most career home runs in a season by a leadoff hitter

Shohei Ohtani has launched the most homers when batting 1st in a season, with 51 homers in 2025.

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Data note: Home Runs: player game data complete from 1901
Data note: Data: Retrosheet

	NAME	HR	SEASON	TM	BAT ORDER	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	51	2025	LAD	1	148	570	139	162	24	9	93	103	3	168	20	6	678	357	84	0	2	19	9	.284	.395	.626	1.022
2	Ronald Acuña Jr. R. Acuña Jr.	41	2023	ATL	1	159	643	149	217	35	4	106	80	9	84	73	14	735	383	80	0	3	3	15	.337	.416	.596	1.012
3	Mookie Betts M. Betts	39	2023	LAD	1	151	582	126	178	40	1	107	96	8	107	14	3	691	337	80	0	5	3	5	.306	.408	.579	.987
4	George Springer G. Springer	39	2019	HOU	1	119	475	96	140	20	3	96	66	6	113	5	2	551	283	62	0	4	1	11	.295	.385	.596	.981
5	Alfonso Soriano A. Soriano	39	2006	WSH	1	131	541	102	159	38	2	81	58	7	130	38	16	610	318	79	2	2	14	2	.294	.368	.588	.956
6	Pete Crow-Armstrong P. Crow-Armstrong	38	2026	CHC	1	107	427	91	128	26	6	83	65	7	131	29	3	503	280	70	0	4	6	0	.300	.398	.656	1.053
7	Kyle Schwarber K. Schwarber	38	2024	PHI	1	149	572	110	142	22	0	104	106	5	196	5	3	691	278	60	0	8	4	6	.248	.366	.486	.852
8	Kyle Schwarber K. Schwarber	38	2022	PHI	1	123	476	83	104	17	3	77	67	2	164	9	1	546	241	58	0	1	1	7	.218	.317	.506	.823
9	Alfonso Soriano A. Soriano	38	2002	NYY	1	150	679	124	201	49	2	99	23	14	154	39	12	724	368	89	1	7	1	8	.296	.329	.542	.871
10	Francisco Lindor F. Lindor	37	2018	CLE	1	153	642	122	176	41	2	90	65	8	104	23	10	720	332	80	3	2	6	5	.274	.347	.517	.864
11	Charlie Blackmon C. Blackmon	37	2017	COL	1	156	636	137	209	35	14	103	64	10	134	13	9	716	383	86	3	3	9	4	.329	.397	.602	.999
12	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	35	2024	LAD	1	90	362	81	111	20	5	84	49	4	98	44	3	418	246	60	0	3	9	1	.307	.392	.680	1.072
13	Mookie Betts M. Betts	35	2022	LAD	1	138	569	117	153	40	3	81	55	8	102	12	2	636	304	78	0	4	0	8	.269	.340	.534	.874
14	Alfonso Soriano A. Soriano	35	2003	NYY	1	142	627	104	184	35	5	85	37	10	121	32	7	675	334	75	0	1	6	8	.293	.342	.533	.875
15	Brady Anderson B. Anderson	35	1996	BAL	1	102	402	87	117	26	2	69	59	18	71	17	5	485	252	63	2	4	1	6	.291	.402	.627	1.029
16	Bobby Bonds B. Bonds	35	1973	SFG	1	139	568	119	161	32	3	83	80	3	130	42	17	653	304	70	0	2	7	7	.283	.374	.535	.909
17	Kyle Schwarber K. Schwarber	34	2023	PHI	1	108	410	80	84	14	1	77	86	3	152	0	2	502	202	49	0	3	3	3	.205	.345	.493	.837
18	Ronald Acuña Jr. R. Acuña Jr.	34	2019	ATL	1	118	492	106	138	18	1	78	58	7	153	35	9	557	260	53	0	0	3	5	.280	.364	.528	.893
19	Brian Dozier B. Dozier	34	2017	MIN	1	151	616	106	167	30	4	93	78	8	141	16	7	704	307	68	0	2	6	11	.271	.359	.498	.858
20	George Springer G. Springer	34	2017	HOU	1	137	545	112	155	29	0	84	64	11	111	5	7	623	286	63	0	3	1	11	.284	.369	.525	.894
21	Joc Pederson J. Pederson	33	2019	LAD	1	107	384	76	96	13	2	64	43	12	93	1	1	441	212	48	0	2	0	4	.250	.342	.552	.894
22	Grady Sizemore G. Sizemore	33	2008	CLE	1	157	634	101	170	39	5	90	98	11	130	38	5	745	318	77	0	2	14	5	.268	.374	.502	.876
23	Alfonso Soriano A. Soriano	33	2007	CHC	1	125	542	92	167	40	4	69	28	4	121	18	6	577	314	77	0	3	4	8	.308	.345	.579	.924
24	Francisco Lindor F. Lindor	32	2019	CLE	1	141	596	101	170	40	2	73	46	3	97	22	5	651	310	74	1	5	9	13	.285	.337	.520	.857
25	Max Kepler M. Kepler	32	2019	MIN	1	105	437	87	109	28	0	74	50	6	87	1	4	496	233	60	0	3	0	5	.249	.333	.533	.866

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