August 7, 2024

Walk Man

With two out in the bottom of the eighth inning, none on, in game one of the doubleheader between the Angels and the Yankess, LAnaheim manager Ron Washing issued an intentional walk to Aaron Judge. Here’s the data since 1974 on what base situations lead to an intentional walk:

Base SituationIntentional Walks
000140
001134
01027655
011233
1007818
1011587
11020893
1113
1974 through August 6, 2024

The base situation corresponds to the three bases from the catcher’s perspective, with third base on the left and first base on the right. A one indicates the base was occupied.

So the IBB with the bases empty is on par with a man on first, but Judge’s recent collection of bases empty walks brought that situation a little farther ahead.

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