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Spanning Multiple Seasons or entire Careers, From 1961 to 2008, Played 50% of games at 1B, (requiring At least 1000 games), sorted by greatest SO

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  Cnt Player             **SO**    G  From  To   Ages   PA    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB  IBB HBP  SH  SF GDP  SB   CS   BA   OBP   SLG   OPS  Positions Teams
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    1 Jim Thome           2190   2160 1991 2008 20-37  9029  7344 1431 2048 397  24 541 1488 1550 159  66   1  68 137   19  20  .279  .406  .560  .966 *3D5      CLE-PHI-CHW 
    2 Andres Galarraga    2003   2257 1985 2004 24-43  8916  8096 1195 2333 444  32 399 1425  583 106 178   1  58 179  128  81  .288  .347  .499  .846 *3/D5     MON-STL-COL-ATL-TOT-MON-SFG-ANA 
    3 Fred McGriff        1882   2460 1986 2004 22-40 10174  8757 1349 2490 441  24 493 1550 1305 171  39   2  71 226   72  38  .284  .377  .509  .886 *3D       TOR-SDP-TOT-ATL-TBD-TOT-CHC-LAD-TBD 
    4 Tony Perez          1867   2776 1964 1986 22-44 10861  9778 1272 2732 505  79 379 1652  925 150  43   9 106 268   49  33  .279  .341  .463  .804 *35/D4    CIN-MON-BOS-PHI-CIN 
    5 Carlos Delgado      1725   2009 1993 2008 21-36  8545  7189 1226 2010 476  17 469 1489 1097 186 168   0  91 149   14   8  .280  .383  .546  .929 *3D/72    TOR-FLA-NYM 
    6 Mark McGwire        1596   1874 1986 2001 22-37  7660  6187 1167 1626 252   6 583 1414 1317 150  75   3  78 147   12   8  .263  .394  .588  .982 *3/D54967 OAK-TOT-STL 
    7 Lee May             1570   2069 1965 1982 22-39  8219  7609  959 2031 340  31 354 1244  487  85  49   9  65 219   39  35  .267  .313  .459  .772 *3D/79    CIN-HOU-BAL-KCR 
    8 Jeff Bagwell        1558   2150 1991 2005 23-37  9431  7797 1517 2314 488  32 449 1529 1401 155 128   3 102 221  202  78  .297  .408  .540  .948 *3/D9     HOU         
    9 Eddie Murray        1516   3026 1977 1997 21-41 12817 11336 1627 3255 560  35 504 1917 1333 222  18   2 128 316  110  43  .287  .359  .476  .835 *3D/57    BAL-LAD-NYM-CLE-TOT 
   10 Willie McCovey      1462   2435 1961 1980 23-42  9160  7745 1160 2081 329  38 495 1466 1278 255  65   5  67 166   23  21  .269  .374  .513  .887 *37/9D    SFG-SDP-TOT-SFG 
   11 Mo Vaughn           1429   1512 1991 2003 23-35  6410  5532  861 1620 270  10 328 1064  725 144 108   0  45 135   30  18  .293  .383  .523  .906 *3D       BOS-ANA-NYM 
   12 George Scott        1418   2034 1966 1979 22-35  8269  7433  957 1992 306  60 271 1051  699  85  53  22  62 277   69  57  .268  .333  .435  .768 *35/D     BOS-MIL-TOT 
   13 Rafael Palmeiro     1348   2831 1986 2005 21-40 12046 10472 1663 3020 585  38 569 1835 1353 171  87  15 119 231   97  40  .288  .371  .515  .886 *3D7/98   CHC-TEX-BAL 
   14 Cecil Fielder       1316   1470 1985 1998 21-34  5939  5157  744 1313 200   7 319 1008  693  76  43   0  46 169    2   6  .255  .345  .482  .827 *3D/547   TOR-DET-TOT-NYY 
   15 Richie Sexson       1313   1367 1997 2008 22-33  5604  4928  748 1286 260  17 306  943  588  31  52   0  36 145   14  13  .261  .344  .507  .851 *37/D9    CLE-TOT-MIL-ARI-SEA 
   16 Jason Giambi        1308   1850 1995 2008 24-37  7776  6332 1116 1812 362   9 396 1279 1205  87 157   2  80 139   18  11  .286  .408  .534  .942 *3D7/59   OAK-NYY     
   17 Derrek Lee          1269   1540 1997 2008 21-32  6245  5448  855 1538 344  26 258  828  692  63  59   2  44 150  100  44  .282  .367  .497  .864 *3/D      SDP-FLA-CHC 
   18 Boog Powell         1226   2042 1961 1977 19-35  7810  6681  889 1776 270  11 339 1187 1001 140  29  27  72 164   20  21  .266  .361  .462  .823 *37/D9    BAL-CLE-LAD 
   19 Will Clark          1190   1976 1986 2000 22-36  8283  7173 1186 2176 440  47 284 1205  937 155  59  13 101 100   67  48  .303  .384  .497  .881 *3/D      SFG-TEX-BAL-TOT 
   20 Tony Clark          1185   1523 1995 2008 23-36  5042  4466  622 1176 229  11 247  813  516  55  21   0  39 130    6   9  .263  .340  .485  .825 *3D/7     DET-BOS-NYM-NYY-ARI-TOT 
   21 Eric Karros         1167   1755 1991 2004 23-36  7100  6441  797 1724 324  11 284 1027  552  21  31   0  76 181   59  30  .268  .325  .454  .779 *3/D      LAD-CHC-OAK 
   22 J.T. Snow           1142   1716 1992 2008 24-40  6553  5641  798 1509 293  19 189  877  760  61  64  24  64 135   20  23  .268  .357  .427  .784 *3/D      NYY-CAL-SFG-BOS 
   23 Donn Clendenon      1140   1362 1961 1972 25-36  5112  4648  594 1273 192  57 159  682  379  46  21  17  47 123   90  57  .274  .328  .442  .770 *3/7985   PIT-TOT-NYM-STL 
   24 Tino Martinez       1069   2023 1990 2005 22-37  8044  7111 1008 1925 365  21 339 1271  780 102  59  14  80 191   27  20  .271  .344  .471  .815 *3D       SEA-NYY-STL-TBD 
   25 Norm Cash           1023   1897 1961 1974 26-39  7344  6240  964 1692 225  37 355 1024  960 108  79  16  49 139   38  27  .271  .373  .490  .863 *3/D9     DET         
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  Cnt Player             **SO**    G  From  To   Ages   PA    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB  IBB HBP  SH  SF GDP  SB   CS   BA   OBP   SLG   OPS  Positions Teams
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   26 John Olerud         1016   2234 1989 2005 20-36  9063  7592 1139 2239 500  13 255 1230 1275 157  88  12  96 232   11  14  .295  .398  .465  .863 *3D       TOR-NYM-SEA-TOT-BOS 
   27 Keith Hernandez     1012   2088 1974 1990 20-36  8553  7370 1124 2182 426  60 162 1071 1070 130  32  10  71 161   98  63  .296  .384  .436  .820 *3/79     STL-TOT-NYM-CLE 
   28 Steve Garvey        1003   2332 1969 1987 20-38  9466  8835 1143 2599 440  43 272 1308  479 113  29  33  90 251   83  62  .294  .329  .446  .775 *35/749   LAD-SDP     
   29 Chris Chambliss      926   2175 1971 1988 22-39  8305  7571  912 2109 392  42 185  972  632  99  27  19  56 166   40  35  .279  .334  .415  .749 *3/D      CLE-TOT-NYY-ATL 
   30 Cecil Cooper         911   1896 1971 1987 21-37  7939  7349 1012 2192 415  47 241 1125  448  79  17  46  79 150   89  49  .298  .337  .466  .803 *3D       BOS-MIL     
   31 Nate Colbert         902   1002 1966 1976 20-30  3863  3422  481  833 141  25 173  520  383  55  23  10  25  82   52  31  .243  .322  .451  .773 *3/78D95  HOU-SDP-TOT 
   32 Paul Konerko         895   1548 1997 2008 21-32  6272  5548  807 1539 279   6 298  957  603  46  66   1  54 210    7   2  .277  .352  .491  .843 *3D/57    LAD-TOT-CHW 
   33 Orlando Cepeda       894   1674 1961 1974 23-36  6789  6150  870 1802 308  16 303 1068  492 128  86   4  57 179   89  54  .293  .351  .496  .847 *3D/79    SFG-TOT-STL-ATL-BOS-KCR 
   34 Kevin Young          882   1205 1992 2003 23-34  4351  3897  536 1007 235  17 144  606  336  18  62   9  47 105   83  49  .258  .324  .438  .762 *3/597D   PIT-KCR     
   35 Jason Thompson       862   1418 1976 1986 21-31  5686  4802  640 1253 204  12 208  782  816  70   9   5  54 113    8   7  .261  .366  .438  .804 *3/D      DET-TOT-PIT-MON 
   36 Paul Sorrento        844   1093 1989 1999 23-33  3890  3412  454  876 176   5 166  565  426  54  21   4  27  81    8  15  .257  .340  .457  .797 *3D/79    MIN-CLE-SEA-TBD 
   37 Lee Stevens          832   1012 1990 2002 22-34  3724  3332  440  847 185  15 144  531  345  50  10   5  32  93    9  16  .254  .323  .448  .771 *3D/97    CAL-TEX-MON-TOT 
   38 Ron Fairly           829   2291 1961 1978 22-39  8048  6850  892 1836 294  29 208 1010 1008 127  39  89  62 152   35  29  .268  .362  .411  .773 *397/8D   LAD-TOT-MON-STL-TOR-CAL 
   39 Wally Joyner         825   2033 1986 2001 24-39  8115  7127  973 2060 409  26 204 1106  833 108  38  26  91 168   60  39  .289  .362  .440  .802 *3/D      CAL-KCR-SDP-ATL-ANA 
   40 Todd Helton          810   1661 1997 2008 23-34  7116  5962 1143 1957 471  31 310 1116 1041 170  49   3  61 145   36  26  .328  .428  .574 1.002 *3/79D    COL         
   41 John Mayberry        810   1620 1968 1982 19-33  6446  5447  733 1379 211  19 255  879  881 106  55  10  53 108   20  17  .253  .360  .439  .799 *3/D      HOU-KCR-TOR-TOT 
   42 Kent Hrbek           798   1747 1981 1994 21-34  7137  6192  903 1749 312  18 293 1086  838 110  26  15  66 165   37  26  .282  .367  .481  .848 *3D/5     MIN         
   43 Bob Watson           796   1830 1966 1984 20-38  6962  6185  802 1826 307  41 184  989  653  98  48  11  65 173   27  28  .295  .364  .447  .811 *37/D29   HOU-TOT-NYY-ATL 
   44 Kevin Millar         789   1349 1998 2008 26-36  5099  4437  619 1228 282  15 163  670  533  17  77   1  51 107    7   9  .277  .361  .457  .818 *379D/5   FLA-BOS-BAL 
   45 Willie Montanez      751   1632 1966 1982 18-34  6407  5843  645 1604 279  25 139  802  465 103  24  10  65 162   32  42  .275  .327  .402  .729 *38/9D7   CAL-PHI-TOT-ATL-NYM-TOT 
   46 Ernie Banks          734   1450 1961 1971 30-40  5763  5262  629 1370 219  35 243  858  365 103  43  35  58 137   14  16  .260  .310  .454  .764 *36/75    CHC         
   47 Dan Driessen         719   1731 1973 1987 21-35  6344  5479  746 1464 282  23 153  763  761 100  28  11  65 128  154  63  .267  .356  .411  .767 *35/79    CIN-TOT-STL 
   48 Bill White           706   1227 1961 1969 27-35  4909  4364  617 1256 194  39 151  656  466  64  20  26  33  62   60  44  .288  .357  .454  .811 *3/97     STL-PHI     
   49 Travis Lee           704   1099 1998 2006 23-31  4233  3740  476  958 191  16 115  488  457  35   9   2  25  92   59  20  .256  .337  .408  .745 *3/978D   ARI-TOT-PHI-TBD-NYY 
   50 John Kruk            701   1200 1986 1995 25-34  4603  3897  582 1170 199  34 100  592  649  83   2  12  43  92   58  31  .300  .397  .446  .843 *379/D8   SDP-TOT-PHI-CHW 
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  Cnt Player             **SO**    G  From  To   Ages   PA    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB  IBB HBP  SH  SF GDP  SB   CS   BA   OBP   SLG   OPS  Positions Teams
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   51 David Segui          687   1456 1990 2004 23-37  5449  4847  683 1412 284  16 139  684  524  56  14  19  45 131   17  19  .291  .359  .443  .802 *3D/79    BAL-NYM-TOT-MON-SEA-TOT-BAL 
   52 Leon Durham          679   1067 1980 1989 22-31  4067  3587  522  992 192  40 147  530  444  96   9   3  24  49  106  61  .277  .356  .475  .831 *398/7    STL-CHC-TOT-STL 
   53 Bruce Bochte         662   1538 1974 1986 23-35  5994  5233  643 1478 250  21 100  658  653  65  13  44  51 156   43  41  .282  .360  .396  .756 *37/D89   CAL-TOT-SEA-OAK 
   54 Don Mincher          657   1373 1961 1972 23-34  4633  3947  520  984 172  15 198  638  595  76  27  28  36  84   24  31  .249  .349  .451  .800 *3/79     MIN-CAL-SEP-OAK-TOT 
   55 Mark Grace           642   2245 1988 2003 24-39  9290  8065 1179 2445 511  45 173 1146 1075 115  34  17  99 191   70  48  .303  .383  .442  .825 *3/1D     CHC-ARI     
   56 Willie Upshaw        642   1264 1978 1988 21-31  4736  4203  596 1103 199  45 123  528  452  50  23  30  28  60   88  59  .262  .335  .419  .754 *3/7D98   TOR-CLE     
   57 Wes Parker           615   1288 1964 1972 24-32  4835  4157  548 1110 194  32  64  470  532  63  24  82  40  83   60  34  .267  .351  .375  .726 *3/987    LAD         
   58 Glenn Davis          613   1015 1984 1993 23-32  4189  3719  510  965 177  13 190  603  370  78  55   6  39  80   28  11  .259  .332  .467  .799 *3D/9     HOU-BAL     
   59 Mike Jorgensen       589   1630 1968 1985 19-36  4034  3421  429  833 132  13  95  426  532  51  25  31  25  64   58  44  .243  .347  .373  .720 *379/8D   NYM-MON-TOT-TEX-NYM-TOT-STL 
   60 Jim Spencer          582   1553 1968 1982 20-34  5409  4908  541 1227 179  27 146  599  407  86  17  35  42 124   11  19  .250  .307  .387  .694 *3D/7     CAL-TOT-TEX-CHW-NYY-OAK 
   61 Ed Kranepool         581   1853 1962 1979 17-34  5997  5436  536 1418 225  25 118  614  454  89  14  35  58 138   15  27  .261  .316  .377  .693 *379/8    NYM         
   62 Sean Casey           577   1405 1997 2008 22-33  5644  5066  690 1531 322  12 130  735  477  69  62   0  39 156   18   8  .302  .367  .447  .814 *3/D      CLE-CIN-TOT-DET-BOS 
   63 Pete O'Brien         563   1567 1982 1993 24-35  6168  5437  654 1421 254  21 169  736  641  77   7  15  68 133   24  34  .261  .336  .409  .745 *3D/79    TEX-CLE-SEA 
   64 Alvin Davis          558   1206 1984 1992 23-31  5010  4240  568 1189 220  10 160  683  685  88  28   2  55  97    7  16  .280  .380  .450  .830 *3D       SEA-CAL     
   65 Mike Hargrove        550   1666 1974 1985 24-35  6693  5564  783 1614 266  28  80  686  965  75  53  44  67 154   24  37  .290  .396  .391  .787 *37/D     TEX-TOT-CLE 
   66 Hal Morris           548   1246 1988 2000 23-35  4443  3998  535 1216 246  21  76  513  356  55  22  28  39 105   45  24  .304  .361  .433  .794 *3/7D9    NYY-CIN-KCR-TOT 
   67 Tommy McCraw         544   1468 1963 1975 22-34  4396  3956  484  972 150  42  75  404  332  48  40  42  26  70  143  68  .246  .309  .362  .671 *379/8D   CHW-WSA-CLE-CAL-TOT-CLE 
   68 Joe Pepitone         526   1397 1962 1973 21-32  5476  5097  606 1315 158  35 219  721  302  73  28  14  35 124   41  32  .258  .301  .432  .733 *38/97    NYY-TOT-CHC 
   69 Albert Pujols        506   1239 2001 2008 21-28  5382  4578  947 1531 342  13 319  977  696 154  60   1  47 157   45  26  .334  .425  .624 1.049 *37/59D64 STL         
   70 Scott Hatteberg      503   1314 1995 2008 25-38  4876  4226  538 1153 249   7 106  527  562  27  42  15  31 117    3   8  .273  .361  .410  .771 *32D/5    BOS-OAK-CIN 
   71 Greg Brock           469   1013 1982 1991 25-34  3695  3202  420  794 141   6 110  462  434  63  15  15  29  70   41  18  .248  .338  .399  .737 *3/D      LAD-MIL     
   72 Doug Mientkiewicz    466   1067 1998 2008 24-34  3823  3294  422  893 220  11  66  402  437  34  40  16  36  79   14  15  .271  .360  .405  .765 *3/594D   MIN-TOT-NYM-KCR-NYY-PIT 
   73 Bill Buckner         453   2517 1969 1990 19-40 10033  9397 1077 2715 498  49 174 1208  450 111  42  47  97 247  183  73  .289  .321  .408  .729 *379D     LAD-CHC-TOT-BOS-KCR 
   74 Sid Bream            450   1088 1983 1994 22-33  3530  3108  351  819 191  12  90  455  353  45   5  26  38  75   50  40  .264  .336  .420  .756 *3/7      LAD-TOT-PIT-ATL-HOU 
   75 Don Mattingly        444   1785 1982 1995 21-34  7721  7003 1007 2153 442  20 222 1099  588 136  21  13  96 191   14   9  .307  .358  .471  .829 *3/D97584 NYY         
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  Cnt Player             **SO**    G  From  To   Ages   PA    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB  IBB HBP  SH  SF GDP  SB   CS   BA   OBP   SLG   OPS  Positions Teams
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   76 Danny Cater          406   1289 1964 1975 24-35  4785  4451  491 1229 191  29  66  519  254  33  22  22  36 160   26  30  .276  .316  .377  .693 *375/D948 PHI-CHW-TOT-KCA-OAK-NYY-BOS-STL 
   77 Gerald Perry         374   1193 1983 1995 22-34  3527  3144  383  832 150  11  59  396  328  34  11   7  37  91  142  75  .265  .333  .376  .709 *3/7D9    ATL-KCR-STL 
   78 Dave Bergman         347   1349 1975 1992 22-39  3114  2679  312  690 100  16  54  289  380  36   7  21  27  55   19  14  .258  .348  .367  .715 *3D/798   NYY-HOU-TOT-SFG-DET 

Seasons/Careers found: 78.

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