most games as a designated hitter hitter 2001

Tony Batista had the most games by a designated hitter in 2001, with 156 games.

	NAME	G	SEASON	TM	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Tony Batista T. Batista	156	2001	TOT	579	70	138	27	6	25	87	32	4	113	5	2	622	252	58	0	7	1	9	.238	.280	.435	.715	64	-12.7	.303	83	-13.1
2	Brad Fullmer B. Fullmer	146	2001	TOR	522	71	143	31	2	18	83	38	6	88	5	2	573	232	51	0	7	8	13	.274	.326	.444	.771	71	-0.4	.326	96	-2.9
3	Manny Ramirez M. Ramirez	142	2001	BOS	529	93	162	33	2	41	125	81	8	147	0	1	620	322	76	0	2	25	9	.306	.405	.609	1.014	123	46.1	.415	155	43.3
4	Greg Vaughn G. Vaughn	136	2001	TBD	485	74	113	25	0	24	82	71	3	130	11	5	562	210	49	0	3	7	10	.233	.333	.433	.766	71	0.9	.329	100	-0.2
5	Edgar Martinez E. Martinez	132	2001	SEA	470	80	144	40	1	23	116	93	9	90	4	1	581	255	64	0	9	9	11	.306	.423	.543	.966	112	39.8	.408	157	41.6
6	Ellis Burks E. Burks	124	2001	CLE	439	83	123	29	1	28	74	62	5	85	5	1	515	238	58	0	9	2	16	.280	.369	.542	.911	88	24.5	.383	136	23.4
7	Jeremy Giambi J. Giambi	124	2001	OAK	371	64	105	26	0	12	57	63	4	83	0	1	443	167	38	3	2	1	13	.283	.391	.450	.841	71	15.7	.369	129	16
8	Andres Galarraga A. Galarraga	121	2001	TOT	399	50	102	28	1	17	69	31	12	117	1	3	445	183	46	0	3	2	12	.256	.326	.459	.784	59	3.4	.336	101	0.9
9	David Justice D. Justice	111	2001	NYY	381	58	92	16	1	18	51	54	0	83	1	2	439	164	35	0	4	5	6	.241	.333	.430	.763	55	0.1	.328	101	0.4
10	Dante Bichette D. Bichette	107	2001	BOS	391	45	112	30	1	12	49	20	3	76	2	2	415	180	43	0	1	1	13	.286	.325	.460	.786	55	3.3	.337	103	1.5
11	Olmedo Saenz O. Saenz	106	2001	OAK	305	33	67	21	1	9	32	19	13	64	0	1	341	117	31	1	3	1	9	.220	.291	.384	.675	33	-9.6	.294	78	-9.4
12	Raul Ibanez R. Ibanez	104	2001	KCR	279	44	78	11	5	13	54	32	0	51	0	2	312	138	29	0	1	2	6	.280	.353	.495	.847	48	8.8	.361	114	5.5
13	Ruben Sierra R. Sierra	94	2001	TEX	344	55	100	22	1	23	67	19	0	52	2	0	369	193	46	0	6	0	13	.291	.322	.561	.884	58	12.7	.368	121	9.7
14	David Ortiz D. Ortiz	89	2001	MIN	303	46	71	17	1	18	48	40	1	68	1	0	347	144	36	1	2	8	6	.234	.324	.475	.799	45	1.8	.333	101	0.2
15	Shawn Wooten S. Wooten	79	2001	ANA	221	24	69	8	1	8	32	5	3	42	2	0	232	103	17	0	3	0	5	.312	.332	.466	.798	32	2.8	.341	109	2.6
16	Jose Canseco J. Canseco	76	2001	CWS	256	46	66	8	0	16	49	45	1	75	2	1	306	122	24	0	4	1	4	.258	.366	.477	.843	47	9.2	.363	121	8.2
17	Tony Fernandez T. Fernandez	76	2001	TOT	123	11	36	4	0	2	15	8	1	17	1	3	134	46	6	1	1	0	3	.293	.338	.374	.712	15	-1.4	.315	88	-2.1
18	Chad Allen C. Allen	57	2001	MIN	175	20	46	13	2	4	20	19	0	37	1	2	195	75	19	0	1	1	7	.263	.333	.429	.762	24	0.3	.329	98	-0.6
19	Dean Palmer D. Palmer	57	2001	DET	216	34	48	11	0	11	40	27	3	59	4	1	246	92	22	0	0	0	3	.222	.317	.426	.743	30	-0.6	.324	99	-0.2
20	Harold Baines H. Baines	32	2001	CWS	84	3	11	1	0	0	6	8	0	16	0	0	94	12	1	0	2	0	2	.131	.202	.143	.345	-1	-12.7	.167	-10	-13
21	Quinton McCracken Q. McCracken	24	2001	MIN	64	7	14	2	2	0	3	5	0	13	0	1	70	20	4	1	0	0	2	.219	.275	.313	.588	5	-3.9	.261	52	-4.2
22	Frank Thomas F. Thomas	20	2001	CWS	68	8	15	3	0	4	10	10	0	12	0	0	79	30	7	0	1	2	0	.221	.316	.441	.758	9	-0.7	.317	90	-1
23	Glenallen Hill G. Hill	16	2001	ANA	66	4	9	0	0	1	2	0	0	20	0	0	66	12	1	0	0	0	3	.136	.136	.182	.318	-2	-10.6	.138	-28	-10.6
24	Matthew LeCroy M. LeCroy	15	2001	MIN	40	6	17	5	0	3	12	0	1	8	0	1	42	31	8	0	1	0	0	.425	.429	.775	1.204	11	6	.497	210	5.8
25	Jose Fernandez J. Fernandez	13	2001	ANA	25	1	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	10	0	1	27	3	1	0	0	0	0	.080	.148	.120	.268	-1	-4.5	.131	-32	-4.5

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RBI Leaders

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.318

Alvarez

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Arraez

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Hit Leaders

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Lopez

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Run Leaders

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Wood

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OBP Leaders

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.396

Kurtz

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SLG Leaders

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Alvarez

.558

Ohtani

.555

Crow-Armstrong

SB Leaders

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Nuñez

35

Simpson

33

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Strikeout Leaders

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Misiorowski

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Cease

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Williams

ERA Leaders

1.75

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2.16

Sale

2.19

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WHIP Leaders

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K/9 Leaders

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Cease

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K/BB Leaders

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1,262

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MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	74	52	.587
Phillies	69	58	.543	5.5
Marlins	64	63	.504	10.5
Nationals	60	67	.472	14.5
Mets	57	70	.449	17.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	78	48	.619
Cubs	74	53	.583	4.5
Cardinals	65	62	.512	13.5
Pirates	62	66	.484	17.0
Reds	60	66	.476	18.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	76	51	.598
Padres	68	59	.535	8.0
Diamondbacks	66	61	.520	10.0
Giants	51	74	.408	24.0
Rockies	50	76	.397	25.5

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	75	50	.600
Yankees	70	55	.560	5.0
Red Sox	68	58	.540	7.5
Blue Jays	62	65	.488	14.0
Orioles	61	65	.484	14.5
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	65	60	.520
Twins	62	65	.488	4.0
Guardians	61	65	.484	4.5
Tigers	61	65	.484	4.5
Royals	53	74	.417	13.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	63	63	.500
Rangers	62	64	.492	1.0
Mariners	59	67	.468	4.0
Angels	50	76	.397	13.0
Athletics	49	77	.389	14.0

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Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Tue 8/4	LAA	@	BAL	1-3
Tue 8/4	ATH	@	CIN	4-5
Tue 8/4	NYM	@	CLE	6-2
Tue 8/4	STL	@	NYY	0-2
Tue 8/4	MIA	@	ATL	2-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 8/19	DET	@	PIT	12:35 PM
Wed 8/19	SDP	@	NYM	1:10 PM
Wed 8/19	ATL	@	MIN	1:40 PM
Wed 8/19	CWS	@	CHC	2:20 PM
Wed 8/19	AZ	@	BOS	4:10 PM

Tony Batista had the most games by a designated hitter in 2001, with 156 games.

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