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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]
Goldschmidt finished his 2019 regular season, and his first season as a Cardinal, slashing .260/.346/.476 with 34 home runs and 97 RBIs over 161 games. On defense, he had the best fielding percentage of all major league first basemen (.996). [60] Following the season, he was nominated for his first ever Gold Glove in a Cardinals uniform. [61]
The first baseman and right fielder appeared in 388 games in Major League Baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals (1962, 1971), San Francisco Giants (1965–1966, 1969–1970), Milwaukee Brewers (1970) and Boston Red Sox (1972). He batted and threw left-handed, stood 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall, and weighed 174 pounds (79 kg) during his active ...
Carter also extended a season-high 11-game hitting streak. [16] On September 30, with the Seattle Mariners ahead 6–3 in the bottom of the sixth inning, he hit a game-tying three-run home run. Three wins away from making the postseason, the Astros won, 7–6. [17] Carter played the 2015 season primarily as the team's starting first baseman and ...
Eddie Clarence Murray (born February 24, 1956), nicknamed "Steady Eddie", is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) first baseman, designated hitter, and coach.. Spending most of his MLB career with the Baltimore Orioles, he ranks fourth in team history in both games played and
Maybe this is the best way to frame last year's disappointing haul of the top 26 first basemen drafted in Yahoo leagues last year — 18 of them have cheaper ADPs this season.
Through 31 games in the season, he had surpassed his RBI total (24) and walk total (16) in 2020 while batting .342/.420/.553 and leading the Astros with 12 multi-hit games and in RBIs. [41] In the final game of the 2021 regular season, Gurriel hit a walk-off single to score Jason Castro and defeat the Oakland Athletics. [43]
Fielder ranked first in the National League in home runs (50) in his MVP-caliber 2007 season (and was, until the 2017 MLB season, the last player in the National League to hit 50 or more home runs in a single season, when Giancarlo Stanton hit 59 home runs), was second in slugging percentage to teammate Ryan Braun (.618), second in at-bats per ...