who hit the most leadoff homeruns single season

Matt Alexander had no home runs when leading off a game in his rookie season in 1974.

NAME HR SEASON TM G AB H 2B 3B RBI BB HBP SO PA TB XBH SH SF IBB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1 Matt Alexander
M. Alexander
0
1974
CHC CHC
7
5
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
7
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.286
.000
.286
2 Dick Allen
D. Allen
0
1974
CWS CWS
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
.500
.500
.500
1.000
3 Bill Almon
B. Almon
0
1974
SDP SDP
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
.000
4 Sandy Alomar Sr.
S. Alomar Sr.
0
1974
NYY NYY
22
17
1
0
0
0
5
0
2
22
1
0
0
0
0
.059
.273
.059
.332
5 Jesus Alou
J. Alou
1
1974
OAK OAK
10
10
5
1
0
1
0
0
0
10
9
2
0
0
0
.500
.500
.900
1.400
6 Matty Alou
M. Alou
0
1974
SDP SDP
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
.500
.500
.500
1.000
7 Luis Alvarado
L. Alvarado
0
1974
CLE CLE
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
.000
8 Rick Auerbach
R. Auerbach
0
1974
LAD LAD
6
6
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
6
2
0
0
0
0
.333
.333
.333
.667
9 Bob Bailey
B. Bailey
0
1974
MON MON
5
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
5
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
.000
10 Mark Belanger
M. Belanger
0
1974
BAL BAL
17
13
2
1
0
0
4
0
1
17
3
1
0
0
0
.154
.353
.231
.584
11 Buddy Bell
B. Bell
0
1974
CLE CLE
23
19
3
0
0
0
4
0
0
23
3
0
0
0
0
.158
.304
.158
.462
12 Juan Beniquez
J. Beniquez
0
1974
BOS BOS
32
30
7
0
0
0
2
0
5
32
7
0
0
0
0
.233
.281
.233
.515
13 Ken Berry
K. Berry
1
1974
MIL MIL
8
6
2
0
0
1
2
0
0
8
5
1
0
0
0
.333
.500
.833
1.333
14 Kurt Bevacqua
K. Bevacqua
0
1974
KCR KCR
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
.000
15 Paul Blair
P. Blair
1
1974
BAL BAL
45
42
9
2
0
1
3
0
3
45
14
3
0
0
0
.214
.267
.333
.600
16 Ron Blomberg
R. Blomberg
0
1974
NYY NYY
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
.000
17 Bruce Bochte
B. Bochte
0
1974
CAL CAL
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
.000
18 Bobby Bonds
B. Bonds
0
1974
SFG SFG
90
79
19
2
1
0
11
0
24
90
23
3
0
0
0
.241
.333
.291
.624
19 Buddy Bradford
B. Bradford
1
1974
CWS CWS
22
21
8
0
0
1
1
0
2
22
11
1
0
0
0
.381
.409
.524
.933
20 Steve Braun
S. Braun
1
1974
MIN MIN
20
18
6
0
0
1
2
0
2
20
9
1
0
0
0
.333
.400
.500
.900
21 John Briggs
J. Briggs
0
1974
MIL MIL
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
.000
22 Ed Brinkman
E. Brinkman
0
1974
DET DET
11
10
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
11
1
0
0
0
0
.100
.182
.100
.282
23 Lou Brock
L. Brock
0
1974
STL STL
150
140
41
9
0
0
9
1
24
150
50
9
0
0
0
.293
.340
.357
.697
24 Steve Brye
S. Brye
1
1974
MIN MIN
73
67
16
5
0
1
5
1
11
73
24
6
0
0
0
.239
.301
.358
.660
25 Bill Buckner
B. Buckner
0
1974
LAD LAD
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1.000
1.000
1.000
2.000
StatMuse has event-level data for home runs going back to the 1974 season.
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