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Top First Basemen by Decade

based on Wins Above Replacement

2010's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Miguel Cabrera	4	2010	2013	23.7
Joey Votto	4	2010	2013	22.0
Albert Pujols	4	2010	2013	18.4
Adrian Gonzalez	4	2010	2013	15.5
Prince Fielder	4	2010	2013	12.1

2000's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Albert Pujols	9	2001	2009	73.6
Todd Helton	10	2000	2009	53.0
Jason Giambi	10	2000	2009	38.8
Jim Thome	10	2000	2009	37.7
Mark Teixeira	7	2003	2009	36.6

1990's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Jeff Bagwell	9	1991	1999	56.6
Frank Thomas	10	1990	1999	52.7
Rafael Palmeiro	10	1990	1999	49.6
Mark McGwire	10	1990	1999	46.4
John Olerud	10	1990	1999	39.7

1980's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Eddie Murray	10	1980	1989	45.8
Keith Hernandez	10	1980	1989	43.0
Don Mattingly	8	1982	1989	33.3
Kent Hrbek	9	1981	1989	30.1
Darrell Evans	10	1980	1989	26.0

1970's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Tony Perez	10	1970	1979	36.1
Steve Garvey	10	1970	1979	29.4
George Scott	10	1970	1979	29.2
Bob Watson	10	1970	1979	26.0
Dick Allen	8	1970	1977	23.5

1960's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Harmon Killebrew	10	1960	1969	45.8
Willie McCovey	10	1960	1969	44.5
Norm Cash	10	1960	1969	43.0
Orlando Cepeda	10	1960	1969	37.8
Bill White	10	1960	1969	33.2

1950's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Gil Hodges	10	1950	1959	41.8
Ted Kluszewski	10	1950	1959	29.4
Earl Torgeson	10	1950	1959	25.2
Mickey Vernon	10	1950	1959	22.1
Joe Adcock	10	1950	1959	19.8

1940's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Johnny Mize	7	1940	1949	41.2
Phil Cavarretta	10	1940	1949	29.7
Frank McCormick	9	1940	1948	26.2
Elbie Fletcher	7	1940	1949	25.3
Rudy York	9	1940	1948	24.1

1930's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Lou Gehrig	10	1930	1939	73.1
Jimmie Foxx	10	1930	1939	72.9
Hank Greenberg	8	1930	1939	37.3
Bill Terry	7	1930	1936	36.4
Johnny Mize	4	1936	1939	26.2

1920's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Lou Gehrig	7	1923	1929	39.4
Joe Judge	10	1920	1929	31.8
George Sisler	9	1920	1929	31.3
Lu Blue	9	1921	1929	30.2
Jack Fournier	8	1920	1927	29.1

1910's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Ed Konetchy	10	1910	1919	31.9
Stuffy McInnis	10	1910	1919	30.0
Jake Daubert	10	1910	1919	29.0
George Sisler	5	1915	1919	25.6
Fred Merkle	10	1910	1919	20.5

1900's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Frank Chance	10	1900	1909	40.7
Harry Davis	9	1901	1909	33.9
Fred Tenney	10	1900	1909	29.9
Dan McGann	9	1900	1908	24.5
Charlie Hickman	9	1900	1908	22.3

1890's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Jake Beckley	10	1890	1899	34.5
Roger Connor	8	1890	1897	32.4
Dan Brouthers	7	1890	1896	28.4
Cap Anson	8	1890	1897	22.9
Jack Doyle	10	1890	1899	20.4

1880's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Roger Connor	10	1880	1889	51.8
Cap Anson	10	1880	1889	51.8
Dan Brouthers	10	1880	1889	50.4
Harry Stovey	10	1880	1889	34.7
Dave Orr	7	1883	1889	24.7

1870's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Joe Start	9	1871	1879	15.0
Everett Mills	6	1871	1876	4.3
Herman Dehlman	6	1872	1877	2.9
Denny Mack	5	1871	1876	2.3
Tim Murnane	7	1872	1878	2.2

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Wins Above Replacement data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com.

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

The transaction and player splits data used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
Images can also be viewed at the Hall of Fame online exhibit Dressed to the Nines

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James