Jordy Mercer had the most games when batting 8th in the 2010s, with 451 games.

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	NAME	G	BAT ORDER	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Jordy Mercer J. Mercer	451	8	1,490	158	384	76	11	28	151	147	16	279	9	1	1,676	566	115	12	11	53	38	.258	.329	.380	.709
2	Alex Avila A. Avila	393	8	1,192	146	288	63	5	42	167	196	5	374	6	2	1,404	487	110	3	8	16	33	.242	.349	.409	.758
3	Chris Iannetta C. Iannetta	391	8	1,140	155	255	59	2	44	155	230	17	341	6	5	1,403	450	105	3	13	13	39	.224	.359	.395	.753
4	Jeff Mathis J. Mathis	379	8	1,200	94	233	52	5	17	108	90	4	373	3	1	1,317	346	74	15	8	12	21	.194	.251	.288	.539
5	Adeiny Hechavarria A. Hechavarria	378	8	1,309	138	351	61	19	14	136	83	2	208	8	6	1,414	492	94	6	14	16	37	.268	.310	.376	.686
6	Kurt Suzuki K. Suzuki	359	8	1,116	112	285	58	2	25	153	80	21	162	4	0	1,244	422	85	10	17	13	25	.255	.313	.378	.691
7	Martín Maldonado M. Maldonado	345	8	1,078	109	238	48	2	32	123	100	28	279	2	2	1,223	386	82	12	5	14	29	.221	.302	.358	.660
8	Ryan Hanigan R. Hanigan	341	8	1,060	92	258	44	0	14	110	135	16	158	1	0	1,226	344	58	8	7	31	24	.243	.336	.325	.660
9	Alcides Escobar A. Escobar	336	8	1,210	144	325	48	16	13	130	74	7	173	31	12	1,309	444	77	10	8	9	30	.269	.313	.367	.679
10	Clint Barmes C. Barmes	335	8	1,049	93	240	49	2	19	104	68	16	225	1	3	1,152	350	70	14	5	19	14	.229	.285	.334	.618
11	A.J. Ellis	303	8	924	80	230	47	1	15	112	132	16	189	1	2	1,100	324	63	17	11	21	34	.249	.349	.351	.700
12	Orlando Arcia O. Arcia	297	8	1,027	107	256	40	2	24	110	80	2	224	18	12	1,119	372	66	3	7	14	25	.249	.303	.362	.665
13	Brandon Crawford B. Crawford	287	8	919	92	226	39	11	16	95	93	6	194	7	6	1,028	335	66	2	8	23	12	.246	.317	.365	.681
14	Darwin Barney D. Barney	286	8	920	97	236	51	7	13	88	57	8	121	9	2	1,000	340	71	9	6	10	28	.257	.304	.370	.673
15	Tucker Barnhart T. Barnhart	285	8	930	81	250	48	3	21	114	105	6	192	5	0	1,062	367	72	10	11	27	31	.269	.343	.395	.738
16	Ruben Tejada R. Tejada	285	8	876	87	208	47	0	5	83	119	16	136	5	1	1,028	270	52	8	9	21	19	.237	.336	.308	.644
17	Mike Zunino M. Zunino	276	8	899	110	200	36	1	48	124	69	19	334	1	3	993	382	85	1	5	1	16	.222	.290	.425	.715
18	Jose Lobaton J. Lobaton	268	8	800	78	174	33	4	17	72	80	5	206	0	1	894	266	54	5	4	5	23	.218	.291	.333	.624
19	Jason Castro J. Castro	263	8	804	109	182	41	2	29	85	97	6	240	0	0	912	314	72	2	3	5	19	.226	.313	.391	.704
20	Tony Wolters T. Wolters	260	8	795	99	191	34	6	6	87	98	15	169	5	3	919	255	46	6	5	18	20	.240	.333	.321	.654
21	Daniel Descalso D. Descalso	243	8	729	88	178	37	7	11	73	68	7	142	8	5	816	262	55	8	4	19	11	.244	.313	.359	.673
22	Tyler Flowers T. Flowers	242	8	778	76	171	26	1	28	79	58	15	274	2	3	856	283	55	3	2	3	16	.220	.286	.364	.650
23	DJ LeMahieu	233	8	787	90	244	35	8	9	77	54	1	139	23	16	855	322	52	10	3	16	27	.310	.354	.409	.763
24	Jonathan Lucroy J. Lucroy	230	8	728	78	208	30	4	12	97	73	10	127	2	2	824	282	46	3	10	9	17	.286	.354	.387	.742
25	Geovany Soto G. Soto	227	8	686	80	153	34	0	28	96	86	5	198	1	1	784	271	62	4	3	7	20	.223	.313	.395	.708

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Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
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