Best leadoff hitter in the game today

[Jack of Arcades]

This came up in the Damon thread, but I was wondering who do you think is the best leadoff hitter in the game? To qualify they have to have spent a significant amount of time at batting #1. For me,

[Jack of Arcades]

Also,

what would your prototypical leadoff guy look like? IE, what kind of player would he be?

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Also,

what would your prototypical leadoff guy look like?

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black with long legs and he should look fast and bunt well

[rwperu34]

My prototypical leadoff hitter would look something like this:

[Jack of Arcades]

looks kinda like this, too

[rwperu34]

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looks kinda like this, too



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Hall of Famer?

[Jack of Arcades]

dear god yes.

I think Jeter's nearly a perfect leadoff hitter though. Bobby Abreu's another good one. Your best hitter should be batting #2 (ie, A-Rod)

[crockpot]

If you're busting out Ted Williams, there's only one active player with a .600 OBP season on his resume

Gary

PS: .600!!!!!!!!!!

[andyfox]

The Giants used to bat Barry's father lead-off, even though he was a power hitter.