⚾️On this here off-day today, how would you personally our first basemen that you've seen, from the beginning of your fandom up to present-day?⚾️

[Mrs. Meta]

I will post my list from 1996 on when I figure out where to put Robert Fick and Rico Brogna.

But that said, I'm curious to see what y'all come up with, largely, and understandably, after Frederick Charles Freeman

 

[Southcack77]

Ken Griffey, Sr. Is way up there, lol.

Honestly not sure who I'd rate #1 without thought. 3 or 4 pop to mind.

 

[mossy]

How would we rate our 1b's?

 

[Hulavol]

Chris Chambliss for that bodacious HR he smacked against the Dodgers when I was a kid .. it was a tight pennant race (we were in the same division with them back then) and it was a back and forth tight game … and Chambliss hit a come from behind dramatic dinger at Fulton county.
Big Cat is up there too.
Come to think of it….Favorite is the Crime Dog

 

[bravesfanMatt]

Fat Adams is my all-time fav

 

[Metaphysicist]

 

[cajunrevenge]

Freeman
Sid Bream
Julio
Klesko
Gallaraga
Brian Hunter
Fick
Rico
Thorman

 

[DirkPiggler]

For the purposes of this exercise I only counted players who were the primary first baseman and/or played in at least 100 games in a season.

1. Freeman - still the best all around 1B we've had
2. McGriff
3. Olson - room to move up
4. Galarraga - wish we could have had him longer
5. Murphy - bonus points for being the first Braves 1st baseman I ever saw. He would've been fine there long term - the bat coming around at the time of the position change was coincidence.
6. Bream - sentimental reasons only due to the slide.
7. Chambliss
8t. LaRoche - still think Bobby should have let him face LHP earlier
8t. Franco - seems like you can't have either of these two without the other.
10. Teixiera
11. Klesko - see note from LaRoche
12. Justice - obviously lower because of the temporary nature of the position change
13. Horner - loved him when he was at 3rd, even though 1st made more sense due to size/body type.
14. Brian Hunter
15. Troy Glaus
16. Kotchman - meh
17. Gerald Perry - double meh
18. Wes Helms - who?
19. Scott Thorman
20. Robert Fick - f*ck that guy.

 

[jpx7]

I like first basemen who actually want to play for the team, so I choose Matthew Kent Olson.

 

[Tapate50]

Galarraga was a scary dude in the box.

 

[MadduxFanII]

I forgot how hilariously bad Thorman was. A .260 career OBP in 415 ABs is something.

 

[Nerfherders]

I started in 1991 so for me it goes:

Freeman
McGriff
Olson
Galarraga
Franco
LaRoche
Bream

The 00's were pretty sparse for 1B. I'd like to forget the rest of them. (or have already)

 

[MadduxFanII]

Everyone forgets Rico Brogna.