All-Time great 1st Baseman

[Pogotheostrich]

I'm curious who voted for Killebrew.

Harmon really didn't have a postion. He played multiple postions:

1B-969 games
3B-791 games
OF-470 games
DH-158 games
2B- 58 games

Ernie Banks played 1259 games at 1st and only 1125 games at SS, but I'll list him at SS.

[DK]

Gehrig IMO.

[Pogotheostrich]

Gehrig IMO.

Mine too. Just seeing if anyone has any other opinions. The only case I could think of is that Gehrig benefited from hitting behind the Babe.

[DK]

Gehrig IMO.

Mine too. Just seeing if anyone has any other opinions. The only case I could think of is that Gehrig benefited from hitting behind the Babe.

Playing through death and playing better than all 1st basemen ever X's out any arguments you can really make.

[Walden warriors]

How is Hank Greenberg NOT on this list?

[Arlo]

Greenberg's on the list (no votes yet, though...).

Another 1B who always seems to be left out of discussions like this is Dan Brouthers. No, I wouldn't call him better than Gehrig, but purely from the perspective of standing head and shoulders above his contemporaries and being ahead of his time, he's definitely among the best ever.

[ironman]

If you were to base it totally on defense you'd have to give props to Steve Garvey and Donnie Baseball.

Anyway I gotta go with Gehrig.

[LCBOY]

If you were to base it totally on defense you'd have to give props to Steve Garvey and Donnie Baseball.

Anyway I gotta go with Gehrig.

Actually, Hal Chase, Kieth Hernandez, and J.T. Snow were better defensive 1B...

[frog99]

Chance just missed the making the poll.

chace isn't even top 20. just because he was in a poem, doesn't mean he deseveres to be in the HOF.


Gehrig was a great player, but i think he is rated too high by some people. If he really was one of the ten best baseball players ever, shouldn't the yankees have won more World Series when he and Ruth were on the same teams?

[Los Angeles Cubs]

Chance just missed the making the poll.

chace isn't even top 20. just because he was in a poem, doesn't mean he deseveres to be in the HOF.


Gehrig was a great player, but i think he is rated too high by some people. If he really was one of the ten best baseball players ever, shouldn't the yankees have won more World Series when he and Ruth were on the same teams?

Not neccesarily(sp?), froggy. There are many more factors in winning the World Series than your first baseman and right ielder. Come on, pitching, defense, other players.