Pinch Hitter - MLB All-time Pinch Hit Leaders

MLB All-time Pinch Hit Leaders

This is a list of players with the most pinch-hits in Major League Baseball history. Names which appear in bold are active players. Includes games through July 22, 2011.

Rank Player Pinch hits
1 Lenny Harris 212
2 Mark Sweeney 175
3 Manny Mota 150
4 Smoky Burgess 145
5 Greg Gross 143
6 Dave Hansen 138
7 John Vander Wal 129
8 José Morales 123
9 Orlando Palmeiro 120
10 Jerry Lynch 116
11 Red Lucas 114
12 Steve Braun 113
13 Terry Crowley 108
Denny Walling 108
15 Gates Brown 107
16 Matt Stairs 105
17 Jim Dwyer 103
Mike Lum 103
19 Rusty Staub 100
20 Dave Clark 96

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