deactherunner
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Lighten up Francis- I just thought it was interesting that Ortiz played over 2,000 innings in the field when most on this thread seem to think he was some kind of butcher that couldn't be trusted with a glove. He obviously didn't have the range of Keith Hernandez but yeah a fielding percentage of .990 for his career shows you that a manager could put him at first base and not have to worry about him losing the game because of errors. He also obviously benefited from Martinez getting in earlier as a DH but his numbers and postseason success most likely would have gotten him in as the first DH if there had been no martinez.
0.990 would be the 20th best FP among qualified 1Bs last season. First base tends to have an inflated fielding percentage because they get a lot of easy chances in the form of throws from their fellow infielders.