which first basemen has the most at bats as a leadoff hitter

Lu Blue has the most career at-bats by a first baseman when batting 1st, with 3,618 at-bats.

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Data note: At-Bats: player game data complete from 1901
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	NAME	AB	BAT ORDER	G	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Lu Blue L. Blue	3,618	1	922	745	1,022	198	63	27	355	669	31	281	72		4,395	1,427	288	77				.282	.399	.394	.793
2	Joe Judge J. Judge	2,579	1	644	425	792	129	67	22		319	16	178	81		2,976	1,121	218	62				.307	.387	.435	.821
3	Pete Rose P. Rose	1,080	1	267	149	303	48	9	3	63	124	6	61	17	13	1,220	378	60	5	5	19	23	.281	.356	.350	.706
4	Yandy Díaz Y. Díaz	1,055	1	267	158	329	65	2	38	139	112	10	172	1	3	1,182	512	105	0	5	0	26	.312	.382	.485	.867
5	Eddie Waitkus E. Waitkus	1,053	1	246	129	284	52	8	2	75	89	0	50	4	4	1,146	358	62	4			11	.270	.327	.340	.667
6	Vic Power V. Power	1,036	1	246	141	313	55	11	28	112	51	4	40	5	3	1,102	474	94	5	6	7	16	.302	.335	.458	.793
7	Rod Carew R. Carew	1,007	1	251	152	309	49	5	4	72	113	1	112	24	17	1,143	380	58	15	7	14	18	.307	.375	.377	.752
8	Whitey Lockman W. Lockman	980	1	232	140	271	32	7	19	73	83	0	54	7	5	1,072	374	58	4	5	0	6	.277	.331	.382	.713
9	Harry Davis H. Davis	927	1	222	168	242	49	12	7	89	120	2	72	19		1,069	336	68	20				.261	.347	.362	.709
10	Joe Kuhel J. Kuhel	885	1	205	152	255	51	15	7	106	107	3	57	10		1,004	357	73	9			0	.288	.367	.403	.770
11	Mike Hargrove M. Hargrove	882	1	245	142	236	40	5	26	99	190	11	95	2	14	1,100	364	71	6	11	10	19	.268	.399	.413	.812
12	Fred Tenney F. Tenney	779	1	203	117	200	22	4	4		110	7		19		916	242	30	20				.257	.354	.311	.664
13	Lou Finney L. Finney	754	1	170	121	219	39	15	3	58	51	0	30	7		808	297	57	3			2	.290	.335	.394	.729
14	Doc Johnston D. Johnston	665	1	164	90	173	22	13	2		54	6		24		740	227	37	15				.260	.321	.341	.663
15	Felipe Alou F. Alou	657	1	153	107	200	34	6	26	74	27	13	72	7	4	702	324	66	3	2	7	12	.304	.343	.493	.836
16	Darin Erstad D. Erstad	637	1	151	97	180	41	4	20	84	53	2	100	16	6	697	289	65	1	4	2	6	.283	.338	.454	.791
17	Matt Carpenter M. Carpenter	563	1	152	110	149	45	2	36	90	104	9	142	0	2	680	306	83	1	3	18	3	.265	.386	.544	.929
18	LaMonte Wade Jr. L. Wade Jr.	521	1	146	85	126	21	4	24	59	76	6	133	4	0	608	227	49	1	4	2	3	.242	.343	.436	.778
19	DJ LeMahieu	508	1	124	70	140	20	0	18	54	58	2	82	4	0	569	214	38	0	1	0	15	.276	.351	.421	.773
20	Luis Arraez L. Arraez	507	1	118	64	155	28	2	7	44	27	2	29	4	5	537	208	37	0	1	2	8	.306	.343	.410	.753
21	Johnny Sturm J. Sturm	482	1	111	58	116	17	3	3	33	33	3	47	3		522	148	23	4			8	.241	.293	.307	.600
22	Buddy Hassett B. Hassett	475	1	107	78	121	15	3	4	34	43	0	17	6		521	154	22	3			6	.255	.317	.324	.641
23	Orlando Merced O. Merced	435	1	121	89	123	23	4	10	55	72	1	84	7	5	511	184	37	1	2	9	6	.283	.384	.423	.807
24	Gary Redus G. Redus	412	1	118	64	113	27	4	12	39	44	3	63	23	7	464	184	43	2	3	0	1	.274	.346	.447	.793
25	Nolan Schanuel N. Schanuel	405	1	104	57	103	14	0	10	35	51	8	67	2	1	470	147	24	3	3	1	8	.254	.347	.363	.710

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