Best First-Baseman of 90’s, 2000’s, 2010’s, Present: Chris’s Corner Edition

1990’s First-Basemen

Jeff Bagwell

• Teams/Seasons: Houston Astros, 15 seasons.

• Rundown: Hall-of-Famer, MLB MVP, 4x All-Star, 3x Silver Slugger, Gold-Glover, Rookie-of-the-Year.

• Career Stats: 77.9 (WAR), 449 Home Runs, .297 batting average and 1529 RBI’s.

Frank Thomas

• Teams/Seasons: Chicago White Sox, Oakland A’s and Toronto Blue Jays. 19 seasons.

• Rundown: Hall-of-famers, 2x MLB MVP, 5x All-Star, 4x Silver Slugger.

• Career Stats: 74 (WAR), 521 Home Runs, .301 batting average and 1704 RBI’s.

Fred McGriff

• Teams/Seasons: Toronto Blue Jays, San Diego Padres, Atlanta Braves, Tampa Bay Rays, Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers. 19 seasons.

• Rundown: World Series Champion, 5x All-Star.

• Career Stats: 53 (WAR), 493 Home Runs, .284 batting average and 1550 RBI’s.

Will Clark

• Teams/Seasons: San Francisco Giants, Texas Rangers, Baltimore Orioles, St. Louis Cardinals. 15 seasons.

• Rundown: 6x All-Star, 2x Silver Slugger.

• Career Stats: 56 (WAR), 284 Home Runs, .303 batting average and 1205 RBI’s.

John Olerud

• Teams/Seasons: Toronto Blue Jays, New York Mets, Seattle Mariners, New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox. 17 seasons.

• Rundown: Two-time World Series Champion, 2x All-Star, 3x Gold Glover.

• Career Stats: 58 (WAR), 255 Home Runs, .295 batting average and 1230 RBI’s.

Carlos Delgado

• Teams/Seasons: Toronto Blue Jays, Miami Marlins, New York Mets. 17 seasons.

• Rundown: 3x Silver Slugger, 2x All-Star.

• Career Stats: 44 (WAR), 473 Home Runs, .280 batting average and 1512 RBI’s.

Rafael Palmeiro

• Teams/Seasons: Chicago Cubs, Baltimore Orioles, Texas Rangers. 20 Seasons.

• Rundown: 4x All-Star, 3x Gold-Glover, 2x Silver-Slugger.

• Career Stats: 72 WAR, 569 Home Runs, .288 Batting Average and 1835 RBI’s.

Don Mattingly

• Teams/Seasons: New York Yankees. 14 seasons.

• Rundown: MLB MVP, 9x Gold Glover, 6x All-Star, 3x Silver Slugger.

• Career Stats: 42 (WAR), 222 Home Runs, .307 batting average and 1099 RBI’s.

Derek Lee

• Teams/Seasons: San Diego Padres, Miami Marlins, Chicago Cubs, Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles, Pittsburgh Pirates. 15 seasons.

• Rundown: World Series Champion, 3x Gold Glover, 2x All-Star, Silver Slugger.

• Career Stats: 35 (WAR), 331 Home Runs, .281 batting average and 1078 RBI’s.

Jason Giambi

• Teams/Seasons: Oakland A’s, New York Yankees, Colorado Rockies, Cleveland Indians. 20 seasons.

• Rundown: MLB MVP, 5x All-Star, 2x Silver-Slugger

• Career Stats: 50 (WAR), 440 Home Runs, .277 batting average and 1441 RBI’s.

Runner-Ups: Mark Grace, Jim Thome and Mark McGwire.

2000’s First-Basemen

Albert Pujols

• Teams/Seasons: St. Louis Cardinals and Los Angeles Angels. 19 seasons.

• Rundown: 2x World Series Champion, 3x MLB MVP, 10x All-Star, 6x Silver Slugger, 2x Gold Glover and Rookie-of-the-Year.

• Career Stats: 101 (WAR), 656 Home Runs, .300 batting average and 2075 RBI’s.

Miguel Cabrera

• Teams/Seasons: Miami Marlins, Detroit Tigers. 17 seasons.

• Rundown: World Series Champion, 2x MLB MVP, 11x All-Star, 7x Silver-Slugger, 4x Batting Title, Triple Crown.

• Career Stats: 70 (WAR), 477 Home Runs, .315 batting average and 1694 RBI’s.

David Ortiz

• Teams/Seasons: Minnesota Twins, Boston Red Sox. 20 Seasons.

• Rundown: 3x World Series Champion, 10x All-Star, 7x Silver Slugger and World Series MVP.

• Career Stats: 55 (WAR), 541 Home Runs, .286 batting average and 1768 RBI’s.

Todd Helton

• Teams/Seasons: Colorado Rockies. 17 seasons.

• Rundown: 5x All-Star, 4x Silver-Slugger, 3x Gold-Glover.

• Career Stats: 62 (WAR), 369 Home Runs, .316 batting average and 1406 RBI’s.

Adrian Gonzalez

• Teams/Seasons: Texas Rangers, San Diego Padres, Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets. 15 seasons.

• Rundown: 5x All-Star, 4x Gold-Glover, 2x Silver Slugger.

• Career Stats: 44 (WAR), 317 Home Runs, .287 batting average and 1202 RBI’s.

Mark Teixeria

• Teams/Seasons: Texas Rangers, Atlanta Braves, Los Angeles Angels, New York Yankees. 14 seasons.

• Rundown: World Series Champion, 5x Gold Glover, 3x All-Star, 3x Silver Slugger.

• Career Stats: 51 (WAR), 409 Home Runs, .269 batting average and 1298 RBI’s.

Prince Fielder

• Teams/Seasons: Milwaukee Brewers, Detroit Tigers, Texas Rangers. 12 seasons.

• Rundown: 6x All-Star, 3x Silver Slugger, All-Star game MVP.

• Career Stats: 24 (WAR), 319 Home Runs, .283 batting average and 1028 RBI’s.

Paul Konerko

• Teams/Seasons: Los Angeles Dodger, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago White Sox. 18 seasons.

• Rundown: World Series Champion, 6x All-Star.

• Career Stats: 28 (WAR), 439 Home Runs, .279 batting average and 1412 RBI’s.

Justin Morneau

• Teams/Seasons: Minnesota Twins, Pittsburgh Pirates, Colorado Rockies, Chicago White Sox. 14 seasons.

• Rundown: MLB MVP, 4x All-Star, 2x Silver Slugger, Batting Title.

• Career Stats: 27 (WAR), 247 Home Runs, .281 batting average and 985 RBI’s.

Kevin Youkilis

• Teams/Seasons: Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees. 10 seasons.

• Rundown: 2x World Series Champion, 3x All-Star, Gold Glover.

• Career Stats: 32 (WAR), 150 Home Runs, .281 batting average and 618 RBI’s.

Runner-Ups: Ryan Howard, Adam Dunn and Carlos Pena.

2010 First Basemen

Joey Votto

• Teams/Seasons: Cincinnati Reds. 13 seasons.

• Rundown: MLB MVP, 6x All-Star, Gold Glover.

• Career Stats: 62 (WAR), 284 Home Runs, .307 batting average and 944 RBI’s.

Paul Goldschmidt

• Teams/Seasons: Arizona D-Backs, St. Louis Cardinals. Nine seasons.

• Rundown: 6x All-Star, 4x Silver Slugger, 3x Gold-Glover.

• Career Stats: 43 (WAR), 243 Home Runs, .292 batting average and 807 RBI’s.

Ryan Zimmerman

• Teams/Seasons: Washington Nationals. 15 seasons.

• Rundown: World Series Champion, 2x All-Star, 2x Silver-Slugger, Gold Glover.

• Career stats: 38 (WAR), 270 Home Runs, .280 batting average and 1015 RBI’s.

Freddie Freeman

• Teams/Seasons: Atlanta Braves. 10 seasons.

• Rundown: 4x All-Star, Gold-Glover, Silver-Slugger.

• Career stats: 36 (WAR), 227 Home Runs, .293 batting average and 805 RBI’s.

Anthony Rizzo

• Teams/Seasons: San Diego Padres, Chicago Cubs. Nine Seasons.

• Rundown: World Series Champion, 3x All-Star, 3x Gold Glover, Silver Slugger.

• Career stats: 33 (WAR), 218 Home Runs, .273 batting average and 729 RBI’s.

Carlos Santana

• Teams/Seasons: Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia Phillies. 10 seasons.

• Rundown: All Star and Silver Slugger.

• Career stats: 30 (WAR), 232 Home Runs, .250 batting average and 766 RBI’s.

Mike Napoli

• Teams/Seasons: Los Angeles Angels, Texas Rangers, Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians. 12 seasons

• Rundown: World Series Champion, All-Star

• Career stats: 26 (WAR), 267 Home Runs, .246 batting average and 744 RBI’s.

Eric Hosmer

• Teams/Seasons: Kansas City Royals, San Diego Padres. Nine seasons.

• Rundown: World Series Champion, 4x Gold Glover, All-Star, Silver Slugger.

• Career stats: 17 (WAR), 167 Home Runs, .280 batting average and 734 RBI’s.

Brandon Belt

• Teams/Seasons: San Francisco Giants. Nine Seasons.

• Rundown: 2x World Series Champion and All-Star.

• Career stats: 23 (WAR), 129 Home Runs, .261 batting average and 472 RBI’s.

Mitch Moreland

• Teams/Seasons: Texas Rangers, Boston Red Sox. 10 seasons.

• Rundown: World Series Champion, All-Star, Gold Glover.

• Career stats: 9 (WAR), 166 Home Runs, .251 batting average and 559 RBI’s.

Runner-Ups: Jay Bruce, Chris Davis and Justin Smoak.

Present First basemen

Jose Abreu

• Teams/Seasons: Chicago White Sox. Six seasons.

• Rundown: 3x All-Star, 2x Silver Slugger and Rookie-of-the-Year.

• Career stats: 21 (WAR), 179 Home Runs, .293 batting average and 611 RBI’s.

DJ LeMahieu

• Teams/Seasons: Chicago Cubs, Colorado Rockies, New York Yankees. Nine seasons.

• Rundown: 3x All-Star, 3x Gold Glover, Silver-Slugger.

• Career stats: 22 (WAR), 75 Home Runs, .302 batting average and 451 RBI’s.

Yuli Gurriel

• Teams/Seasons: Houston Astros. Four seasons.

• Rundown: World Series Champion.

• Career stats: 10 (WAR), 65 Home Runs, .293 batting average and 279 RBI’s.

Matt Olson

• Teams/Seasons: Oakland A’s. Four seasons.

• Rundown: 2x Gold-Glover.

• Career stats: 12 (WAR), 89 Home Runs, .254 batting average and 220 RBI’s.

Josh Bell

• Teams/Seasons: Pittsburgh Pirates. Four seasons.

• Rundown: All-Star

• Career stats: 9 (WAR), 78 Home Runs, .265 batting average and 287 RBI’s.

Pete Alonso

• Teams/Seasons: New York Mets. One Season.

• Rundown: All-Star, Rookie-of-the-Year.

• Career stats: 5 (WAR), 53 Home Runs, .260 batting average and 120 RBI’s.

Travis Shaw

• Teams/Seasons: Boston Red Sox, Milwaukee Brewers. Five seasons.

• Career stats: 9 (War), 99 Home Runs, .243 batting average and 310 RBI’s.

Max Muncy

• Teams/Seasons: Oakland A’s, Los Angeles Dodgers. Four seasons.

• Rundown: All-Star

• Career stats: 9 (WAR), 75 Home Runs, .244 batting average and 194 RBI’s.

Eric Thames

• Teams/Seasons: Toronto Blue Jays, Seattle Mariners, Milwaukee Brewers. Five seasons.

• Career stats: 3 (WAR), 93 Home Runs, .244 batting average and 223 RBI’s.

Rhys Hoskins

• Teams/Seasons: Philadelphia Phillies. Three seasons.

• Career stats: 5 (WAR), 81 Home Runs, .240 batting average and 229 RBI’s.

Runner-Ups: Ji-Man Choi and Jesus Aguilar.