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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]
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 ...
(First-team votes) Runner-up Team(s) represented by season Year of induction into National Baseball Hall of Fame Total votes (First-team votes) Catcher: Johnny Bench: Cincinnati Reds (1967–1983) 1989: 52 (24) Yogi Berra: New York Yankees (1946–1963) New York Mets 1972: 22 (4) First baseman: Lou Gehrig: New York Yankees (1923–1939) 1939 ...
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 ...
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.
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.
Harold Homer Chase (February 13, 1883 – May 18, 1947), nicknamed "Prince Hal", was an American professional baseball first baseman and manager in Major League Baseball, widely viewed as the best fielder at his position.
Thomas was the first player in major league history to win two Silver Slugger Awards each at two different positions (1993–94 at first base; 1991 & 2000 as designated hitter). He was only the 11th player in history to win consecutive Most Valuable Player Awards, and the first American League player to do so since Roger Maris in 1960 and 1961.