2026 AL Walks Allowed Leaders

Bases on balls issued

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Joey Cantillo led the AL in walks allowed in 2026 with 81, 3 ahead of Dylan Cease (78).

Season

League

ERA W SO SV WHIP IP K/9 BB/9 K/BB SHO CG GS G L BB W-L%

Led the AL in 2026 Joey Cantillo Cleveland Guardians

81 Walks Allowed 3 clear of Dylan Cease

The 2026 Walks Allowed race

How it was won

Each line is a season total on every night that player was in the top ten, from March 25 to September 27.

Showing Walks Allowed and the stats that give it context Full stat line

#	Player	Team	BB	W	L	ERA	IP
1	Joey Cantillo	CLE	81	11	9	3.62	159.0
2	Dylan Cease	TOR	78	11	6	2.40	169.0
3	Taj Bradley	MIN	76	12	6	3.73	178.1
4	José Soriano	LAA +1	73	12	8	3.91	177.1
5	MacKenzie Gore	TEX	71	8	11	4.58	173.0
6	Kyle Bradish	BAL	70	7	14	4.12	155.0
7	Walbert Ureña	LAA	68	9	11	2.97	148.1
8	Framber Valdez	DET	67	10	12	4.03	174.0
9	Spencer Arrighetti	HOU +1	64	9	9	4.96	110.2
10	Shane Baz	BAL	63	6	15	4.11	179.2
11	Sean Burke	CHA	62	11	7	3.34	172.1
12	Gavin Williams	CLE	61	14	8	3.76	184.1
13	Kumar Rocker	TEX	61	6	11	4.38	148.0
14	Brandon Young	BAL	61	9	6	3.56	156.2
15	Peter Lambert	HOU	59	8	10	3.82	155.2
16	Noah Cameron	KCA	58	9	8	4.11	177.1
17	Jacob Lopez	ATH	58	7	5	5.47	123.1
18	Jeffrey Springs	ATH	57	4	14	6.18	142.2
19	J. T. Ginn	ATH	57	9	8	3.71	138.1
20	Anthony Kay	CHA	56	10	9	4.44	158.0
21	Tanner Bibee	CLE	55	7	15	4.36	188.0
22	Hunter Brown	HOU	55	6	4	3.19	107.1
23	Seth Lugo	KCA	54	7	9	5.17	172.1
24	Michael Wacha	KCA	54	9	10	3.32	200.2
25	Will Warren	NYA	54	11	6	3.92	156.0
26	Erick Fedde	CHA	52	8	9	3.83	141.0
27	Jack Perkins	ATH	51	3	13	6.10	121.0
28	Tatsuya Imai	HOU	51	6	4	4.93	76.2
29	Cam Schlittler	NYA	49	14	6	1.95	193.2
30	Logan Gilbert	SEA	49	12	11	3.73	186.0
31	Parker Messick	CLE	49	12	9	2.56	186.1
32	Reid Detmers	LAA	48	7	8	3.36	185.0
33	Kevin Gausman	TOR +1	47	9	12	4.51	177.2
34	George Kirby	SEA	47	9	11	4.33	174.2
35	Trey Yesavage	TOR	47	5	6	3.69	97.2
36	Jacob deGrom	TEX	46	11	11	4.20	162.2
37	Sonny Gray	BOS	46	18	5	2.72	169.0
38	Davis Martin	CHA	46	9	8	3.95	146.0
39	Ranger Suarez	BOS	46	8	5	3.22	148.1
40	Gage Jump	ATH	46	6	11	5.47	98.2
41	Braydon Fisher	TOR	44	3	4	3.21	75.2
42	Luis Castillo	SEA +1	44	4	11	5.85	130.2
43	Connor Prielipp	MIN	44	6	7	4.87	125.2
44	Drew Anderson	DET	43	5	7	3.67	108.0
45	Ryan Johnson	LAA	43	5	9	5.04	100.0
46	Grayson Rodriguez	LAA	43	5	8	6.02	98.2
47	Hogan Harris	ATH	42	4	2	3.33	70.1
48	AJ Blubaugh	HOU	42	5	3	3.66	96.0
49	Luinder Avila	KCA	42	5	4	5.53	70.0
50	Jack Flaherty	DET	42	3	8	4.48	88.1