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Jim Thome and Frank Thomas have 1,133 career home runs, a staggering amount between just two players, even ones that are both in the Hall of Fame.

Still, neither made this list.


Thomas was relatively easy to save for a future list, since he actually had 1,193 more at-bats in his career as a DH than a first basemen. "The Big Hurt" was a DH that also played some first base, not the other way around.

Thome was more difficult, as he had 1,000 more at-bats in his career as a first baseman. That said, he finished his career with a -16.4 defensive WAR, with the overwhelming majority of his starts in the field coming at first base. Even though he's eighth in MLB history in home runs, he was on the bubble for graining entry to this list. Given that he hit over 200 career home runs as a DH and his entire campaign is based around his offensive output, we'll save him for a future list as well.

With Thomas and Thome not on the list, who cracked the Audacy Sports list of the nine greatest first basemen ever? Prepare for something of a history lesson:

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