Inbaseball statistics, the termtimes on base (TOB), is the cumulative total number of times abatter has reached base as a result of ahit,base on balls, orhit by pitch. This statistic does not include times reaching base by way of anerror,uncaught third strike,fielder's obstruction or afielder's choice, making the statistic somewhat of amisnomer.

As of the end of the 2025 season, the following are the top 10 players in career times on base.^[1]

1. Pete Rose – 5929
2. Barry Bonds – 5599
3. Ty Cobb – 5532
4. Rickey Henderson – 5343
5. Carl Yastrzemski – 5304
6. Stan Musial – 5282
7. Hank Aaron – 5205
8. Tris Speaker – 4998
9. Babe Ruth – 4978
10. Eddie Collins – 4891

As of the end of the 2025 season, the following are the top 10 players in single-season times on base.^[2]

1. Babe Ruth,New York Yankees (1923) – 379
2. Barry Bonds,San Francisco Giants (2004) – 376
3. Billy Hamilton,Philadelphia Phillies (1894) – 362
4. Ted Williams,Boston Red Sox (1949) – 358
5. Barry Bonds, San Francisco Giants (2002) – 356
6. Babe Ruth, New York Yankees (1921) – 353
7. Babe Ruth, New York Yankees (1924) – 346
8. Ted Williams, Boston Red Sox (1947) – 345
9. Three players are tied for ninth:
   • Lou Gehrig, New York Yankees (1936) – 342
   • Wade Boggs, Boston Red Sox (1988) – 342
   • Barry Bonds, San Francisco Giants (2001) – 342

Four players have had 9 TOB in a single game:^[3]

• Max Carey,Pittsburgh Pirates, July 7, 1922 – six hits and three walks (18-inning game)^[4]
• Johnny Burnett,Cleveland Indians, July 10, 1932 – nine hits (18-inning game)^[5]
• Stan Hack,Chicago Cubs, August 9, 1942 – five hits and four walks (18-inning game)^[6]
• Shohei Ohtani,Los Angeles Dodgers, October 27, 2025 (2025 World Series game 3) – four hits and five walks, including four intentional walks (18-inning game)^[7]

Burnett's nine hits are the record formost hits in a single game in MLB history, albeit inextra innings. Ohtani's nine times on base is a postseason record.

• On-base percentage (OBP), which is the ratio of TOB to the sum ofat bats, base on balls, hit by pitch, andsacrifice flies

• All-time career leaders from baseball-reference.com
• All-time single-season leaders from baseball-reference.com

• Batting statistics
• Baseball terminology

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• Use mdy dates from June 2013