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MLB Opening Day: Top lineup for each team

By Benjamin Chase

MIAMI, FL - APRIL 11: God Bless America is performed during the Opening Day game between the Miami Marlins and the Atlanta Braves at Marlins Park on April 11, 2017 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Rob Foldy/Miami Marlins via Getty Images)
MIAMI, FL - APRIL 11: God Bless America is performed during the Opening Day game between the Miami Marlins and the Atlanta Braves at Marlins Park on April 11, 2017 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Rob Foldy/Miami Marlins via Getty Images) /
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MLB Opening Day
DENVER, CO – SEPTEMBER 22: Todd Helton /

Colorado Rockies

Catcher: Chris Iannetta 4
First Base: Todd Helton 16
Second Base: DJ LeMahieu 4
Third Base: Vinny Castilla 6
Shortstop: Troy Tulowitzki 9
Left Field: Carlos Gonzalez 4 (8)
Center Field: Charlie Blackmon 4
Right Field: Larry Walker 7 (8)
Starting Pitcher: Aaron Cook/Jorge De La Rosa/Mike Hampton/Jason Jennings/Ubaldo Jimenez/Darryl Kile 2

10+ Starts: Helton 16

The Rockies have only been around since 1993, so to have any single player with 16 Opening Day starts is impressive, to say the least. It’s not surprising that he is the only Rockies player to have hit double digits. It is intriguing that the team has seen so many starting pitchers take the Opening Day nod over team history.

MLB Opening Day
Hall of Fame player George Brett talks with former Kansas City Royals player Mike Sweeney during spring training in Surprise, Ariz., on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014. (John Sleezer/Kansas City Star/MCT via Getty Images) /

Kansas City Royals

Catcher: Salvador Perez/Mike Macfarlane 5
First Base: Mike Sweeney 6 (8)
Second Base: Frank White 15
Third Base: George Brett 12 (18)
Shortstop: Freddie Patek 8
Left Field: Alex Gordon 7 (10)
Center Field: Amos Otis 11
Right Field: Danny Tartabull 5
Designated Hitter: Hal McRae 10 (13)
Starting Pitcher: Kevin Appier 7

10+ Starts: Brett 18, White 15, McRae 13, Otis 12, Gordon 10, Willie Wilson 10

The Kansas City Royals had a big era of competitiveness in the 1980s that brought a World Series title to the team in 1985. The primary pieces of that team feature prominently on this list as players who spent significant time together through the 1980s and into the early 1990s.

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