MLB: 30 amazing records that will never be broken

The most unbreakable records in MLB history: 2,558 Walks in his career

For a pitcher, there was simply nothing scarier than Barry Bonds walking up to the plate during a close ball game. Their normally bare forehead immediately began sweating profusely as the images of Bonds landing a crushing homer flashed through their minds. And, more times than not, their worst fears would come to reality.

To put an end to Bonds and his home run hitting ways, he found himself walked…a lot.

Bonds and his 2,558 career walks are 350 more than second-place Rickey Henderson and his 2,190. While that may seem close, Henderson still poses no threat as he hasn’t stepped into the batter’s box in almost two decades.

In terms of whose his closest active competition, Bonds is somewhere laughing. Albert Pujols, who’s currently in his early 40s, doesn’t even crack the top 30, as he has just over 1,300 walks in his career.

The fear that Bonds placed in pitchers and managers was so ridiculous that the unthinkable happened. With the San Francisco Giants down by two, with two outs in the bottom of the ninth in 1998, the Arizona Cardinals intentionally walked him and allowed a run to score. Yup, that’s how scary he was.