From baseball-reference.com ad hoc query:
- 1903 to 2011
- played 75% of games at 1B
- OPS+ >=150
- qualified for league batting title
- sorted by greatest Adjusted OPS+
Bagwell has the third highest but it is in 1994 when he played only 110 games.
191 seasons made the list.
Bagwell has seasons ranked: 3, 35, 67, 97, 121, 172.
Willie McCovey, who is just behind Bagwell in career OPS+, also has six: 5 (his MVP season in which he played 149 games with 623 PA), 28, 50, 92, 119, 175. And they called him Stretch, I guess because of his defense.
Eleven first basemen with at least five seasons and career OPS+:
Lou Gehrig 12 178
Jimmie Foxx 9 163
Johnny Mize 9 158
Albert Pujols 7 169
Hank Greenberg 6 158
Willie McCovey 6 147
Mark McGwire 6 162
Jeff Bagwell 6 149
Eddie Murray 5 129
Fred McGriff 5 134
George Sisler 5 124
Bagwell comes out very high, behind the big boys, but solidly among Hall of Famers. And Bagwell stole more bases (202) than any of these first basemen except Sisler (375).
Too bad he played in Houston and did not hit well in the MLB playoffs and had his best season in strike shortened 1994.
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