Best First Baseman of All Time

[Nosferatu]

So we have decided the best Starting Pitcher and best Catcher of all time, time for 1st base. I believe I know who will win but I am going to include all the players I believe should be on the list.

Who ya got?

 

[broncosmitty]

I voted defense with this one.

 

[obxyankeefan]

So we have decided the best Starting Pitcher and best Catcher of all time, time for 1st base. I believe I know who will win but I am going to include all the players I believe should be on the list.

Who ya got?

Like the catcher, you might have wanted to ask who is the second best.

 

[obxyankeefan]

I voted defense with this one.

so you went with Donnie Baseball?

 

[broncosmitty]

 

[obxyankeefan]

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So you went the other way in the old NY debate.

 

[broncosmitty]

So you went the other way in the old NY debate.

Yep.

I think there's a tough call for best right handed hitter at first also.

 

[Nosferatu]

Like the catcher, you might have wanted to ask who is the second best.

I figured there would be some rebels out there to try and explain why #4 isn't the best of all time... Maybe I just wanted to give Milk another chance...

 

[Nosferatu]

Whoever voted Harmon, huge thumbs up!

 

[BoiseMike19]

Homer pick, but went with the Idahoan....the Brew.

 

[Wazmankg]

I went with Gehrig. Foxx, Pujols and Thomas all deserve consideration.

 

[Nosferatu]

I think Killer and McCovey deserve some consideration as well...

 

[MilkSpiller22]

I think it was fred McGriff...

 

[MilkSpiller22]

Its amazing that Albert Pujols already has top 5 1B all time statistics...

 

[obxyankeefan]

Its amazing that Albert Pujols already has top 5 1B all time statistics...

His rate stats will continue to drop, but yes he should be considered for #2.

 

[MilkSpiller22]

Seriously though, it has to be the iron Horse... He leads all first baseman in OBP and slugging(of course then OPS too)...

 

[broncosmitty]

Hank Greenberg's in the righty conversation.

6th alltime in slugging. Missed all or most of five seasons(the entire end of his prime) to the war.

Still holds the AL season RBI record. And is IMO, the greatest Jew in baseball history.

 

[obxyankeefan]

Hank Greenberg's in the righty conversation.

6th alltime in slugging. Missed all or most of five seasons(the entire end of his prime) to the war.

Still holds the AL season RBI record. And is IMO, the greatest Jew in baseball history.

If he wasn't a Jew, he would have been the first to break the Babe's single season HR record.

But IMO the missed playing time hurts him in this discussion.

 

[MilkSpiller22]

Hank Greenberg's in the righty conversation.

6th alltime in slugging. Missed all or most of five seasons(the entire end of his prime) to the war.

Still holds the AL season RBI record. And is IMO, the greatest Jew in baseball history.

And Hank is 3rd all time for 1B in Slugging

 

[broncosmitty]

Actually Hank is 3rd all time for 1B in Slugging

Yeah, Lou and Jimmy Fox are ahead of him. He's 6th alltime, out of er'ybody.