First Basemen
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1975 1977 Chronology Home 1B Index Guide
Pos St All- Other 1st Base Fielding Statistics Batting Statistics as First Baseman Win Shares Pos St
Rank Rank Name HOF MVP Star Rookie GG SS Team Stdg Bats Age Pos Games PO Assts Err DP F Pct. At Bats Hits 2B 3B HR Runs RBI BB IBB SO HP SH SF SB CS GDP BA OBA SA OPS RC B WS F WS T WS BWS/G FWS/G TWS/G WSQ Rank Rank Name
1 1 Rod Carew BBW 6 A   MIN 3W L 30   152 1394 108 16 149 .989   596 196 29 11 8 94 82 64 12 50 1 8 6 47 22 12 .329 .391 .455 .846 106     26.5   1.5  28.0 .174 .010 .184   36.44 1 1 Rod Carew
2 2 Mike Hargrove   TEX T4W L 26   141 1222 110 21 103 .984   524 151 30 1 7 79 56 91 11 62 6 4 6 2 3 5 .288 .396 .389 .785 88     21.5   1.2  22.7 .152 .009 .161   27.62 2 2 Mike Hargrove
3 3 Chris Chambliss 5 a   NY 1E L 27   155 1440 109 9 123 .994   637 187 32 6 17 79 96 27 1 80 3 1 3 1 0 11 .294 .324 .443 .767 89     19.3   1.9  21.2 .125 .012 .137   23.77 3 3 Chris Chambliss
4 4 George Scott G   MIL 6E R 32   155 1393 107 13 133 .991   605 166 21 5 18 74 77 53 6 119 5 0 7 0 1 19 .274 .334 .415 .749 81     15.4   3.1  18.5 .099 .020 .119   19.38 4 4 George Scott
5     Gene Tenace   18         OAK 2W R 29 C     70 577 31 3 47 .995     212 57 9 1 13 33 38 40 2 42 2 1 2 2 0 5 .269 .387 .505 .892 44       10.6   0.9  11.5 .151 .013 .164   14.13 5     Gene Tenace
6 5 John Mayberry T28   KC 1W L 27   160 1484 105 7 132 .996   583 138 22 2 13 77 95 82 7 68 2 0 12 3 1 12 .237 .327 .348 .675 71     12.1   2.5  14.6 .076 .016 .091   13.37 6 5 John Mayberry
7 6 Lee May 9   BAL 2E R 33 DH   94 722 62 3 61 .996   332 83 9 2 17 38 68 24 3 65 0 2 7 3 1 7 .250 .295 .443 .738 43     10.4   1.2  11.6 .111 .013 .123   12.36 7 6 Lee May
8 7 Jason Thompson R   DET 5E L 21   117 1157 88 8 104 .994   409 90 12 1 17 45 53 65 6 71 1 1 4 2 4 8 .220 .326 .379 .705 52      9.7   2.4  12.1 .083 .021 .103   11.80 8 7 Jason Thompson
9 Tony Solaita   KC/CAL 1W/T4W L 29 DH   59 485 57 2 33 .996   201 53 10 0 7 23 31 30 3 40 0 1 3 1 1 4 .264 .355 .418 .773 31      8.2   1.1   9.3 .139 .019 .158   11.19 9 Tony Solaita
10 8 Jim Spencer   CHI 6W L 29   143 1206 112 2 116 .998   509 131 13 2 14 54 70 49 19 51 1 3 7 6 4 10 .257 .320 .373 .693 56      9.1   2.8  11.9 .064 .020 .083   10.41 10 8 Jim Spencer
                               
11 9 Carl Yastrzemski BBW 14 a(OF)   BOS 3E L 36 LF   94 829 52 2 78 .998   340 81 13 0 13 35 52 48 3 42 0 0 3 4 6 6 .238 .330 .391 .721 44      8.1   1.5   9.6 .086 .016 .102    9.30 11 9 Carl Yastrzemski
12 Cecil Cooper   BOS 3E L 26 DH   66 600 42 4 49 .994   244 78 10 2 8 40 47 12 5 28 1 5 3 6 0 2 .320 .350 .475 .825 42      7.3   1.1   8.4 .111 .017 .127    9.09 12 Cecil Cooper
13 10 Don Baylor   OAK 2W R 27 LF,RF,DH   69 629 44 9 40 .987   237 53 7 1 6 28 25 27 1 27 7 0 3 24 4 4 .224 .318 .338 .656 30      5.9   0.9   6.8 .086 .013 .099    6.47 13 10 Don Baylor
14 Lamar Johnson R   CHI 6W R 25 DH   34 210 18 4 20 .983   98 39 5 0 2 18 21 11 1 12 0 0 3 2 1 4 .398 .446 .510 .956 22      4.7   0.4   5.1 .138 .012 .150    5.99 14 Lamar Johnson
15 11   Bruce Bochte             CAL T4W L 25 LF     59 489 39 5 37 .991     191 51 6 0 0 21 22 28 4 21 1 2 1 1 3 4 .267 .362 .298 .660 21        4.4   1.1   5.5 .075 .019 .093    5.09 15 11   Bruce Bochte
16 12 Boog Powell   CLE 4E L 34   89 698 61 10 76 .987   283 60 9 0 9 31 30 41 3 40 0 2 7 1 1 8 .212 .305 .339 .644 31      4.8   0.6   5.4 .054 .007 .061    4.03 16 12 Boog Powell
17 Craig Kusick   MIN 3W R 27 DH   23 109 17 3 16 .977   43 11 3 0 2 4 6 10 0 5 0 0 1 1 0 1 .256 .389 .465 .854 9      2.1   0.1   2.2 .091 .004 .096    2.06 17 Craig Kusick
18 Jim Fregosi   TEX T4W R 34   26 183 14 1 20 .995   78 20 5 0 1 11 6 9 1 19 0 0 2 2 0 2 .256 .326 .359 .685 10      1.9   0.1   2.0 .073 .004 .077    1.68 18 Jim Fregosi
19 Bill Melton   CAL T4W R 30 3B,DH   30 220 15 2 20 .992   94 16 2 0 2 5 8 14 0 15 0 1 1 1 0 2 .170 .275 .255 .530 7      1.4   0.3   1.7 .047 .010 .057    1.23 19 Bill Melton
20 Ken McMullen   OAK 2W R 34 3B,DH   26 204 8 0 19 1.000   70 15 2 1 3 10 10 5 0 13 0 1 0 0 1 1 .214 .267 .400 .667 7      1.1   0.2   1.3 .042 .008 .050    0.88 20 Ken McMullen
                               
21 Tony Muser   BAL 2E L 28   109 683 62 7 65 .991   255 58 6 1 1 21 19 19 3 29 0 4 3 1 1 7 .227 .278 .271 .549 19      0.5   1.1   1.6 .005 .010 .015    0.59 21 Tony Muser
22 Dan Briggs R   CAL T4W L 23 CF   44 274 23 2 32 .993   113 23 7 1 1 5 6 7 2 21 0 1 2 0 2 3 .204 .246 .310 .556 8      -     0.6   0.6 .000 .014 .014    0.21 22 Dan Briggs
23 Doug Howard R   CLE 4E R 28   32 211 20 2 20 .991   83 18 4 0 0 5 13 1 0 10 1 2 3 1 1 3 .217 .227 .265 .492 4      -     0.2   0.2 .000 .006 .006    0.05 23 Doug Howard
League Average Age 28.6  League Avg WS/Game  .095 .014 .109
League Avg per 1500 Chances 1379.1 109.5 11.4 125.4 .992  Offense Share of WS  87.3%
League Average per 600 PA 528.2 139.2 20.9 2.9 14.0 65.1 73.0 59.3 7.3 72.9 2.4 3.1 7.0 8.7 4.5 11.0 .263 .337 .394 .731 72.4  Average WS/Team   17.65
Aggregate Splits Aggregate Splits Aggregate Splits
Pct of Total
Playing Time Games PO Assts Err DP F Pct. At Bats Hits 2B 3B HR Runs RBI BB IBB SO HP SH SF SB CS GDP BA OBA SA OPS RC B WS F WS T WS BWS/G FWS/G TWS/G
Copyright © 2009-10 by Andre Lower Bats Left   72.3%   1388 11961 968 95 1097 .993     4885 1297 199 27 115 604 659 563 79 603 16 32 60 75 48 92 .266 .340 .388 .728 658     131.5 19.4 150.9 .095 .014 .109 Bats Left
Bats Right 27.7%   559 4458 336 40 396 .992   1852 478 67 10 64 226 272 194 14 327 15 7 29 36 9 48 .258 .329 .409 .738 257   53.5 7.4 60.9 .096 .013 .109 Bats Right
Sources: Bats Both   0.0%                                                                               Bats Both
Age 24 & under 8.3%   161 1431 111 10 136 .994   522 113 19 2 18 50 59 72 8 92 1 2 6 2 6 11 .216 .312 .364 .676 60   9.7 3.0 12.7 .060 .019 .079 Age 24 & under
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 25-29 57.1%   1120 9345 766 78 801 .992   3817 1025 157 16 90 482 539 427 57 475 24 23 50 51 19 72 .269 .344 .389 .733 526   105.7 15.3 121.0 .094 .014 .108 Age 25-29
Win Shares Digital Update Age 30-34 29.7%   572 4814 375 45 478 .991   2058 556 77 19 58 263 281 210 25 321 6 14 30 54 26 51 .270 .337 .411 .748 285   61.5 7.0 68.5 .108 .012 .120 Age 30-34
baseball-reference.com Age 35 & over   5.0%     94 829 52 2 78 .998     340 81 13 0 13 35 52 48 3 42 0 0 3 4 6 6 .238 .332 .391 .723 44     8.1 1.5 9.6 .086 .016 .102 Age 35 & over
ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia Rookie     11.2%     227 1852 149 16 176 .992     703 170 28 2 20 73 93 84 9 114 2 4 12 5 8 18 .242 .320 .373 .693 86     14.4 3.6 18.0 .063 .016 .079 Rookie  
Starter 76.1%   1428 12663 997 105 1152 .992   5246 1387 203 31 139 655 726 599 76 696 27 23 66 94 50 106 .264 .339 .394 .733 712   147.2 20.7 167.9 .103 .014 .118 Starter  
Reserve     23.9%     519 3756 307 30 341 .993     1491 388 63 6 40 175 205 158 17 234 4 16 23 17 7 34 .260 .328 .391 .719 203     37.8 6.1 43.9 .073 .012 .085 Reserve  
Splits per 1500 Total Chances / 600 Plate Appearances Splits per 1500 Total Chances / 600 Plate Appearances Splits per 1500 TC / 600 PA
Pct of Total
Playing Time Games PO Assts Err DP F Pct. At Bats Hits 2B 3B HR Runs RBI BB IBB SO HP SH SF SB CS GDP BA OBA SA OPS RC B WS F WS T WS BWS/G FWS/G TWS/G
Bats Left   72.3%   1388 1377.6 111.5 10.9 126.3 .993     527.5 140.1 21.5 2.9 12.4 65.2 71.2 60.8 8.5 65.1 1.7 3.5 6.5 8.1 5.2 9.9 .266 .340 .388 .728 71.1     14.2 2.2 16.4 .095 .014 .109 Bats Left
Bats Right 27.7%   559 1383.3 104.3 12.4 122.9 .992   529.9 136.8 19.2 2.9 18.3 64.7 77.8 55.5 4.0 93.6 4.3 2.0 8.3 10.3 2.6 13.7 .258 .329 .409 .738 73.5   15.3 2.3 17.6 .096 .013 .109 Bats Right
Bats Both   0.0%                                                                               Bats Both
Age 24 & under 8.3%   161 1383.0 107.3 9.7 131.4 .994   519.4 112.4 18.9 2.0 17.9 49.8 58.7 71.6 8.0 91.5 1.0 2.0 6.0 2.0 6.0 10.9 .216 .312 .364 .676 59.7   9.7 3.0 12.6 .060 .019 .079 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 57.1%   1120 1375.7 112.8 11.5 117.9 .992   527.6 141.7 21.7 2.2 12.4 66.6 74.5 59.0 7.9 65.7 3.3 3.2 6.9 7.0 2.6 10.0 .269 .344 .389 .733 72.7   14.6 2.1 16.7 .094 .014 .108 Age 25-29
Age 30-34 29.7%   572 1379.6 107.5 12.9 137.0 .991   532.7 143.9 19.9 4.9 15.0 68.1 72.7 54.4 6.5 83.1 1.5 3.6 7.8 14.0 6.7 13.2 .270 .337 .411 .748 73.8   15.9 1.8 17.7 .108 .012 .120 Age 30-34
Age 35 & over   5.0%     94 1408.3 88.3 3.4 132.5 .998     521.7 124.3 19.9 0.0 19.9 53.7 79.8 73.7 4.6 64.5 0.0 0.0 4.6 6.1 9.2 9.2 .238 .332 .391 .723 67.5     12.4 2.3 14.7 .086 .016 .102 Age 35 & over
Rookie     11.2%     227 1377.3 110.8 11.9 130.9 .992     524.0 126.7 20.9 1.5 14.9 54.4 69.3 62.6 6.7 85.0 1.5 3.0 8.9 3.7 6.0 13.4 .242 .320 .373 .693 64.1     10.7 2.7 13.4 .063 .016 .079 Rookie  
Starter 76.1%   1428 1379.9 108.7 11.4 125.5 .992   528.0 139.6 20.4 3.1 14.0 65.9 73.1 60.3 7.6 70.1 2.7 2.3 6.7 9.5 5.0 10.7 .264 .339 .394 .733 71.7   14.8 2.1 16.9 .103 .014 .118 Starter  
Reserve     23.9%     519 1376.5 112.5 11.0 125.0 .993     528.7 137.6 22.3 2.1 14.2 62.1 72.7 56.0 6.0 83.0 1.4 5.7 8.2 6.0 2.5 12.1 .260 .328 .391 .719 72.0     13.4 2.2 15.6 .073 .012 .085 Reserve