best first baseman in baseball

[OG Hack Wilson]

who


defense included...

[Lunatic]

ryan howard

[Twentytwofifty]

2. Mark Teixiera
3. Adrian Gonzalez
4. Prince Fielder
5. Kevin Youkilis

[OG Hack Wilson]

2. Mark Teixiera
3. Adrian Gonzalez
4. Prince Fielder
5. Kevin Youkilis

Ryan Howard and Miggy C are not in your top 5??
 
Pukilis over Morneau?  i expected better from you Knuckles



you are right on Teix being 2nd....nobody plays better defense than him and he's going to end up as a .300 hitter with 30 homers/100 RBI despite starting slow every year

[Javier]

Imagine the type of love Adrian Gonzalez would get if he didn't play half his games at Petco?

[white Boy]

i mean, im biased, how can i not go for ryan, who has really upped his D game.

[Twentytwofifty]

Ryan Howard and Miggy C are not in your top 5??
 
Pukilis over Morneau?  i expected better from you Knuckles



you are right on Teix being 2nd....nobody plays better defense than him and he's going to end up as a .300 hitter with 30 homers/100 RBI despite starting slow every year

Tex is a clear #2 but it tough ranking 3-8 or so.
I hate Youkilis but I gotta put him up there.  Miggy is close.  Howard is quite overrated, all HRs and RBI.  Probably have him 8.

It's really:

1. Pujols



2. Tex


3-7. Gonzo, Prince, Youk, Miggy & Morneau
8. Howard

[Twentytwofifty]

[the ghost]

Tex and A Gon.  Both premo defenders with plenty of hitting ability.  Imagine Tex for a whole year of hitting not minus a month like he does every year, and Agon playing in Yankee stadium instead of Cavernco all season

[OG Hack Wilson]

i've always been a huge OPS+ guy for sluggers....obviously it is not a metric for Ichiro or Jeter but for power guys it's my favorite


i'm shocked to notice that Howard is 2nd best on that list of walks per 162 games  (dude clearly peaked the year he won his MVP with 58 homers)

[white Boy]

what are those batting ratings based on?

[Twentytwofifty]

what are those batting ratings based on?

Which ones? 

[white Boy]

on the bottim chart you posted the first collumn under "batting" pujols is 152.9

[Twentytwofifty]

on the bottim chart you posted the first collumn under "batting" pujols is 152.9

Batting is "Park Adjusted Runs Above Average based on wOBA"
The link to that screenshot: http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=1b&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=y&type=6&season=2010&month=12