DH at 1B Topic

crazystengel
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Has anyone used a DH lately at 1B? I'm going to have to use one in a prog soon, and was wondering what to expect in the way of errors...
5/17/2010 4:20 PM
nonenone00
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I don't know if this will be helpful. I've used a guy who's primary position is DH, although he has D/D- ratings for firstbase.

He's handled 58 chances without an error, and has zero "-" plays.

I often use players out of position at 1B without much trouble, including DHs...I keep a cheap, good fielding guy around as a defensive replacement.
5/17/2010 5:13 PM
crazystengel
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Thanks for the response. I imagine the pure DHs (with no ratings anywhere) are worse than a DH with a D/D- rating at 1B. If it's something like an error a game for those guys, then I might have to scrap my plan.
5/17/2010 5:39 PM
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I used Paul Molitor 95 about 8 months ago ... he's not rated anywhere. He had 21 errors and 13 minus plays. I was pretty happy with that performance.
5/18/2010 8:17 AM
crazystengel
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Thanks, jfranco77. And that doesn't sound bad at all.
5/18/2010 10:17 AM
micki
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21 errors at 1st base sounds like an awful lot to me. That is 21 more outs your team has to get.

I have been using a 1st base-by-committee. Of course I have never made the playoffs, so take that for what it is worth.
5/18/2010 10:21 AM
crazystengel
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In the current season of this prog (1989) Will Clark made 19 errors at 1B, and he's got a B/A+ rating. Wally Joyner (A/A-) made 11 errors. So 21 errors from a DH sounds pretty good to me.
5/18/2010 11:48 AM
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