A quick update to my EARLY 2017 first base rankings. In my first stab at ranking first baseman for 2017, I failed to rank Angels first baseman Albert Pujols and Nationals infielder Daniel Murphy, who did get 201 games at the position in 2016.
Before I take a look at my updated first base rankings, here are my early catcher rankings:
Note: Stats are courtesy of the fine website, FanGraphs.
2017 First Base Rankings
Note: you can scroll the table below from side to side to see the columns not shown.
|
Rank |
Name |
Team |
LG |
G |
PA |
HR |
R |
RBI |
SB |
ISO |
AVG |
OBP |
SLG |
wOBA |
wRC+ |
WAR |
|
1 |
Paul Goldschmidt |
Dbacks |
NL |
158 |
705 |
24 |
106 |
95 |
32 |
0.192 |
0.297 |
0.411 |
0.489 |
0.382 |
134 |
4.8 |
|
2 |
Anthony Rizzo |
NL |
155 |
676 |
32 |
94 |
109 |
3 |
0.252 |
0.292 |
0.385 |
0.544 |
0.391 |
145 |
5.1 |
|
|
3 |
Miguel Cabrera |
AL |
158 |
679 |
38 |
92 |
108 |
0 |
0.247 |
0.316 |
0.393 |
0.563 |
0.399 |
152 |
4.9 |
|
|
4 |
Edwin Encarnacion |
AL |
160 |
702 |
42 |
99 |
127 |
2 |
0.266 |
0.263 |
0.357 |
0.529 |
0.373 |
134 |
3.8 |
|
|
5 |
Joey Votto |
NL |
158 |
677 |
29 |
101 |
97 |
8 |
0.225 |
0.326 |
0.434 |
0.550 |
0.413 |
158 |
5 |
|
|
6 |
Freddie Freeman |
NL |
158 |
693 |
34 |
102 |
91 |
6 |
0.267 |
0.302 |
0.400 |
0.569 |
0.402 |
152 |
6.1 |
|
|
7 |
Daniel Murphy |
Nationals |
NL |
142 |
582 |
25 |
88 |
104 |
5 |
0.249 |
0.347 |
0.390 |
0.595 |
0.408 |
156 |
5.5 |
|
8 |
Hanley Ramirez |
AL |
147 |
620 |
30 |
81 |
111 |
9 |
0.219 |
0.286 |
0.361 |
0.505 |
0.367 |
127 |
2.6 |
|
|
9 |
Wil Myers |
NL |
157 |
676 |
28 |
99 |
94 |
28 |
0.202 |
0.259 |
0.336 |
0.461 |
0.341 |
115 |
3.7 |
|
|
10 |
Eric Hosmer |
AL |
158 |
667 |
25 |
80 |
104 |
5 |
0.167 |
0.266 |
0.328 |
0.433 |
0.326 |
101 |
-0.2 |
|
|
11 |
Chris Davis |
AL |
157 |
665 |
38 |
99 |
84 |
1 |
0.239 |
0.221 |
0.332 |
0.459 |
0.340 |
111 |
2.8 |
|
|
12 |
Jose Abreu |
AL |
159 |
695 |
25 |
67 |
100 |
0 |
0.175 |
0.293 |
0.353 |
0.468 |
0.349 |
118 |
1.6 |
|
|
13 |
Carlos Santana |
AL |
158 |
688 |
34 |
89 |
87 |
5 |
0.239 |
0.259 |
0.366 |
0.498 |
0.370 |
132 |
3.7 |
|
|
14 |
Albert Pujols |
Angels |
AL |
152 |
650 |
31 |
71 |
119 |
4 |
0.189 |
0.268 |
0.323 |
0.457 |
0.331 |
111 |
0.9 |
|
15 |
Mike Napoli |
Indians |
AL |
150 |
645 |
34 |
92 |
101 |
5 |
0.226 |
0.239 |
0.335 |
0.465 |
0.343 |
113 |
1.1 |
|
16 |
Matt Carpenter |
NL |
129 |
566 |
21 |
81 |
68 |
0 |
0.235 |
0.271 |
0.380 |
0.505 |
0.375 |
135 |
3.1 |
|
|
17 |
Adrian Gonzalez |
NL |
156 |
633 |
18 |
69 |
90 |
0 |
0.150 |
0.285 |
0.349 |
0.435 |
0.334 |
112 |
1.3 |
|
|
18 |
Chris Carter |
NL |
160 |
644 |
41 |
84 |
94 |
3 |
0.277 |
0.222 |
0.321 |
0.499 |
0.346 |
112 |
1.1 |
|
|
19 |
Brandon Belt |
NL |
156 |
655 |
17 |
77 |
82 |
0 |
0.199 |
0.275 |
0.394 |
0.474 |
0.374 |
138 |
4.3 |
|
|
20 |
Brad Miller |
AL |
152 |
601 |
30 |
73 |
81 |
6 |
0.239 |
0.243 |
0.304 |
0.482 |
0.333 |
111 |
1.9 |
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