2006-09-11 03:08:08 · 5 answers · asked by bandres40 1 in Sports ➔ Baseball
Okay, after painstaking, exhaustive research there are 13 right handed(fielding) and 8 left handed(fielding), "full" time first basemen in MLB...
2006-09-11 12:18:31 · answer #1 · answered by jack 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Without counting all the first basemen in the major leagues I would assume that 95-98% are left-handed ... makes it easier and saves split seconds stretching for the thrown ball.
2006-09-11 04:40:31 · answer #2 · answered by jlbackstop 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There are more left handed first basemen due to the fact that it is the only infield position that a left hander can play
2006-09-11 03:33:24 · answer #3 · answered by hair_of_a_dog 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's probably about even. There are a lot more right-handers than left-handers in the world, but lefties can only play 1B, P and OF in baseball, so they have to go somewhere. It's not a position that requires a ton of skill, so you can put your best slugger/worst fielder there regardless of which hand he throws with. It's not 95% lefties though. Albert Pujols, Justin Morneau, Jim Thome, Carlos Delgado, Jason Giambi and Paul Konerko all throw right-handed, although many of them bat lefty. A lot of those guys started their careers at other positions like 3B, which they couldn't play if they threw left-handed.
2006-09-11 05:13:21 · answer #4 · answered by Brian 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there more rights first baseman
2006-09-14 16:22:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋