OPS+ 1B, CF, SS: Traditionally, the easier the fielder position, the more the player has got to hit.

5,000 Plate Appearances (PA) would generally reflect ten full seasons, which would qualify the player for election to the Hall of Fame.

First basemen must hit well in order to play regularly. Center fielders much less so and shortstops much, much less so.

OPS+ >= 100: About twice as many center fielders as shortstops and about twice as many first basemen as shortstops. The easier the fielder position, the more the player has got to hit.

This is why SS Barry Larkin (116) is in the HoF but not 1B Don Mattingly (127).

OPS+: On Base average Plus Slugging average adjusted for ball park and era.

OPS+ >= 100 (league average):

For combined seasons, since 1920, Playing in the AL or NL, Played at 1B, in the regular season, requiring Plate Appearances >= 5000 and Adjusted OPS+ >= 100, sorted by descending Adjusted OPS+.

Lou Gehrig

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Left  •  Throws: Left

6-0, 200lb (183cm, 90kg)

Born: June 19, 1903 in New York, NY us

Died: June 2, 1941 (Aged 37-348d) in Bronx, NY

https://stathead.com/tiny/bhwI3  84 (14 HoF: 16.6%) first basemen; top 3, HoF bold:

Gehrig 179

Foxx 163

McGwire 163

https://stathead.com/tiny/7WNN5  HoF

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https://stathead.com/tiny/E4c3t  41 (13 HoF: 31.7%) center fielders; top 3, HoF bold:

Trout 173  active

Mantle 172

Mays 156

https://stathead.com/tiny/MfGHr  HoF

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https://stathead.com/tiny/kOeQt  22 (10 HoF: 45%) shortstops; top 3, HoF bold:

Vaughan 136

Garciaparra 124

Boudreau 120

https://stathead.com/tiny/wKHjf  HoF

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OPS+ < 100: (below league average):

For combined seasons, since 1920, Playing in the AL or NL, Played at 1B, in the regular season, requiring Plate Appearances >= 5000 and Adjusted OPS+ <= 99, sorted by descending Adjusted OPS+.

https://stathead.com/tiny/oiOs9  4 first basemen; FOUR:

Spencer 99

Kranepool 98

Power 97

Grimm 95

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https://stathead.com/tiny/Pwqxj  19 (1 HoF: 5.2%) center fielders; top 3:

Landis 99

Waner 99

Moore 99

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https://stathead.com/tiny/DH7cc  64 (4 HoF: 6.25%) shortstops; top 3 and four HoF:

1. Joost 99 

2. Reese 99

3. Dark 98

11. Rizzuto 93

24. Ozzie Smith 87

38. Aparicio 82

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Luis Aparicio

Position: Shortstop

Bats: Right  •  Throws: Right

5-9, 160lb (175cm, 72kg)

Born: April 29, 1934 (Age: 89-261d) in Maracaibo, Venezuela ve