players with the most hits as a leadoff hitter all-time from 1939 to 1990

Between the 1939 and 1990 seasons, Pete Rose got the most hits when batting 1st, with 2,924 hits.

	NAME	H	BAT ORDER	G	AB	R	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Pete Rose P. Rose	2,924	1	2,313	9,500	1,524	517	95	117	803	1,048	70	746	125	101	10,690	3,982	729	25	47	132	158	.308	.379	.419	.798
2	Lou Brock L. Brock	2,310	1	1,901	7,951	1,254	376	108	108	640	616	32	1,302	762	232	8,648	3,226	592	22	27	115	81	.291	.343	.406	.749
3	Maury Wills M. Wills	1,787	1	1,504	6,287	899	147	60	20	386	484	12	570	521	186	6,898	2,114	227	87	28	13	74	.284	.335	.336	.671
4	Rickey Henderson R. Henderson	1,752	1	1,569	5,969	1,279	293	50	165	618	1,085	37	788	929	210	7,146	2,640	508	20	35	30	96	.294	.403	.442	.846
5	Richie Ashburn R. Ashburn	1,714	1	1,418	5,646	875	202	77	22	365	877	30	399	165	72	6,608	2,136	301	39	16	25	52	.304	.399	.378	.777
6	Paul Molitor P. Molitor	1,700	1	1,383	5,715	981	299	60	119	563	560	25	683	342	91	6,396	2,476	478	54	42	36	90	.297	.360	.433	.794
7	Willie Wilson W. Wilson	1,668	1	1,344	5,670	891	191	119	35	395	298	41	783	527	102	6,076	2,202	345	44	23	22	54	.294	.333	.388	.721
8	Eddie Yost E. Yost	1,645	1	1,741	6,423	1,086	286	47	131	589	1,413	88	793	65	46	8,023	2,418	464	85	14	13	113	.256	.396	.376	.773
9	Bert Campaneris B. Campaneris	1,583	1	1,455	6,021	829	233	55	62	410	402	46	744	457	142	6,571	2,112	350	70	32	14	66	.263	.312	.351	.663
10	Luis Aparicio L. Aparicio	1,396	1	1,278	5,408	725	211	58	42	367	354	17	393	300	84	5,888	1,849	311	77	32	11	89	.258	.304	.342	.646
11	Al Bumbry A. Bumbry	1,331	1	1,178	4,655	710	205	49	50	359	435	21	635	236	85	5,177	1,784	304	38	28	25	67	.286	.348	.383	.731
12	Dom DiMaggio D. DiMaggio	1,298	1	1,038	4,358	858	248	44	69	449	585	25	423	75	17	5,005	1,841	361	37			75	.298	.384	.422	.806
13	Tony Taylor T. Taylor	1,297	1	1,221	4,918	674	191	53	51	339	381	50	687	162	73	5,421	1,747	295	47	25	18	87	.264	.322	.355	.677
14	Brett Butler B. Butler	1,282	1	1,155	4,519	763	174	68	34	317	593	22	463	322	146	5,224	1,694	276	60	30	12	36	.284	.367	.375	.742
15	Stan Hack S. Hack	1,270	1	1,061	4,169	713	216	36	34	299	659	7	246	76		4,890	1,660	286	55			33	.305	.400	.398	.799
16	Ron LeFlore R. LeFlore	1,259	1	1,047	4,352	708	169	55	58	344	354	17	859	440	138	4,756	1,712	282	13	20	15	72	.289	.344	.393	.737
17	Davey Lopes D. Lopes	1,247	1	1,205	4,710	784	172	42	108	408	625	25	646	433	90	5,445	1,827	322	60	25	26	76	.265	.352	.388	.740
18	Don Kessinger D. Kessinger	1,230	1	1,153	4,753	623	163	59	10	314	405	16	472	74	69	5,276	1,541	232	81	21	22	56	.259	.318	.324	.642
19	Harvey Kuenn H. Kuenn	1,219	1	977	4,066	572	189	33	52	373	355	9	220	48	45	4,476	1,630	274	19	27	25	74	.300	.355	.401	.756
20	Johnny Temple J. Temple	1,208	1	1,076	4,236	611	177	30	20	319	526	10	273	110	41	4,901	1,505	227	97	32	3	66	.285	.363	.355	.718
21	Tommy Harper T. Harper	1,199	1	1,160	4,611	721	198	26	116	410	540	23	765	318	92	5,238	1,797	340	45	19	20	51	.260	.339	.390	.729
22	George Case G. Case	1,182	1	981	4,194	655	188	35	18	303	361	20	250	316		4,613	1,494	241	38			45	.282	.342	.356	.698
23	Cesar Tovar C. Tovar	1,177	1	1,002	4,092	633	194	41	34	310	294	69	295	162	82	4,525	1,555	269	47	23	18	38	.288	.344	.380	.724
24	Dave Cash D. Cash	1,168	1	955	4,055	567	182	40	15	305	302	17	194	90	55	4,415	1,475	237	19	22	19	65	.288	.338	.364	.702
25	Jim Gilliam J. Gilliam	1,136	1	1,037	4,162	737	173	54	43	321	629	19	219	139	78	4,866	1,546	270	37	19	14	37	.273	.369	.371	.741