Rickey Henderson

granted being able to see the same name on the top of the lineup card every night.  From when Rickey Henderson left the Mets in May of 2000 until Reyes cemented his role as the regular leadoff hitter at the beginning of 2005, the Mets used Joe McEwing, Jon Nunnally, Jay Bell, Jason Tyner, Jay Payton, Benny Agbayani, Melvin Mora, Lenny Harris, Mike Bordick, Darryl Hamilton, Timo Perez, Tsuyoshi Shinjo, Desi Relaford, Darren Bragg, Matt Lawton, Roger Cedeno, Roberto Alomar, Esix Snead, Marcos Scutaro, Jeff Duncan, Matt Watson, Kaz Matsui, Eric Valent, Gerald Williams, Danny Garcia, Jeff Keppinger and Mike Cameron at the top of the order.  That’s 27 different leadoff hitters (other than Reyes) in four and a half seasons.  Since Reyes assumed the role in ’05, he’s spent just 12 games in the lineup but out of the leadoff spot, and the Mets have used only 10 different leadoff hitters aside from Reyes in the last four years.

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