Tommy Harper
Alex Johnson
Joe Adcock
Hank Sauer
Ken Williams
All were quality players who were moved by the Reds, let's not forget to try and nail somebody for losing them.
1999 happened in many ways because of the Konerko deal, seeing how until 2010 that was the only decent Reds memory since the 1995 playoff win over the Dodgers I can't bellyache about it myself.
Plus RH 1st baseman are usually lower on the runs created scale than LF ones, look at the RH 1b with 4000 PA's since 1990
Code:
CAREER
1980-2011
1B
RIGHT HANDED HITTERS
AT BATS displayed only--not a sorting criteria
RUNS CREATED/GAME DIFF PLAYER LEAGUE AB
1 Frank Thomas 5.58 10.57 4.98 3262
2 Albert Pujols 4.40 9.45 5.06 4541
3 Mark McGwire 3.62 8.52 4.90 6134
4 Jeff Bagwell 3.04 8.11 5.07 7797
5 Andres Galarraga 1.30 6.15 4.85 7843
6 Derrek Lee 1.23 6.36 5.13 6962
7 Paul Konerko 1.18 6.21 5.03 7112
8 Cecil Fielder 0.95 5.77 4.82 4129
9 Richie Sexson 0.80 5.95 5.15 4604
10 Kevin Millar 0.31 5.44 5.13 3799
Now the LH
Code:
CAREER
1980-2011
1B
LEFT HANDED HITTERS
AT BATS displayed only--not a sorting criteria
RUNS CREATED/GAME DIFF PLAYER LEAGUE AB
1 Todd Helton 3.79 8.97 5.18 7232
2 Jim Thome 3.69 8.88 5.19 4272
3 Jason Giambi 3.16 8.29 5.13 5537
4 Carlos Delgado 2.76 7.94 5.18 6573
5 Prince Fielder 2.60 7.62 5.02 3527
6 Will Clark 2.35 7.18 4.84 7173
7 Ryan Howard 2.34 7.37 5.03 3794
8 Mo Vaughn 2.12 7.27 5.15 5532
9 Fred McGriff 2.03 6.91 4.88 8385
10 Rafael Palmeiro 1.97 6.90 4.94 8472
Finally, since 1998 this has been the Reds 1b in RC/27 vs the league
Code:
RUNS CREATED/GAME DIFF PLAYER LEAGUE AB
1 Reds 1.47 6.64 5.16 7983
And this has been Konerko
Code:
RUNS CREATED/GAME DIFF PLAYER LEAGUE AB
1 Paul Konerko 1.28 6.30 5.03 6961