Editing Cleanup hitter (section)

==Records==
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|+Key
!scope="row" style="background-color:#ffffbb"|*
|Member of the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|Baseball Hall of Fame]].
|}
===Most runs batted in as cleanup hitter===
Below is a list of Major League Baseball players with the most [[runs batted in]] (RBI) from the cleanup spot as of the end of the 2020 season.<ref name=BSF>{{cite web |title=Batting Split Finder |publisher=[[Sports Reference]] |url=https://stathead.com/baseball/split_finder.cgi?request=1&match=seasons&order_by_asc=0&order_by=RBI&min_year_game=1901&max_year_game=2020&sr_split_totals_choice=by_split&as=result_batter&class=player&offset=0&type=b&split_1=lineu%3Alineu&sid_situa%3Atkswg=situa%3Atkswg%3Aany&sid_situa%3Aleado=situa%3Aleado%3Aany&sid_outcb%3Aoutcb=outcb%3Aoutcb%3Aany&sid_oppon%3Aoppon=oppon%3Aoppon%3Aany&sid_situa%3Atimes=situa%3Atimes%3Aany&sid_plato%3Aplato=plato%3Aplato%3Aany&sid_situa%3Abases=situa%3Abases%3Aany&sid_defp%3Adefp=defp%3Adefp%3Aany&sid_opptp%3Agbfb=opptp%3Agbfb%3Aany&sid_opptp%3Apower=opptp%3Apower%3Aany&sid_hitty%3Atraj=hitty%3Atraj%3Aany&sid_lineu%3Alineu=lineu%3Alineu%3ABatting+4th&sid_total%3Atotal=total%3Atotal%3Aany&sid_dates%3Ahalf=dates%3Ahalf%3Aany&sid_locat%3Astad=locat%3Astad%3Aany&sid_situa%3Ainnng=situa%3Ainnng%3Aany&sid_locat%3Asite=locat%3Asite%3Aany&sid_dates%3Amonth=dates%3Amonth%3Aany&sid_situa%3Acount=situa%3Acount%3Aany&sid_situa%3Aouts=situa%3Aouts%3Aany&sid_locat%3Ahmvis=locat%3Ahmvis%3Aany&sid_wpa%3Alever=wpa%3Alever%3Aany&sid_role%3Astsub=role%3Astsub%3Aany&sid_hitty%3Ahitlo=hitty%3Ahitlo%3Aany&sid_situa%3Aclutc=situa%3Aclutc%3Aany&ccomp%5B999%5D=gt&cval%5B999%5D=0&team_id=ANY&min_season=1&max_season=-1&min_age=0&max_age=99&isActive=either&bats=any&location=pob&locationMatch=is |website=Stathead|access-date=25 January 2021}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="float:left;"
|- style="white-space:nowrap;"
!Rank
!Player
!RBI
|-
|1
|style="background:#ffffbb;"|[[Lou Gehrig]] *
|1,515
|-
|2
|style="background:#ffffbb;"|[[Eddie Murray]] *
|1,340
|-
|3
|style="background:#ffffbb;"|[[Fred McGriff]] *
|1,224
|-
|4
|[[Manny Ramirez]] 
|1,215
|-
|5
|style="background:#ffffbb;"|[[Joe DiMaggio]] *
|1,207
|-
|6
|style="background:#ffffbb;"|[[Al Simmons]] *
|1,206
|-
|7
|[[Albert Belle]]
|1,184
|-
|8
|style="background:#ffffbb;"|[[Jim Bottomley]] * 
|1,167
|-
|9
|style="background:#ffffbb;"|[[Willie Stargell]] *
|1,131
|-
|10
|[[Carlos Delgado]]
|1,112
|}
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===Most games played as cleanup hitter===
Below is a list of Major League Baseball players with the most games played in the cleanup spot as of the end of the 2020 season.<ref name=BSF />
{| class="wikitable" style="float:left;"
|- style="white-space:nowrap;"
!Rank
!Player
!G
|-
|1
|style="background:#ffffbb;"|[[Eddie Murray]] *
|2,041
|-
|2
|style="background:#ffffbb;"|[[Fred McGriff]] *
|1,826
|-
|3
|style="background:#ffffbb;"|[[Honus Wagner]] *
|1,812
|-
|4
|style="background:#ffffbb;"|[[Willie McCovey]] *
|1,622
|-
|5
|style="background:#ffffbb;"|[[Lou Gehrig]] *
|1,545
|-
|6
|style="background:#ffffbb;"|[[Willie Stargell]] *
|1,535
|-
|7
|style="background:#ffffbb;"|[[Jim Bottomley]] *
|1,525
|-
|8
|[[Greg Luzinski]] 
|1,521
|-
|9
|style="background:#ffffbb;"|[[Dave Winfield]] *
|1,484
|-
|10
|style="background:#ffffbb;"|[[Nap Lajoie]] *
|1,458
|}
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===Most plate appearances as cleanup hitter===
Below is a list of Major League Baseball players with the most [[plate appearance]]s from the cleanup spot as of the end of the 2020 season.<ref name=BSF />

{| class="wikitable" style="float:left;"
|- style="white-space:nowrap;"
!Rank
!Player
!PA
|-
|1
|style="background:#ffffbb;"|[[Eddie Murray]] *
|8,775
|-
|2
|style="background:#ffffbb;"|[[Fred McGriff]] *
|7,777
|-
|3
|style="background:#ffffbb;"|[[Honus Wagner]] *
|7,708
|-
|4
|style="background:#ffffbb;"|[[Lou Gehrig]] *
|7,004
|-
|5
|style="background:#ffffbb;"|[[Jim Bottomley]] *
|6,742
|-
|6
|style="background:#ffffbb;"|[[Willie McCovey]] *
|6,659
|-
|7
|style="background:#ffffbb;"|[[Willie Stargell]] *
|6,545
|-
|8
|[[Greg Luzinski]] 
|6,477
|-
|9
|style="background:#ffffbb;"|[[Dave Winfield]] *
|6,351
|-
|10
|[[Albert Belle]]
|6,332
|}
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