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In the American League, Don Mattingly won nine times with the New York Yankees for the second-highest total among first basemen, [7] and George Scott won eight awards playing for the Boston Red Sox (three) and the Milwaukee Brewers (five). [8] Vic Power, and Bill White each won seven awards; [9] [10] six-time winners include Wes Parker and J. T ...
Through 2021, 21 players had appeared in over 2,000 games as first basemen, more than at any other position; [2] at least one of the 21 has been active in every major league season, except the last two years of World War II. Eddie Murray [3] [4] [5] is the all-time leader in career games as a first baseman, playing 2,413 games at the position. [6]
Cap Anson, whose career began in 1871 and who played nearly 400 more games at first base than any other player in the 19th century, is the all-time leader in career errors as a first baseman with 658, nearly three times as many as any first baseman whose career began after 1920; he also holds the National League record of 583.
9 best MLB free agent first basemen for 2024-2025. Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY. Updated November 23, 2024 at 6:07 AM. There’s one deluxe option and a handful of useful bats on this year’s free ...
The position of the first baseman. A first baseman, abbreviated 1B, is the player on a baseball or softball team who fields the area nearest first base, the first of four bases a baserunner must touch in succession to score a run. The first baseman is responsible for the majority of plays made at that base.
The first baseman spent his entire career with the Colorado Rockies, scooping up five All-Star appearances, three Gold Glove awards, four Silver Slugger awards, 369 home runs and a batting average ...
That’s the fewest first basemen to reach 3 WAR in a full season since 1963. For comparison, six did so in 2023, 11 in 2021, and an all-time high of 15 first basemen reached 3 WAR back in 1997.
Helton holds the record for the highest batting average in a first baseman's Silver Slugger-winning season with the .372 mark he set in 2000. [5] In the American League, Frank Thomas' .353 batting average in 1994 ranks first, [21] and is the third-best in the history of the award.