CINCINNATI >> Heliot Ramos will help the Giants make history when he takes the field this afternoon at Great American Ballpark.

Ramos will become the 19th consecutive different player to start in left field for the Giants on Opening Day, tying the 1937-55 St. Louis Browns/Baltimore Orioles for longest such revolving door in major league history.

San Francisco’s run of left fielders has been a running joke in the Bay Area for nearly two decades, an eclectic collection of franchise favorites, veteran journeymen, the team’s current hitting coach and, of course, arguably the greatest player of all-time.

Ramos might have the best chance of anyone in recent memory to break it.

“I would love it,” said Ramos, an All-Star last season. “I’m positive that I can do that if I stay healthy and do what I do best.”

The Giants’ streak of Opening Day left fielders begins with Barry Bonds, who started the opener in 14 of his 15 seasons in San Francisco. Once Bonds retired after the 2007 season, the carousel began.

First it was Dave Roberts, then Fred Lewis, Mark DeRosa, Pat Burrell, Aubrey Huff, Andres Torres, Michael Morse, Nori Aoki, Angel Pagán, Jarrett Parker, Hunter Pence, Connor Joe, Alex Dickerson, Austin Slater, Joc Pederson, Blake Sabol, Michael Conforto. Today, Ramos joins the club.

Of Ramos’ 18 predecessors, nearly half — Burrell, Huff, Torres, Morse, Aoki, Pagán, Parker, Pence, Joe, Conforto — weren’t on the team the following season. Pederson is the only one to earn an All-Star selection the same season he started the opener in left.

Despite the rotating cast of characters, the Giants’ left fielders, as a whole, have actually been pretty middle-of-the-pack productive.

Since ‘07, all of San Francisco’s left fielders — Opening Day or otherwise — have accumulated 28.8 WAR, according to FanGraphs, which ranks 18th in all of baseball. By WAR, the worst collection of left fielders belongs to the Chicago White Sox at 15.4. The Giants’ left fielders have been middle of the pack, too, ranking 15th in Weighted Runs Created Plus, or wRC+, which accounts for ballpark, era and offensive environment.

San Francisco hasn’t just had many different Opening Day left fielder, but left fielders period.

The Giants have used 101 different players in left field since ‘07, tied with the Angels for the most at that position over that span.

“He was an All-Star last year and he’s deservedly out there again this year,” said manager Bob Melvin.

Ramos already made a fair amount of history in his first full season with the Giants. He became San Francisco’s first homegrown All-Star since Chili Davis in ‘84 and ‘86.

Ramos will play next to Jung Hoo Lee, whose back issues didn’t keep him off the roster. Roster surprises included infielder Christian Koss making the team instead of outfielder Grant McCray or infielder Brett Wisely.

Veteran Sam Huff will be the backup catcher and infielder Casey Schmitt, who is out of options, also made the 26-man roster.