most career games batting leadoff

Rickey Henderson has the most career games when leading off a game, with 2,875 games.

Interpreted as:
most career regular-season games by a player batting leadoff
NAMEGABH2B3BHRRBIBBHBPSOPATBXBHSHSFIBBAVGOBPSLGOPS
1Rickey Henderson
R. Henderson
2,875
2,462
680
117
17
81
81
394
19
408
2,875
1,074
215
0
0
0
.276
.380
.436
.816
2Brett Butler
B. Butler
1,844
1,637
473
55
22
8
8
202
5
174
1,844
596
85
0
0
0
.289
.369
.364
.733
3Ichiro Suzuki
I. Suzuki
1,822
1,750
544
80
16
37
37
65
7
182
1,822
767
133
0
0
0
.311
.338
.438
.776
4Kenny Lofton
K. Lofton
1,705
1,487
448
68
22
29
29
211
7
227
1,705
647
119
0
0
0
.301
.391
.435
.826
5Johnny Damon
J. Damon
1,575
1,422
388
62
13
27
27
147
6
201
1,575
557
102
0
0
0
.273
.343
.392
.735
6Paul Molitor
P. Molitor
1,570
1,451
423
78
19
33
33
111
8
188
1,570
638
130
0
0
0
.292
.345
.440
.785
7Craig Biggio
C. Biggio
1,560
1,407
400
106
9
53
53
114
39
233
1,560
683
168
0
0
0
.284
.354
.485
.840
8Jimmy Rollins
J. Rollins
1,507
1,438
386
91
10
46
46
65
4
179
1,507
635
147
0
0
0
.268
.302
.442
.744
9Jose Reyes
J. Reyes
1,445
1,359
393
75
16
26
26
86
0
181
1,445
578
117
0
0
0
.289
.331
.425
.757
10Juan Pierre
J. Pierre
1,439
1,349
420
46
15
4
4
74
16
88
1,439
508
65
0
0
0
.311
.354
.377
.731
11Tim Raines
T. Raines
1,398
1,252
361
60
26
16
16
137
9
146
1,398
521
102
0
0
0
.288
.363
.416
.779
12Rafael Furcal
R. Furcal
1,389
1,301
363
54
13
30
30
85
2
181
1,389
533
97
0
0
0
.279
.324
.410
.734
13Tony Phillips
T. Phillips
1,381
1,187
317
56
7
30
30
190
4
249
1,381
477
93
0
0
0
.267
.370
.402
.772
14Willie Wilson
W. Wilson
1,376
1,298
352
31
21
11
11
67
11
208
1,376
458
63
0
0
0
.271
.313
.353
.665
15Brady Anderson
B. Anderson
1,294
1,139
298
63
10
44
44
132
23
196
1,294
513
117
0
0
0
.262
.350
.450
.800
16Chuck Knoblauch
C. Knoblauch
1,289
1,127
309
51
9
31
31
139
23
152
1,289
471
91
0
0
0
.274
.365
.418
.783
17Vince Coleman
V. Coleman
1,275
1,149
303
42
20
5
5
118
8
232
1,275
400
67
0
0
0
.264
.336
.348
.685
18Eric Young
E. Young
1,242
1,097
296
59
14
20
20
128
17
112
1,242
443
93
0
0
0
.270
.355
.404
.759
19Shannon Stewart
S. Stewart
1,169
1,075
309
61
7
23
23
81
13
134
1,169
453
91
0
0
0
.287
.345
.421
.766
20Denard Span
D. Span
1,157
1,042
257
57
8
15
15
112
3
157
1,157
375
80
0
0
0
.247
.322
.360
.681
21Brian Roberts
B. Roberts
1,133
1,037
277
74
3
13
13
96
0
138
1,133
396
90
0
0
0
.267
.329
.382
.711
22Ian Kinsler
I. Kinsler
1,129
1,034
240
50
7
48
48
79
16
158
1,129
448
105
0
0
0
.232
.297
.433
.730
23Steve Sax
S. Sax
1,101
1,027
268
35
6
12
12
71
3
89
1,101
351
53
0
0
0
.261
.311
.342
.652
24George Springer
G. Springer
1,097
988
282
40
4
65
65
92
14
229
1,097
525
109
0
0
0
.285
.355
.531
.886
25Pete Rose
P. Rose
1,097
1,001
285
56
3
5
5
87
9
60
1,097
362
64
0
0
0
.285
.347
.362
.709
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