Best hitting first basemen, both in and out of Hall of Fame.

From 1903 to 2018, Hall Of Fame Members (as mlb players), Played at least 75% of games at 1B, (requiring OPS+>=120 and At least 5000 plate appearances), sorted by greatest Adjusted OPS+

Rk	Player	OPS+	PA	From	To	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Pos	Tm
1	Lou Gehrig	179	9663	1923	1939	20-36	2164	8001	1888	2721	534	163	493	1995	1508		790	45	106		2	102	100	.340	.447	.632	1.080	*3/H976	NYY
2	Jimmie Foxx	163	9676	1925	1945	17-37	2317	8134	1751	2646	458	125	534	1922	1452		1311	13	71		69	87	73	.325	.428	.609	1.038	*3H52/7916	PHA-BOS-CHC-PHI
3	Johnny Mize	158	7370	1936	1953	23-40	1884	6443	1118	2011	367	83	359	1337	856		524	52	20		99	28	1	.312	.397	.562	.959	*3H/9	STL-NYG-NYY
4	Hank Greenberg	158	6098	1930	1947	19-36	1394	5193	1046	1628	379	71	331	1274	852		844	16	35		66	58	26	.313	.412	.605	1.017	*37/H	DET-PIT
5	Jeff Bagwell	149	9431	1991	2005	23-37	2150	7797	1517	2314	488	32	449	1529	1401	155	1558	128	3	102	221	202	78	.297	.408	.540	.948	*3/HD9	HOU
6	Willie McCovey	147	9692	1959	1980	21-42	2588	8197	1229	2211	353	46	521	1555	1345	260	1550	69	5	70	176	26	22	.270	.374	.515	.889	*3H7/9D	SFG-SDP-OAK
7	Bill Terry	136	7108	1923	1936	24-37	1721	6428	1120	2193	373	112	154	1078	537		449	9	137		38	56	6	.341	.393	.506	.899	*3H/97	NYG
8	Orlando Cepeda	133	8698	1958	1974	20-36	2124	7927	1131	2351	417	27	379	1365	588	154	1169	102	4	74	218	142	80	.297	.350	.499	.849	*37D/H95	SFG-STL-ATL-OAK-BOS-KCR
9	Eddie Murray	129	12817	1977	1997	21-41	3026	11336	1627	3255	560	35	504	1917	1333	222	1516	18	2	128	315	110	43	.287	.359	.476	.836	*3D/H57	BAL-LAD-NYM-CLE-ANA
10	Jim Bottomley	125	8354	1922	1937	22-37	1991	7471	1177	2313	465	151	219	1422	664		591	43	177		33	58	15	.310	.369	.500	.869	*3H/4	STL-CIN-SLB
11	George Sisler	125	9012	1915	1930	22-37	2055	8267	1284	2812	425	164	102	1178	472		327	48	226			375	127	.340	.379	.468	.847	*3/H197845	SLB-WSH-BSN

From 1903 to 2018, NOT Hall Of Fame Members (as mlb players), Played at least 75% of games at 1B, (requiring OPS+>=120 and At least 5000 plate appearances), sorted by greatest Adjusted OPS+

Rk	Player	OPS+	PA	From	To	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Pos	Tm
1	Mark McGwire	163	7660	1986	2001	22-37	1874	6187	1167	1626	252	6	583	1414	1317	150	1596	75	3	78	147	12	8	.263	.394	.588	.982	*3/HD59	OAK-STL
2	Joey Votto	155	6764	2007	2018	23-34	1575	5563	930	1729	372	19	269	897	1104	138	1188	56	0	41	132	74	29	.311	.427	.530	.957	*3/H7D	CIN
3	Jack Fournier	142	6032	1912	1927	22-37	1530	5208	822	1631	252	113	136	859	587		424	89	149			146	96	.313	.392	.483	.875	*3H/7891	CHW-NYY-STL-BRO-BSN
4	Norm Cash	139	7914	1958	1974	23-39	2089	6705	1045	1820	241	41	377	1104	1043	112	1091	90	17	55	139	43	30	.271	.374	.488	.862	*3H/97D	CHW-DET
5	Carlos Delgado	138	8657	1993	2009	21-37	2035	7283	1241	2038	483	18	473	1512	1109	186	1745	172	0	93	152	14	8	.280	.383	.546	.929	*3D/7H2	TOR-FLA-NYM
6	Freddie Freeman	137	5011	2010	2018	20-28	1188	4356	685	1275	285	20	189	684	559	69	1041	59	0	37	92	37	18	.293	.378	.497	.875	*3/H5D	ATL
7	Will Clark	137	8283	1986	2000	22-36	1976	7173	1186	2176	440	47	284	1205	937	155	1190	59	13	101	100	67	48	.303	.384	.497	.880	*3/HD	SFG-TEX-BAL-STL
8	Dolph Camilli	135	6353	1933	1945	26-38	1490	5353	936	1482	261	86	239	950	947		961	28	24		80	60	0	.277	.388	.492	.880	*3/H	CHC-PHI-BRO-BOS
9	Prince Fielder	134	6853	2005	2016	21-32	1611	5821	862	1645	321	10	319	1028	847	164	1155	124	0	61	158	18	11	.283	.382	.506	.887	*3D/H	MIL-DET-TEX
10	Fred McGriff	134	10174	1986	2004	22-40	2460	8757	1349	2490	441	24	493	1550	1305	171	1882	39	2	71	226	72	38	.284	.377	.509	.886	*3D/H	TOR-SDP-ATL-TBD-CHC-LAD
11	Todd Helton	133	9453	1997	2013	23-39	2247	7962	1401	2519	592	37	369	1406	1335	185	1175	57	3	93	186	37	29	.316	.414	.539	.953	*3/H7D9	COL
12	Rafael Palmeiro	132	12046	1986	2005	21-40	2831	10472	1663	3020	585	38	569	1835	1353	172	1348	87	15	119	232	97	40	.288	.371	.515	.885	*3D7/H98	CHC-BAL-TEX
13	Mo Vaughn	132	6410	1991	2003	23-35	1512	5532	861	1620	270	10	328	1064	725	144	1429	108	0	45	136	30	18	.293	.383	.523	.906	*3D/H	BOS-ANA-NYM
14	Hal Trosky	130	5748	1933	1946	20-33	1347	5161	835	1561	331	58	228	1012	545		440	16	25		43	28	23	.302	.371	.522	.892	*3/H4	CLE-CHW
15	Adrian Gonzalez	129	8046	2004	2018	22-36	1929	7139	997	2050	437	12	317	1202	782	158	1401	45	4	73	207	6	7	.287	.358	.485	.843	*3/HD9	TEX-SDP-BOS-LAD-NYM
16	John Olerud	129	9063	1989	2005	20-36	2234	7592	1139	2239	500	13	255	1230	1275	157	1016	88	12	96	232	11	14	.295	.398	.465	.863	*3DH	TOR-NYM-SEA-NYY-BOS
17	Kent Hrbek	128	7137	1981	1994	21-34	1747	6192	903	1749	312	18	293	1086	838	110	798	26	15	66	165	37	26	.282	.367	.481	.848	*3D/H5	MIN
18	Keith Hernandez	128	8553	1974	1990	20-36	2088	7370	1124	2182	426	60	162	1071	1070	130	1012	32	10	71	161	98	63	.296	.384	.436	.821	*3/H79	STL-NYM-CLE
19	Don Mattingly	127	7722	1982	1995	21-34	1785	7003	1007	2153	442	20	222	1099	588	136	444	21	13	96	191	14	9	.307	.358	.471	.830	*3/D9H7584	NYY
20	Mark Teixeira	126	8029	2003	2016	23-36	1862	6936	1099	1862	408	18	409	1298	918	91	1441	111	0	64	158	26	7	.268	.360	.509	.869	*3/DH957	TEX-LAA-ATL-NYY
21	Ryan Howard	125	6531	2004	2016	24-36	1572	5707	848	1475	277	21	382	1194	709	154	1843	59	0	55	116	12	5	.258	.343	.515	.859	*3/HD	PHI
22	Joe Adcock	124	7303	1950	1966	22-38	1959	6606	823	1832	295	35	336	1122	594	55	1059	17	52	35	223	20	25	.277	.337	.485	.822	*37H/9	CIN-MLN-CLE-LAA-CAL
23	John Mayberry	123	6447	1968	1982	19-33	1620	5447	733	1379	211	19	255	879	881	106	810	55	10	53	108	20	17	.253	.360	.439	.799	*3/DH	HOU-KCR-NYY-TOR
24	Ted Kluszewski	123	6469	1947	1961	22-36	1718	5929	848	1766	290	29	279	1028	492	70	365	23	3	23	143	20	10	.298	.353	.498	.850	*3H	CIN-PIT-CHW-LAA
25	Rudy York	123	6723	1934	1948	20-34	1603	5891	876	1621	291	52	277	1149	792		867	12	25		155	38	26	.275	.362	.483	.845	*32/H57	DET-BOS-CHW-PHA
26	Ed Konetchy	123	8661	1907	1921	21-35	2085	7649	972	2150	344	182	74	992	689		719	73	253			255	30	.281	.346	.403	.749	*3/7H19	STL-PIT-PBS-BSN-BRO-PHI
27	Derrek Lee	122	7963	1997	2011	21-35	1942	6962	1081	1959	432	30	331	1078	874	72	1622	70	2	55	199	104	48	.281	.365	.495	.859	*3/HD	SDP-FLA-CHC-ATL-BAL-PIT
28	Jason Thompson	122	5686	1976	1986	21-31	1418	4802	640	1253	204	12	208	782	816	70	862	9	5	54	113	8	7	.261	.366	.438	.804	*3/HD	DET-CAL-PIT-MON
29	Cecil Cooper	121	7939	1971	1987	21-37	1896	7349	1012	2192	415	47	241	1125	448	79	911	17	46	79	150	89	49	.298	.337	.466	.803	*3D/H	BOS-MIL
30	Mike Hargrove	121	6694	1974	1985	24-35	1666	5564	783	1614	266	28	80	686	965	75	550	53	44	67	154	24	37	.290	.396	.391	.787	*37H/D	TEX-SDP-CLE
31	Justin Morneau	120	6392	2003	2016	22-35	1545	5699	772	1603	349	23	247	985	573	92	988	46	0	74	138	5	10	.281	.348	.481	.828	*3D/H	MIN-PIT-COL-CHW
32	Richie Sexson	120	5604	1997	2008	22-33	1367	4928	748	1286	260	17	306	943	588	31	1313	52	0	36	144	14	13	.261	.344	.507	.851	*37/DH9	CLE-MIL-ARI-SEA-NYY
33	Gil Hodges	120	8102	1943	1963	19-39	2071	7030	1105	1921	295	48	370	1274	943	31	1137	25	56	50	165	63	31	.273	.359	.487	.846	*3/H275984	BRO-LAD-NYM

People still pushing for Gil Hodges should get a grip. And for the ones advocating for Fred McGriff, he's only number 10 among NON Hall of Fame first basemen; second only to Palmeiro among the 33 above in PA.

Gehrig and McGriff: lefty first basemen with 493 Home Runs. Should both be in Hall of Fame? Saturday, January 6, 2018

What, compare McGriff with Gehrig, the greatest hitting first baseman of all time? That's not fair.
Why? Shouldn't the performance of the candidate be of the highest level? A common sense perspective I've long advocated is to ask: among like players, what Hall of Famer players is the candidate better than? In other words, don't add to the bottom.

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Data from baseball-reference.com