MLB All-Time Survivor: First Base

[Molina00]

I ran one of these at another site a few years ago and thought it would be fun to do it here. I am going to post the names and some stats of the all-time greats at each position. The list will include retired greats, HOF'ers, and a few current players. I am using active players stats coming into this season. You will vote to eliminate players until there are only 2 left. Then you will vote for who will be starter and who will be backup. I will keep it all in this thread instead of posting a new one every round. This first post is for statistically information about the players for use in voting. The 2nd post will be kept updated with the player list and list of eliminated players.

Retired/Inactive Players
Jim Bottomley: .310 BA, .369 OBP, .500 SLG, 2313 H, 219 HR, 1177 R, 1422 RBI, 1928 NL MVP

Orlando Cepeda: .297 BA, .350 OBP, .499 SLG, 2351 H, 379 HR, 1131 R, 1365 RBI, 142 SB, NL ROY, 1967 NL MVP, 7 Time All-Star

Frank Chance: .296 BA, .394 OBP, .394 SLG, 1273 H, 20 HR, 797 R, 596 RBI, 401 SB

Jimmie Foxx: .325 BA, .428 OBP, .609 SLG, 2646 H, 534 HR, 1751 R, 1922 RBI, 1452 BB, 87 SB, 3 Time AL MVP, 1933 Triple Crown, 9 Time All-Star

Lou Gehrig: .340 BA, .447 OBP, .632 SLG, 2721 H, 534-2B, 493 HR, 1888 R, 1995 RBI, 1508 BB, 102 SB, 2 Time AL MVP, 1934 AL Triple Crown, 7 Time All-Star

Hank Greenberg: .313 BA, .412 OBP, .605 SLG, 1628 H, 331 HR, 1051 R, 1276 RBI, 852 BB, 58 SB, 2 Time AL MVP, 5 Time All-Star

Keith Hernandez: .296 BA, .384 OBP, .436 SLG, 2182 H, 162 HR, 1124 R, 1071 RBI, 1070 BB, 98 SB, 1979 NL MVP, 5 Time All-Star, 11 Gold Gloves

Gil Hodges: .273 BA, .359 OBP, .487 SLG, 1921 H, 370 HR, 1105 R, 1274 RBI, 943 BB, 63 SB, 8 Time All-Star, 3 Gold Gloves

George Kelly: .297 BA, .342 OBP, .452 SLG, 1778 H, 148 HR, 819 R, 1020 RBI, 65 SB

Harmon Killebrew: .256 BA, .376 OBP, .509 SLG, 2086 H, 573 HR, 1283 R, 1584 RBI, 1559 BB, 19 SB, 1969 AL MVP, 11 Time All-Star, 6 Time Homerun Champ

Don Mattingly: .307 BA, .358 OBP, .471 SLG, 2153 H, 442-2B, 222 HR, 1007 R, 1099 RBI, 14 SB, 1985 AL MVP, 6 Time All-Star, 9 Gold Gloves

Willie McCovey: .270 BA, .374 OBP, .515 SLG, 2211 H, 521 HR, 1229 R, 1555 RBI, 1345 BB, 26 SB, 1959 NL ROY, 1969 NL MVP, 6 Time All-Star, 3 Time Homerun Champ

Mark McGwire: .263 BA, .394 OBP, .588 SLG, 1626 H, 583 HR, 1167 R, 1414 RBI, 1317 BB, 12 SB, 1987 AL ROY, 12 Time All-Star, 1990 Gold Glove, 4 Time Homerun Champ

Johnny Mize: .312 BA, .397 OBP, .562 SLG, 2011 H, 359 HR, 1118 R, 1337 RBI, 856 BB, 28 SB, 10 Time All-Star, 4 Time Homerun Champ

Eddie Murray: .287 BA, .359 OBP, .476 SLG, 3255 H, 560-2B, 504 HR, 1627 R, 1917 RBI, 1333 BB, 110 SB, 1977 AL ROY, 8 Time All-Star, 3 Gold Gloves, 3 Time Silver Slugger, 1981 Homerun Champ

John Olerud: .295 BA, .398 OBP, .465 SLG, 2239 H, 500-2B, 255 HR, 1139 R, 1230 RBI, 1275 BB, 11 SB, 2 Time All-Star, 3 Gold Gloves, 1993 AL Batting Champ

Rafael Palmeiro: .288 BA, .371 OBP, .515 SLG, 3020 H, 585-2B, 569 HR, 1663 R, 1835 RBI, 1353 BB, 97 SB, 4 Time All-Star, 3 Gold Gloves, 2 Time Silver Slugger

Tony Perez: .279 BA, .341 OBP, .463 SLG, 2732 H, 505-2B, 379 HR, 1272 R, 1652 RBI, 925 BB, 49 SB, 7 Time All-Star

George Sisler: .340 BA, .379 OBP, .468 SLG, 2812 H, 425-2b, 102 HR, 1284 R, 1175 RBI, 375 SB, 1922 AL MVP, 2 Time Batting Champ, 4 Time Stolen Base Champ

Bill Terry: .341 BA, .393 OBP, .506 SLG, 2193 H, 154 HR, 1120 R, 1078 RBI, 56 SB, 3 Time All-Star, 1930 Batting Champ

Active Players
Jeff Bagwell: .297 BA, .408 OBP, .540 SLG, 2314 H, 488-2B, 449 HR, 1517 R, 1529 RBI, 1401 BB, 202 SB, 1991 NL ROY, 1994 NL MVP, 4 Time All-Star, 1994 Gold Glove, 3 Time Silver Slugger

Frank Thomas: .307 BA, .427 OBP, .568 SLG, 2136 H, 447-2B, 448 HR, 1327 R, 1465 RBI, 1466 BB, 32 SB, 2 Time AL MVP, 5 Time All-Star, 4 Time Silver Slugger, 1997 Batting Champ

[Molina00]

Players Left
Jim Bottomley
Orlando Cepeda
Jimmie Foxx
Lou Gehrig
Hank Greenberg
Gil Hodges
Harmon Killebrew
Don Mattingly
Willie McCovey
Johnny Mize
John Olerud
Tony Perez
George Sisler
Bill Terry
Jeff Bagwell
Frank Thomas

Players Eliminated
Mark McGwire with 3 out of 11 votes
Frank Chance with 5 out of 11 votes
Rafael Palmeiro with 5 out of 10 votes
Keith Hernandez with 5 out of 11 votes
George Kelly with 4 out of 7 votes

[HollywoodLeo]

Kieth Hernandez?! I despise Kieth Hernandez!

(and thus I'm voting him off)

[DirtyKash]

Rafael Palmeiro

[Witlon]

Mark McGwire.

[RockSports17]

Frank Thomas

[Slyder]

Big Mac

[Dam8610]

Frank Thomas

Hank Greenberg

[Raphictor]

George Kelly.

[General]

Rafael Palsteroids.

[Lynch]

What? No Kent Hrbek?


Bleh. I'm not playing.

[Fishercat]

Frank Chance.

[Molina00]

As much as I like Hrbek, he isn't a HOF'er and is not among the all-time greats statistically. Being a HOF'er is really the only reason Chance is even in there.

I guess I'll go with Hernandez. Some of the least impressive numbers of the guys with similar playing time.

Voting stands at:
Hernandez-2
McGwire-2
Palmeiro-2
Thomas-1
Greenberg-1
Kelly-1
Chance-1

If there is no tie-breaker vote by this evening I will pick between those that are tied.

[DirtyKash]

I will pick between those that are tied.

[DravenX]

McGwire