2013 End of Season Rankings: First Base

by Zach Sanders

October 21, 2013

The 2013 fantasy baseball season has come to a close, so it is time to look back at the season past and determine which players were the most valuable at each position. This week focuses on first baseman.

The players were ranked based on their 2013 production, using the evaluation system explained and updated on this site some time ago. To keep things manageable and avoid skewing the numbers, players were only considered if they amassed 400 plate appearances over the course of the year. The replacement level was also adjusted to account for players eligible at multiples positions. The valuations are built for $260 budgets and traditional 5×5 roto fantasy leagues, where only one catcher is started.

One important thing to note is the premium (or lack thereof) placed on the position a player occupies in your lineup. For example, while a first baseman may be able to accumulate superior overall numbers, the availability of such production lower in the rankings severely dampers the amount the player was worth.

These rankings are meant to reflect a player’s value should he have occupied this spot in your lineup for the entire year. So, a player who missed time due to injury but put up great numbers during his time on the field would be worth less.

With all this in mind, here are your rankings.

	Name	Pos	AB	HR	R	RBI	SB	AVG	$$
1	Chris Davis	1B	584	53	103	138	4	0.286	33.49
2	Paul Goldschmidt	1B	602	36	103	125	15	0.302	30.77
3	Edwin Encarnacion	1B	530	36	90	104	7	0.272	18.38
4	David Ortiz	1B	518	30	84	103	4	0.309	18.15
5	Freddie Freeman	1B	551	23	89	109	1	0.319	17.92
6	Matt Carpenter	1B	626	11	126	78	3	0.318	16.82
7	Joey Votto	1B	581	24	101	73	6	0.305	15.13
8	Michael Cuddyer	1B	489	20	74	84	10	0.331	13.61
9	Daniel Murphy	1B	658	13	92	78	23	0.286	13.36
10	Prince Fielder	1B	624	25	82	106	1	0.279	12.19
11	Eric Hosmer	1B	623	17	86	79	11	0.302	12.16
12	Mark Trumbo	1B	620	34	85	100	5	0.234	10.26
13	Adrian Gonzalez	1B	583	22	69	100	1	0.293	9.43
14	Allen Craig	1B	508	13	71	97	2	0.315	8.25
15	Brandon Moss	1B	446	30	73	87	4	0.256	7.61
16	Mike Napoli	1B	498	23	79	92	1	0.259	6.08
17	Victor Martinez	1B	605	14	68	83	0	0.301	4.47
18	Brandon Belt	1B	509	17	76	67	5	0.289	4.09
19	Kendrys Morales	1B	602	23	64	80	0	0.277	3.44
20	Carlos Santana	1B	541	20	75	74	3	0.268	3.10
21	Adam Lind	1B	465	23	67	67	1	0.288	3.10
22	Billy Butler	1B	582	15	62	82	0	0.289	1.83
23	Adam Dunn	1B	525	34	60	86	1	0.219	1.09
24	Buster Posey	1B	520	15	61	72	2	0.294	1.00
25	Anthony Rizzo	1B	606	23	71	80	6	0.233	0.66
26	James Loney	1B	546	13	54	75	3	0.300	0.63
27	Chris Johnson	1B	514	12	54	68	0	0.321	0.39
28	Chris Carter	1B	506	29	64	82	2	0.223	0.27
29	Nick Swisher	1B	549	22	74	63	1	0.246	-1.37
30	Justin Morneau	1B	572	17	62	77	0	0.259	-2.09
31	Joe Mauer	1B	445	11	62	47	0	0.324	-2.31
32	Todd Frazier	1B	531	19	63	73	6	0.234	-2.77
33	Adam LaRoche	1B	511	20	70	62	4	0.237	-2.94
34	Mitch Moreland	1B	459	23	60	60	0	0.231	-5.52
35	Albert Pujols	1B	391	17	49	64	1	0.258	-6.02
36	Mark Reynolds	1B	445	21	55	67	3	0.220	-6.17
37	Justin Smoak	1B	454	20	53	50	0	0.238	-8.75
38	Michael Young	1B	519	8	52	46	1	0.279	-9.43
39	Todd Helton	1B	397	15	41	61	0	0.249	-9.87
40	Lyle Overbay	1B	445	14	43	59	2	0.240	-10.62
41	Garrett Jones	1B	403	15	41	51	2	0.233	-12.23
42	Paul Konerko	1B	467	12	41	54	0	0.244	-12.87
43	Conor Gillaspie	1B	408	13	46	40	0	0.245	-13.34
44	Yuniesky Betancourt	1B	391	13	35	46	0	0.212	-17.29
45	Jeff Keppinger	1B	423	4	38	40	0	0.253	-17.58
46	Dustin Ackley	1B	384	4	40	31	2	0.253	-17.84

BAL	CHW	LAA
BOS	CLE	OAK
NYY	DET	SEA
TBR	KCR	TEX
TOR	MIN	HOU

ATL	CHC*	ARI
MIA	CIN	COL
WSN	MIL	LAD
NYM*	PIT	SDP*
PHI	STL	SFG