2015 End of Season Rankings: First Basemen

The 2015 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. After looking at catchers last week, we start moving around the diamond and focus on first basemen.

The players were ranked based on their 2015 production, using the evaluation system explained and updated on this site some time ago. The valuations are built for $260 budgets and standard 5×5 roto fantasy leagues, where only one catcher is started. Players are listed only at their primary positions from 2015.

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. 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.

2015 End of Season Fantasy First Baseman Rankings

	Name	pos	G	AB	HR	R	RBI	SB	AVG	$$
1	Paul Goldschmidt	1B	159	567	33	103	110	21	0.321	36.65
2	Chris Davis	1B	160	573	47	100	117	2	0.262	26.95
3	Anthony Rizzo	1B	160	586	31	94	101	17	0.278	25.54
4	Edwin Encarnacion	1B	146	528	39	94	111	3	0.277	24.75
5	Joey Votto	1B	158	545	29	95	80	11	0.314	24.52
6	Eric Hosmer	1B	158	599	18	98	93	7	0.297	20.52
7	Jose Abreu	1B	154	613	30	88	101	0	0.290	20.28
8	David Ortiz	1B	146	528	37	73	108	0	0.273	18.08
9	Prince Fielder	1B	158	613	23	78	98	0	0.305	17.98
10	Kendrys Morales	1B	158	569	22	81	106	0	0.290	17.07
11	Albert Pujols	1B	157	602	40	85	95	5	0.244	16.61
12	Adrian Gonzalez	1B	156	571	28	76	90	0	0.275	13.28
13	Miguel Cabrera	1B	119	429	18	64	76	1	0.338	12.51
14	Adam Lind	1B	149	502	20	72	87	0	0.277	9.75
15	Brandon Belt	1B	137	492	18	73	68	9	0.280	9.61
16	Mark Teixeira	1B	111	392	31	57	79	2	0.255	7.36
17	Mitch Moreland	1B	132	471	23	51	85	1	0.278	6.71
18	Carlos Santana	1B	154	550	19	72	85	11	0.231	6.59
19	Pedro Alvarez	1B	150	437	27	60	77	2	0.243	4.90
20	Lucas Duda	1B	135	471	27	67	73	0	0.244	4.82
21	Freddie Freeman	1B	118	416	18	62	66	3	0.276	4.61
22	Mark Canha	1B	124	441	16	61	70	7	0.254	3.40
23	Joe Mauer	1B	158	592	10	69	66	2	0.265	1.73
24	Justin Bour	1B	129	409	23	42	73	0	0.262	1.00
25	Ryan Howard	1B	129	467	23	53	77	0	0.229	-0.17
26	Billy Butler	1B	151	538	15	63	65	0	0.251	-0.47
27	Ryan Zimmerman	1B	95	346	16	43	73	1	0.249	-1.59
28	Chris Carter	1B	129	391	24	50	64	1	0.199	-4.29
29	Logan Morrison	1B	146	457	17	47	54	8	0.225	-4.57
30	C.J. Cron	1B	113	378	16	37	51	3	0.262	-4.60
31	Justin Smoak	1B	132	296	18	44	59	0	0.226	-4.76
32	Ben Paulsen	1B	116	325	11	42	49	1	0.277	-4.83
33	Marwin Gonzalez	1B	120	344	12	44	34	4	0.279	-5.36
34	Mike Napoli	1B	133	407	18	46	50	3	0.224	-6.28
35	Victor Martinez	1B	120	440	11	39	64	0	0.245	-6.65
36	Yonder Alonso	1B	103	354	5	50	31	2	0.282	-7.23
37	Clint Robinson	1B	126	309	10	44	34	0	0.272	-7.90
38	Travis Shaw	1B	65	226	13	31	36	0	0.274	-9.05
39	Mark Reynolds	1B	140	382	13	35	48	2	0.230	-9.74
40	Darin Ruf	1B	106	268	12	30	39	1	0.235	-11.29
41	Gregory Bird	1B	46	157	11	26	31	0	0.261	-11.98
42	James Loney	1B	104	361	4	25	32	2	0.280	-12.36
43	Adam LaRoche	1B	127	429	12	41	44	0	0.207	-13.12
44	Wilin Rosario	1B	87	231	6	22	29	2	0.268	-13.75
45	Jason Rogers	1B	86	152	4	22	16	0	0.296	-16.00
46	Justin Morneau	1B	49	168	3	19	15	0	0.310	-16.37
47	Sean Rodriguez	1B	139	224	4	25	17	2	0.246	-16.93
48	Brett Wallace	1B	64	96	5	14	16	0	0.302	-17.43
49	Matt Adams	1B	60	175	5	14	24	1	0.240	-17.90
50	Chris Johnson	1B	83	243	3	18	18	2	0.255	-18.01
51	Kennys Vargas	1B	58	175	5	18	17	0	0.240	-18.58
52	Tyler Moore	1B	97	187	6	14	27	0	0.203	-19.24
53	Ike Davis	1B	74	214	3	19	20	0	0.229	-19.41
54	Jesus Montero	1B	38	112	5	11	19	0	0.223	-19.59
55	Michael Morse	1B	98	229	5	14	19	0	0.231	-19.96
56	Kyle Blanks	1B	18	67	3	10	6	1	0.313	-20.13
57	Jefry Marte	1B	33	80	4	9	11	0	0.213	-21.38
58	Chris Parmelee	1B	32	97	4	11	9	0	0.216	-21.49
59	Max Muncy	1B	45	102	3	14	9	0	0.206	-21.54
60	Jeff Baker	1B	41	72	3	11	8	0	0.208	-21.76
61	Jake Elmore	1B	51	141	2	10	16	1	0.206	-21.80
62	Richie Shaffer	1B	31	74	4	11	6	0	0.189	-22.15
63	Xavier Scruggs	1B	17	42	0	5	7	1	0.262	-22.64
64	Efren Navarro	1B	54	83	0	9	5	0	0.253	-22.81
65	Corey Hart	1B	35	54	2	3	9	0	0.222	-22.98
66	Jon Singleton	1B	19	47	1	6	6	1	0.191	-23.13
67	Travis Ishikawa	1B	44	63	1	6	8	0	0.206	-23.23
68	Joey Terdoslavich	1B	28	56	1	5	4	0	0.214	-23.84
69	Jesus Aguilar	1B	7	19	0	0	2	0	0.316	-24.43
70	Allan Dykstra	1B	13	31	1	3	4	0	0.129	-24.52
71	Matt Hague	1B	10	12	0	1	0	0	0.250	-24.83
72	Dan Johnson	1B	12	19	0	1	2	0	0.158	-24.98
73	Marc Krauss	1B	27	78	2	3	8	0	0.141	-24.99
74	Kevin Frandsen	1B	7	11	0	1	0	0	0.182	-25.01
75	Matt McBride	1B	20	42	0	5	0	0	0.167	-25.08
76	Austin Romine	1B	1	2	0	0	0	0	0.000	-25.10
77	Garin Cecchini	1B	2	4	0	0	0	0	0.000	-25.23
78	Christian Walker	1B	7	9	0	0	0	0	0.111	-25.32
79	Cody Decker	1B	8	11	0	0	1	0	0.000	-25.54

SOURCE: FanGraphs, @zvsanders