Who is the first Red Sox First Baseman you can remember?

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The first Sox 1st baseman I remember

RIP Dick Gernert
Thought this might be an interesting time-waster. And will also answer this post

Jesus Murphy, how old are some of you folks?
Me? George "Boomer" Scott. That was before he became George "Tater" Scott, of course.
 

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The first year that I followed the Sox with any intensity was 1970. Which means that the player I initially associated with first base was ... Yaz. (People forget that he was the primary first baseman in 1970. Can't speak to why, but there you have it.)

He wasn't much of a first baseman - I still remember him begging the umpire not to eject him after he threw his glove in frustration at a ball that was over his head one Saturday afternoon - but that's my earliest memory from when I began to follow the Sox.
 

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Dave Stapleton. I had Stapleton first baseman's mitt in little League (at least, that's what I remember my Dad insisting it was), and I wore number 11. My fandom would grow more discerning later.
 

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Yaz.

My first Sox memories are from 72 or 73, thereabouts. I remember being surprised to learn he was once the leftfielder.

EDIT: although I don't think he transitioned full time until Rice came in 75.
 
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Well Stapleton was probably the 1B at the first game I ever went to when I was probably about 9 years old. But 12 year old me would never forget Buckner.
 

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Carlos Quintana. Loved him. Those early 90s Sox teams, in retrospect, were not all that lovable though. The sea change that began with Pedro's arrival and then the new ownership is really amazing.
 

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Mostly YAz and some Cecil Cooper...'74. Carbo on rare occasions. Eric Van used to rail on the Sox for moving Yaz from left; great in LF, mediocre at 1B.
 

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Yaz in '75. Didn't really follow sports in general until '75 other than the Bruins. What was interesting was seeing him play left in the ALCS/World Series when Rice went down. Still remember the '76 Intro to the Red Sox games that had clips of the '75 World Series... Dick Stockton's call with Yaz making a diving catch in left..."Yastrzemski coming on!!!"
 

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Mo Vaughn. I think it gets lost because of Nomar and Pedro and the success of the team after the new ownership group that Mo Vaughn was one of the most popular players in team history.
 

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Buckner. (Side note, I can still recite the '86 line-up and rotation. Meanwhile I honestly get mixed up about which players were on the '04/'07 teams. I'm only 43 but memory is an odd thing.
 

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Mo Vaughn.

I remember a few years ago, the Sox were playing at Fenway on Jackie Robinson day. NESN showed a view of the infield from the right field camera, and upon seeing a Sox player (Napoli, probably) at first base wearing number 42, I immediately thought - there's Mo Vaughn! Weird, because if you had just asked me what number Vaughn wore, I wouldn't have remembered. Sure enough, he was one of the last to wear 42.
 

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Mo Vaughn. I think it gets lost because of Nomar and Pedro and the success of the team after the new ownership group that Mo Vaughn was one of the most popular players in team history.
That plus the advent of an even bigger, better, more huggable and charismatic LH slugger who became arguably the most beloved Red Sox player of all-time. But yeah, I totally loved Mo in his day.
 
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