First Base Leaders
Top 100 First Base in MLB history by games played at the position
| Rank | Player Name | Games at 1B | Years Active | Career G | AB | H | HR | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eddie Murray | 2413 | 1977-1997 | 3026 | 11336 | 3255 | 504 | 0.287 |
| 2 | Jake Beckley | 2383 | 1888-1907 | 2392 | 9551 | 2938 | 87 | 0.308 |
| 3 | Fred McGriff | 2239 | 1986-2004 | 2460 | 8757 | 2490 | 493 | 0.284 |
| 4 | Mickey Vernon | 2237 | 1939-1960 | 2409 | 8731 | 2495 | 172 | 0.286 |
| 5 | Todd Helton | 2178 | 1997-2013 | 2247 | 7962 | 2519 | 369 | 0.316 |
| 6 | Mark Grace | 2162 | 1988-2003 | 2245 | 8065 | 2445 | 173 | 0.303 |
| 7 | Cap Anson | 2152 | 1871-1897 | 2524 | 10281 | 3435 | 97 | 0.334 |
| 8 | Rafael Palmeiro | 2139 | 1986-2005 | 2831 | 10472 | 3020 | 569 | 0.288 |
| 9 | Lou Gehrig | 2135 | 1923-1939 | 2164 | 8001 | 2721 | 493 | 0.340 |
| 10 | Charlie Grimm | 2127 | 1916-1936 | 2166 | 7917 | 2299 | 79 | 0.290 |
| 11 | Jeff Bagwell | 2111 | 1991-2005 | 2150 | 7797 | 2314 | 449 | 0.297 |
| 12 | Andres Galarraga | 2106 | 1985-2004 | 2257 | 8096 | 2333 | 399 | 0.288 |
| 13 | Joe Judge | 2085 | 1915-1934 | 2171 | 7898 | 2352 | 71 | 0.298 |
| 14 | Ed Konetchy | 2074 | 1907-1921 | 2085 | 7649 | 2150 | 74 | 0.281 |
| 15 | Steve Garvey | 2057 | 1969-1987 | 2332 | 8835 | 2599 | 272 | 0.294 |
| 16 | Joe Kuhel | 2057 | 1930-1947 | 2104 | 7984 | 2212 | 131 | 0.277 |
| 17 | John Olerud | 2053 | 1989-2005 | 2234 | 7592 | 2239 | 255 | 0.295 |
| 18 | Willie McCovey | 2045 | 1959-1980 | 2588 | 8197 | 2211 | 521 | 0.270 |
| 19 | Albert Pujols | 2026 | 2001-2022 | 3080 | 11421 | 3384 | 703 | 0.296 |
| 20 | Keith Hernandez | 2012 | 1974-1990 | 2088 | 7370 | 2182 | 162 | 0.296 |
| 21 | Freddie Freeman | 2006 | - | 2179 | 8114 | 2431 | 367 | 0.300 |
| 22 | Jake Daubert | 2000 | 1910-1924 | 2014 | 7673 | 2326 | 56 | 0.303 |
| 23 | Stuffy McInnis | 1996 | 1909-1927 | 2128 | 7822 | 2405 | 20 | 0.307 |
| 24 | George Sisler | 1972 | 1915-1930 | 2055 | 8267 | 2812 | 102 | 0.340 |
| 25 | Joey Votto | 1970 | 2007-2023 | 2056 | 7252 | 2135 | 356 | 0.294 |
| 26 | Chris Chambliss | 1962 | 1971-1988 | 2175 | 7571 | 2109 | 185 | 0.279 |
| 27 | Norm Cash | 1944 | 1958-1974 | 2089 | 6705 | 1820 | 377 | 0.271 |
| 28 | Jimmie Foxx | 1918 | 1925-1945 | 2317 | 8134 | 2646 | 534 | 0.325 |
| 29 | Wally Joyner | 1913 | 1986-2001 | 2033 | 7127 | 2060 | 204 | 0.289 |
| 30 | Gil Hodges | 1908 | 1943-1963 | 2071 | 7030 | 1921 | 370 | 0.273 |
| 31 | Paul Konerko | 1904 | 1997-2014 | 2349 | 8393 | 2340 | 439 | 0.279 |
| 32 | Derrek Lee | 1901 | 1997-2011 | 1942 | 6962 | 1959 | 331 | 0.281 |
| 33 | Will Clark | 1888 | 1986-2000 | 1976 | 7173 | 2176 | 284 | 0.303 |
| 34 | Jim Bottomley | 1885 | 1922-1937 | 1991 | 7471 | 2313 | 219 | 0.310 |
| 35 | Tino Martinez | 1871 | 1990-2005 | 2023 | 7111 | 1925 | 339 | 0.271 |
| 36 | Paul Goldschmidt | 1845 | - | 1928 | 7119 | 2056 | 362 | 0.289 |
| 37 | Adrian Gonzalez | 1836 | 2004-2018 | 1929 | 7139 | 2050 | 317 | 0.287 |
| 38 | Wally Pipp | 1818 | 1913-1928 | 1872 | 6914 | 1941 | 90 | 0.281 |
| 39 | Hal Chase | 1814 | 1905-1919 | 1919 | 7417 | 2158 | 57 | 0.291 |
| 40 | Fred Tenney | 1811 | 1894-1911 | 1994 | 7595 | 2231 | 22 | 0.294 |
| 41 | Tony Perez | 1776 | 1964-1986 | 2777 | 9778 | 2732 | 379 | 0.279 |
| 42 | George Scott | 1773 | 1966-1979 | 2034 | 7433 | 1992 | 271 | 0.268 |
| 43 | Mark Teixeira | 1769 | 2003-2016 | 1862 | 6936 | 1862 | 409 | 0.268 |
| 44 | Carlos Delgado | 1767 | 1993-2009 | 2035 | 7283 | 2038 | 473 | 0.280 |
| 45 | Mark McGwire | 1763 | 1986-2001 | 1874 | 6187 | 1626 | 583 | 0.263 |
| 46 | Roger Connor | 1759 | 1880-1897 | 1998 | 7797 | 2467 | 138 | 0.316 |
| 47 | Anthony Rizzo | 1699 | - | 1727 | 6288 | 1644 | 303 | 0.261 |
| 48 | Eric Karros | 1698 | 1991-2004 | 1755 | 6441 | 1724 | 284 | 0.268 |
| 49 | Orlando Cepeda | 1683 | 1958-1974 | 2124 | 7927 | 2351 | 379 | 0.297 |
| 50 | George Burns | 1673 | 1914-1929 | 1866 | 6573 | 2018 | 72 | 0.307 |
| 51 | Tommy Tucker | 1670 | 1887-1899 | 1688 | 6482 | 1882 | 42 | 0.290 |
| 52 | Johnny Mize | 1668 | 1936-1953 | 1884 | 6443 | 2011 | 359 | 0.312 |
| 53 | J. T. Snow | 1656 | 1992-2008 | 1716 | 5641 | 1509 | 189 | 0.268 |
| 54 | Dan Brouthers | 1636 | 1879-1904 | 1676 | 6726 | 2303 | 107 | 0.342 |
| 55 | Don Mattingly | 1635 | 1982-1995 | 1785 | 7003 | 2153 | 222 | 0.307 |
| 56 | Harry Davis | 1629 | 1895-1917 | 1755 | 6653 | 1841 | 75 | 0.277 |
| 57 | Eric Hosmer | 1622 | 2011-2023 | 1689 | 6349 | 1753 | 198 | 0.276 |
| 58 | Kent Hrbek | 1609 | 1981-1994 | 1747 | 6192 | 1749 | 293 | 0.282 |
| 59 | Bill Terry | 1578 | 1923-1936 | 1721 | 6428 | 2193 | 154 | 0.341 |
| 60 | Lu Blue | 1568 | 1921-1933 | 1615 | 5904 | 1696 | 44 | 0.287 |
| 61 | Bill Buckner | 1556 | 1969-1990 | 2517 | 9397 | 2715 | 174 | 0.289 |
| 62 | Fred Merkle | 1550 | 1907-1926 | 1638 | 5782 | 1580 | 61 | 0.273 |
| 63 | George McQuinn | 1529 | 1936-1948 | 1550 | 5747 | 1588 | 135 | 0.276 |
| 64 | Lee May | 1504 | 1965-1982 | 2071 | 7609 | 2031 | 354 | 0.267 |
| 65 | Joe Adcock | 1496 | 1950-1966 | 1959 | 6606 | 1832 | 336 | 0.277 |
| 66 | Boog Powell | 1480 | 1961-1977 | 2042 | 6681 | 1776 | 339 | 0.266 |
| 67 | Ted Kluszewski | 1479 | 1947-1961 | 1718 | 5929 | 1766 | 279 | 0.298 |
| 68 | John Mayberry | 1478 | 1968-1982 | 1620 | 5447 | 1379 | 255 | 0.253 |
| 69 | Ryan Howard | 1477 | 2004-2016 | 1572 | 5707 | 1475 | 382 | 0.258 |
| 70 | Bill White | 1476 | 1956-1969 | 1673 | 5972 | 1706 | 202 | 0.286 |
| 71 | Dolph Camilli | 1475 | 1933-1945 | 1490 | 5353 | 1482 | 239 | 0.277 |
| 72 | Cecil Cooper | 1475 | 1971-1987 | 1896 | 7349 | 2192 | 241 | 0.298 |
| 73 | Adam LaRoche | 1468 | 2004-2015 | 1605 | 5593 | 1452 | 255 | 0.260 |
| 74 | Bill Skowron | 1463 | 1954-1967 | 1658 | 5547 | 1566 | 211 | 0.282 |
| 75 | Frank McCormick | 1448 | 1934-1948 | 1534 | 5723 | 1711 | 128 | 0.299 |
| 76 | Lyle Overbay | 1435 | 2001-2014 | 1587 | 5102 | 1355 | 151 | 0.266 |
| 77 | Earl Torgeson | 1417 | 1947-1961 | 1668 | 4969 | 1318 | 149 | 0.265 |
| 78 | Gus Suhr | 1407 | 1930-1940 | 1435 | 5176 | 1446 | 84 | 0.279 |
| 79 | James Loney | 1392 | 2006-2016 | 1443 | 5023 | 1425 | 108 | 0.284 |
| 80 | Carlos Santana | 1383 | - | 2080 | 7400 | 1789 | 324 | 0.242 |
| 81 | Elbie Fletcher | 1380 | 1934-1949 | 1415 | 4879 | 1323 | 79 | 0.271 |
| 82 | Dan Driessen | 1379 | 1973-1987 | 1732 | 5479 | 1464 | 153 | 0.267 |
| 83 | Carlos Peña | 1379 | 2001-2014 | 1493 | 4949 | 1146 | 286 | 0.232 |
| 84 | Mike Hargrove | 1378 | 1974-1985 | 1666 | 5564 | 1614 | 80 | 0.290 |
| 85 | Dan McGann | 1377 | 1896-1908 | 1437 | 5226 | 1482 | 42 | 0.284 |
| 86 | Pete O'Brien | 1374 | 1982-1993 | 1567 | 5437 | 1421 | 169 | 0.261 |
| 87 | George Kelly | 1373 | 1915-1932 | 1622 | 5993 | 1778 | 148 | 0.297 |
| 88 | Charlie Comiskey | 1363 | 1882-1894 | 1390 | 5796 | 1529 | 28 | 0.264 |
| 89 | Fred Luderus | 1326 | 1909-1920 | 1346 | 4851 | 1344 | 84 | 0.277 |
| 90 | Prince Fielder | 1324 | 2005-2016 | 1611 | 5821 | 1645 | 319 | 0.283 |
| 91 | Justin Morneau | 1324 | 2003-2016 | 1545 | 5699 | 1603 | 247 | 0.281 |
| 92 | Hal Trosky | 1320 | 1933-1946 | 1347 | 5161 | 1561 | 228 | 0.302 |
| 93 | Jason Thompson | 1314 | 1976-1986 | 1418 | 4802 | 1253 | 208 | 0.261 |
| 94 | Sean Casey | 1313 | 1997-2008 | 1405 | 5066 | 1531 | 130 | 0.302 |
| 95 | Jack Fournier | 1313 | 1912-1927 | 1530 | 5208 | 1631 | 136 | 0.313 |
| 96 | Jason Giambi | 1307 | 1995-2014 | 2260 | 7267 | 2010 | 440 | 0.277 |
| 97 | Vic Power | 1306 | 1954-1965 | 1627 | 6046 | 1716 | 126 | 0.284 |
| 98 | Mo Vaughn | 1305 | 1991-2003 | 1512 | 5532 | 1620 | 328 | 0.293 |
| 99 | Ed Kranepool | 1302 | 1962-1979 | 1853 | 5436 | 1418 | 118 | 0.261 |
| 100 | Kitty Bransfield | 1291 | 1898-1911 | 1330 | 4999 | 1351 | 13 | 0.270 |