Who's on first?

The Braves have used 25 first basemen since the 2000 season ended. A look at the numbers:

Name season games starts

1. Adam LaRoche 2004-06, ‘09 422 386

2. Julio Franco 2001-05, ‘07 349 256

3. Mark Teixeira 2007-08 156 156

4. Casey Kotchman 2008-09 126 121

5. Wes Helms 2001-02 122 79

6. Robert Fick 2003 115 111

7. Troy Glaus 2010 114 107

8. Scott Thorman 2006-07 102 77

9. Rico Brogna 2001 67 54

10. Matt Franco 2002-03 66 59

11. Martin Prado 2008-10 50 31

12. Derrek Lee 2010 39 36

13. Ken Caminiti 2001 33 33

14. Eric Hinske 2010 32 17

15. Brian Jordan 2006 25 18

16t. Mike Hessman 2003-04 20 12

16t. Craig Wilson 2007 20 17

18. Jarrod Saltalamacchia 2007 14 11

19. Greg Norton 2008-09 13 8

20. Freddie Freeman 2010 12 2

21. B.J. Surhoff 2002 11 11

22. Dave Martinez 2001 10 5

23. Chris Woodward 2007  6 4

24. Barbaro Canizares 2009 5 5

25. Daryle Ward 2006 4 3

Source: Stats Inc.

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