I'm confused.  Been searching the archives for an answer to this but haven't seem to find one.  Thinking of using 88 Fred McGriff with A/C grade.  Will he do just fine? My second choice would be 86 Willie Upshaw B-/B-.  Who would work better on strictly defense, offense not being considered...

Range isn't an important factor at first base relative to fielding or is it vice versa?

Thanks

Based on the formulas I use, I would expect the following (on average) for these two guys, assuming 1400 innings on the field:

88 McGriff -  7 errors and no net plus or minus plays
86 Upshaw -  15 errors and 3 plus plays

So, as Trenton and Franco said, there is not too much difference, but the fielding % is a little more important than range, so McGriff has a slight edge on defense.

I disagree.  Spend the $$ to gete an A++ range and you'll turn 25 hits into outs.  Bad fielding 1B usually don't make more than 12-15 errors.  Getting A+ range at 1B is very underrated.

In a recently completed 80M league...

Player	SN	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	+	-	Fld%	RF
Terry, Bill	1933	1B	149	148	1,342.3	1399	126	4	106	28	0	.997	10.22

Posted by jfranco77 on 10/7/2010 1:09:00 PM (view original):
Range really doesn't matter much. Fielding percentage does... because the guy is going get 1400+ chances. But even a D guy is only going to make 25ish errors. Just avoid the D- fielders.

Wrong, FP at first base (aside from D-) means nothing.  Go with range and ignore FP.  See my Jack Doyle thread if you don't believe.

*SNAP*