four walks (18-inning game)<ref>{{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}}</ref>

Burnett's nine hits are the record for [[List of Major League Baseball single-game hits leaders|most hits in a single game]] in MLB history, albeit in [[extra innings]].

==See also==
* [[On-base percentage]] (OBP), which is the ratio of TOB to the sum of [[at bat]]s, base on balls, hit by pitch, and [[sacrifice fly|sacrifice flies]]

==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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