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Mark Teixeira: Where Does He Fit in Among Major League First Basemen?

most accounts, 2011 was a subpar year for Mark Teixeira.

He hit 39 home runs and drove in 111 runs, but he hit just .248 with a .341 on-base percentage. His batting average was the lowest of his career, and his on-base percentage was the lowest since his rookie year. His OPS (on-base plus slugging) declined for the third year in a row to. 835, his lowest since his rookie year.

And yet, he still had the seventh-best OPS among all first basemen in baseball and led all players at the position in home runs.

2012 has not been nearly as kind to Teixeira. The season is only a quarter of the way through, but his average is a measly .228, and he holds a .291 on-base percentage and a .671 OPS, which is especially poor for him but still sits in ...

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