Heroes of the Zeros: First Base
by Slyde on Dec 17, 2009 8:29 AM EST
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The debate on who is the All Decade 1B for the aught Reds is an interesting one. First base was a fairly stable position for the Reds during the 2000s, with 3 players accounting for 75% of the starts at the position during the decade. The six players listed below are the players on the Reds during the aughts who played more than 30 games and played 1B more than any other position while with the Reds. The ballot is available after the jump and you are only voting for the starting player.
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| Years | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | OPS+ | wOBA | WAR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Casey | 2000-2005 | 828 | 3458 | 3111 | 441 | 944 | 193 | 7 | 86 | 453 | 283 | 332 | .303 | .366 | .453 | .819 | 111 | .353 |
10.8 |
| Jeff Conine | 2007 | 80 | 242 | 215 | 23 | 57 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 32 | 20 | 28 | .265 | .320 | .409 | .729 | 84 | .316 |
0.0 |
| D.T. Cromer | 2000-2001 | 85 | 114 | 104 | 14 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 4 | 33 | .308 | .327 | .577 | .904 | 122 | .354 |
0.4 |
| Scott Hatteberg | 2006-2008 | 291 | 1017 | 869 | 115 | 253 | 58 | 1 | 23 | 105 | 130 | 83 | .291 | .384 | .440 | .823 | 109 | .358 |
2.3 |
| Hal Morris | 2000 | 59 | 78 | 63 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 10 | .222 | .351 | .381 | .732 | 84 | .298 |
0.3 |
| Joey Votto | 2007-2009 | 306 | 1222 | 1079 | 162 | 334 | 77 | 4 | 53 | 185 | 134 | 223 | .310 | .388 | .536 | .924 | 139 | .386 |
7.2 |
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three of my favorite players ...
the mayor, hatty, and votto ….
votto is loved by the fans and will be for a long time, but i have to go with casey because of his tenure and leadership
"Some times you get lucky; some times you get Willy Taveras." - Teh Fay
also, the reason i went with the mayor is that he can have this decade … let’s hope that votto has the next all to himself
"Some times you get lucky; some times you get Willy Taveras." - Teh Fay
my sentiments exactly
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by Charlie Scrabbles on Dec 17, 2009 10:22 AM EST up reply actions
Their sentiments exactly
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by jch24 on Dec 17, 2009 1:41 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
You guys are awfully sentimental today
It’s just that time of year, I guess
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by BK on Dec 17, 2009 5:07 PM EST up reply actions
Maybe they've been around each other long enough for their cycles to start lining up.
Start SEEing motorcycles
my sentiments exactly
too late?
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you can all go to hell
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by Charlie Scrabbles on Dec 17, 2009 3:50 PM EST up reply actions
Votto, because he's so freaking awesome.
It was really close between him and Casey, because Casey played so much longer, but I really think that Votto has been one of the best things about the entire team in this decade, so I gave him the edge.
Ditto on what joshuar said: love our first base this decade – Casey, Hatteberg, Votto, all of whom are pretty decent hitters, and stand-up guys on top of that.
IAN! I'm on traain!
man that was tough
Votto is the slightly better hitter, but Casey was here longer and played better defense. so close but i had to go with votto because of my man crush
"strikeouts are a lot sexier than groundouts"
Votto
is the best player here. But, I had to vote for Casey since it is an all decade vote. I’m curious what position Aurillia is going to be listed on.
Aurilia played 45 or more games at 4 different positions with the Reds
but he didn’t play more than 80 anywhere. He actually played the fewest games at 1B of the 4 that he played.
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Sean Casey once pulled a woman from a car wreck
Just sayin’.
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by jch24 on Dec 17, 2009 9:48 AM EST via mobile reply actions
joey votto got my wife to the games which = more games for me ...
then again, so did jason larue
"Some times you get lucky; some times you get Willy Taveras." - Teh Fay
by joshuar9476 on Dec 17, 2009 10:07 AM EST up reply actions
Joey Votto is 1/4 Cherokee
It has nothing to do with his heritage, the man ate a fucking Jeep.
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by jch24 on Dec 17, 2009 11:05 AM EST via mobile up reply actions 4 recs
I started laughing at this and had to explain it to people and no one got it...
jerks.
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No shit?
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by "Red" Moskau on Dec 17, 2009 10:43 PM EST up reply actions
i looked him up
he only existed for like 14 games then disappeared into the abyss
"strikeouts are a lot sexier than groundouts"
finally a list that doesn't suck.
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It's not that much better than the catcher list
Larue and Casey more or less cancel each other out for the first half of the decade. Casey’s got an edge in WAR but also has more PAs. Ross did a little better than Hatteberg covering a few of the following years. The only real edge is with Votto for the last two years of the decade.
they were awesome ... where have you been
"Some times you get lucky; some times you get Willy Taveras." - Teh Fay
one year
actually, just a half of a year, before he went to Detroit and then retired
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