The Worst by Position - First Base

This was the easiest call in this series. It's not close. First base is a hitting position. Davis, Goldschmidt, Votto, Freeman, Fielder, Gonzalez, and many more. Going into the season, the Brewers figured they'd be at least middle-of-the-pack. Corey Hart was coming off a 30-homer season, and Mat Gamel was available as a backup. Then both of them had season-ended knee surgery, and, as they say, hilarity ensued. Brewers first basemen are last in batting (.187), on-base percentage (.233), and slugging (.325). Six PITCHERS have done better than that this year, including one on the Brewers:

Player	BA	OBP	SLG	Age	Tm
Travis Wood	.293	.326	.537	26	CHC
Yovani Gallardo	.250	.250	.450	27	MIL
Andrew Cashner	.300	.323	.400	26	SDP
Tyler Chatwood	.345	.367	.379	23	COL
Tony Cingrani	.286	.286	.333	23	CIN
Zack Greinke	.394	.474	.455	29	LAD

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Generated 7/29/2013.

They're second-to-last in runs and home runs. Most of the playing time has gone to two converted middle infielders (Yuniesky Betancourt and Alex Gonzalez) and a converted third baseman (Juan Francisco). Since nobody's used to playing the bag, Brewers first basemen lead the majors in errors as well.

As I said, easy call.