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Forget about Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa for a moment, and look at this home-run list--the most times leading off a game with a home run in one season:

Brady Anderson, Orioles: 12 lead-off home runs (1996)

Bobby Bonds, Giants: 11 lead-off home runs (1973)

Rickey Henderson, Yankees: 9 lead-off home runs (1986)

Rickey Henderson, Athletics: 8 lead-off home runs (1993)

Barry Bonds, Pirates: 8 lead-off home runs (1988)

Source: Baltimore Orioles