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Chris Gittens. Christopher Ryan Gittens (born February 4, 1994) is an American professional baseball first baseman in the Houston Astros organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. He made his MLB debut in 2021.
Carlos Santana (born April 8, 1986), nicknamed " Slamtana," is a Dominican-American professional baseball first baseman and catcher for the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2010 with the Cleveland Indians and has also played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Kansas City Royals, Seattle Mariners, Pittsburgh ...
A first baseman, abbreviated 1B, is the player on a baseball or softball team who fields the area nearest first base, the first of four bases a baserunner must touch in succession to score a run. The first baseman is responsible for the majority of plays made at that base. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the first ...
Sep 6, 2024; Chicago, Illinois, USA; New York Yankees first baseman Anthony Rizzo (48) watches from the dugout a video tribute to him before a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field.
In the sport of baseball, each of the nine players on a team is assigned a particular fielding position when it is their turn to play defense. Each position conventionally has an associated number, for use in scorekeeping by the official scorer: 1 (), 2 (), 3 (first baseman), 4 (second baseman), 5 (third baseman), 6 (), 7 (left fielder), 8 (center fielder), and 9 (right fielder). [1]
The youngest of four sons, [4] Davis was born and raised in Riverside, California.His father died in 1970. [4] Davis graduated from John W. North High School in 1978. [3] He was selected in the eighth round (189th overall) of the 1978 Major League Baseball draft by the San Francisco Giants, but opted to attend Arizona State University play college baseball for the Arizona State Sun Devils. [5]
William Edward Robinson (December 15, 1920 – October 4, 2021) was an American Major League Baseball first baseman, scout, coach, and front office executive of the 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s who, during a 13-year playing career (1942; 1946–57), was on the roster of seven of the eight American League teams then in existence (with the Red Sox as the sole exception).
Matt Mervis. Matthew Jared Mervis (born April 16, 1998), nicknamed " Mash ", [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] is an American professional baseball first baseman for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played college baseball at Duke University, and signed with the Cubs as an undrafted free agent in 2020. In 2022, he led Minor League Baseball in ...