Speaking of first basemen

I pulled six names out of the air; four first basemen considered excellent fielders and a couple considered butchers.

The excellent ones:

Lou Gehrig -- .991 fielding percentgage, 193 errors in 2,137 games.

Steve Garvey -- .996, 81 errors in 2,059 games

Albert Pujols -- .994

Frank Torre -- .993

The butchers:

Dick Stuart, whom other players would greet with "Give me some iron" -- .982

Joe Pepitone, AKA Dr. Strangeglove -- .993

Etten's .988 is not good; maybe in the high butcher category.

If Torrre's .993 is considered good fielding, why was Pepitone considered a butcher at first? Maybe it was the 1963 World Series game in Los Angeles, when Pepitone lost a ball in the background of white shirts.

Stats at www.baseball-almanac.com