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===Leadoff home run=== A leadoff home run is a home run hit by the first batter of a team, the [[leadoff hitter]] of the first inning of the game. In [[MLB]] (major league Baseball), [[Rickey Henderson]] holds the career record with 81 lead-off home runs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/cut4/george-springer-is-the-best-homer-hitting-leadoff-hitter|title=George Springer is the best homer-hitting leadoff hitter|website=MLB.com}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/oakland-a-s-to-play-on-rickey-henderson-field-c215333472|title=Oakland A's to play on Rickey Henderson Field|website=Major League Baseball|access-date=5 June 2017}}</ref> [[Craig Biggio]] holds the [[National League (baseball)|National League]] career record with 53, fourth overall to Henderson, [[George Springer]] with 60, and [[Alfonso Soriano]] with 54.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130109&content_id=40900688&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb |title=With 68 percent, Craig Biggio just shy on first try at Hall of Fame | MLB.com: News |publisher=Mlb.mlb.com |access-date=2013-07-16}}</ref> As of August 21 2024, [[George Springer]] holds the career record among active players, with 60 leadoff home runs, which also ranks him second all-time.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.mlb.com/news/most-career-leadoff-home-runs-in-mlb-history | title=Most career leadoff home runs in MLB history | website=[[MLB.com]] }}</ref> In 1996, [[Brady Anderson]] set a Major League record by hitting a lead-off home run in four consecutive games.
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