Look how many players the Brewers have used at first base since Prince Fielder left
From 2006-2011, even you had the strength, you couldn’t move Prince Fielder off first base for the Brewers and quite frankly, who would want to?
Take a look:
| Year | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .267 | .313 | .333 | .646 | |
| 2006 | 151 | 640 | 561 | 81 | 153 | 34 | 1 | 28 | 80 | 59 | 122 | .273 | .350 | .487 | .837 |
| 2007 | 153 | 657 | 551 | 103 | 159 | 35 | 2 | 47 | 114 | 88 | 115 | .289 | .397 | .615 | 1.013 |
| 2008 | 155 | 676 | 572 | 85 | 159 | 28 | 2 | 34 | 102 | 82 | 128 | .278 | .374 | .512 | .886 |
| 2009 | 162 | 719 | 591 | 103 | 177 | 35 | 3 | 46 | 141 | 110 | 138 | .299 | .412 | .602 | 1.014 |
| 2010 | 160 | 710 | 575 | 94 | 151 | 25 | 0 | 32 | 83 | 113 | 136 | .263 | .401 | .473 | .874 |
| 2011 | 159 | 679 | 556 | 94 | 166 | 34 | 1 | 38 | 119 | 107 | 101 | .299 | .417 | .568 | .985 |
But in January 2012, Prince signed with the Detroit Tigers and the Brewers have had a hard time filling his big shoes.
Here are the 20 players the Brewers have used at first since 2012 and the number of games they have played
| Name | G |
|---|---|
| Adam Lind | 134 |
| Alex Gonzalez | 21 |
| Blake Lalli | 5 |
| Brooks Conrad | 4 |
| Corey Hart | 100 |
| George Kottaras | 3 |
| Hernan Perez | 3 |
| Jason Rogers | 28 |
| Jonathan Lucroy | 34 |
| Juan Francisco | 65 |
| Lyle Overbay | 76 |
| Mark Reynolds | 83 |
| Martin Maldonado | 15 |
| Mat Gamel | 19 |
| Matt Clark | 8 |
| Sean Halton | 22 |
| Shane Peterson | 2 |
| Taylor Green | 14 |
| Travis Ishikawa | 37 |
| Yuniesky Betancourt | 55 |
