Greatest First Baseman - 1980's

[Stars_Rangers_82]

This thread will allow you to vote for who in your opinion feel is the greatest player at his position for a particular decade. The criteria I will be using is 1,000 games played for position players, 250 games started for SP's, and 400 appearances for relief pitcher's.

Here are the candidates for the 1980's First Baseman, and the poll will be closed at 2:55 CST on Monday, June 20th.

	G	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
Willie Upshaw	1169	570	1050	191	43	122	511	431	607	84	0.264	0.337	0.425	0.763
Pete O'Brien	1101	494	1058	185	17	126	542	487	421	22	0.271	0.349	0.424	0.773
Eddie Murray	1500	858	1642	289	19	274	996	754	733	52	0.293	0.374	0.497	0.872
Don Mattingly	1015	615	1300	272	15	164	717	314	238	8	0.323	0.368	0.521	0.889
Kent Hrbek	1156	624	1212	224	16	201	724	523	564	19	0.290	0.368	0.496	0.864
Keith Hernandez	1357	744	1480	273	32	114	735	742	674	63	0.300	0.390	0.438	0.828
Steve Garvey	1040	498	1129	192	11	113	572	193	454	20	0.282	0.314	0.420	0.734
Leon Durham	1067	522	992	192	40	147	530	444	679	106	0.277	0.356	0.475	0.831
Cecil Cooper	1073	592	1313	247	23	144	706	251	462	46	0.300	0.336	0.465	0.801
Bill Buckner	1334	567	1437	290	27	105	728	257	246	67	0.288	0.322	0.420	0.741

[Fat Tony]

I went with Murray.

[Stars_Rangers_82]

I didn't go with Murray, simply because of the fact that he spent a lot of time as DH. I picked Mattingly instead, although it was a tough pick to go against some of the other one's.

[yankeebiscuitfan]

With a little bias, I voted for Mattingly.

[Mudge]

FYI -- WAR (1980-1989)

Murray: 51.7
Hernandez: 44.5
Mattingly: 34.8 (did not play in 1980-1981)
Hrbek: 31.5

I didn't go with Murray, simply because of the fact that he spent a lot of time as DH. I picked Mattingly instead, although it was a tough pick to go against some of the other one's.

In fairness to Murray (for whom I voted, by the way), almost all of his games in the 1980's were at first base. He did the bulk of his DHing in the '90s. The WAR numbers reveal this.

[RickD]

Donnie baseball all the way!

[WilsonC]

I'd probably go Mattingly on a per-game basis, but Murray played about 50% more games at a comparable level. So Murray.

[Old Sweater]

Looks like I just bent it in Murrays favor. Best slugger at a sluggers position.

[Mickey Mental]

Eddie Murray

[Scoobean]

You either can go with Eddie Murray's power or the graceful hitting of Mattingly. I chose Murray.