Leadoff home runs leaders

A Leadoff homer is a home run hit by a team's leadoff batter in his first plate appearance of the game. This can either be the first batter of the game for the visiting team, or the first batter in the bottom of the 1st inning for the home team.

The following tables show the leaders in hitting leadoff home runs. Rickey Henderson is the record-holder by a wide margin. The record for most such homers in a season is 15, by Kyle Schwarber of the 2024 Philadelphia Phillies. The previous record (and still the American League mark) was 13, accomplished by Alfonso Soriano of the 2003 New York Yankees.

Career leaders

List as of end of 2024 season.

Career total	Player	AL	NL
81	Rickey Henderson	73	8
60	George Springer	60	0
54	Alfonso Soriano	23	31
53	Craig Biggio	0	53
52	Mookie Betts	20	32
48	Ian Kinsler	48	0
47	Curtis Granderson	24	23
46	Jimmy Rollins	0	46
46	Kyle Schwarber	1	45
44	Brady Anderson	44	0
42	Charlie Blackmon	0	42
40	Jose Altuve	40	0
37	Ichiro Suzuki	37	0
36	Shin-Soo Choo	30	6
35	Bobby Bonds	5	30
34	Ronald Acuña	0	34
34	Ray Durham	21	13
34	Devon White	26	8
33	Paul Molitor	33	0
31	Chuck Knoblauch	31	0
30	Rafael Furcal	0	30
30	Tony Phillips	30	0
30	Marcus Semien	30	0
29	Derek Jeter	29	0
29	Kenny Lofton	22	7
28	Brian Dozier	28	0
28	Davey Lopes	0	28
28	Eddie Yost	28	0
27	Johnny Damon	27	0
26	Dexter Fowler	3	23
26	Jose Reyes	4	22
26	Rickie Weeks	0	26
25	Matt Carpenter	1	24
25	Brian Downing	25	0
25	Joc Pederson	0	24
25	Hanley Ramírez	0	25
24	Lou Brock	0	24
23	Tommy Harper	18	5
23	Shannon Stewart	23	0

Season leaders

Season total	Player	Team	League
15	Kyle Schwarber	2024 Philadelphia Phillies	NL
13	Alfonso Soriano	2003 New York Yankees	AL
12	Brady Anderson	1996 Baltimore Orioles	AL
12	Alfonso Soriano	2007 Chicago Cubs	NL
12	George Springer	2019 Houston Astros	AL
12	Mookie Betts	2023 Los Angeles Dodgers	NL
11	Bobby Bonds	1973 San Francisco Giants	NL
11	Jacque Jones	2002 Minnesota Twins	AL
10	Charlie Blackmon	2016 Colorado Rockies	NL

Further Reading

• Jason Catania: "Most career leadoff home runs in MLB history", mlb.com, December 21, 2024. [1]

See also

• Leadoff home runs in the same game