The only knock on Muncy is defense, as he rates below average at the position, and he's coming off Tommy John. .311/.409/.474, OPS -- .883, Hits - 1,518, HRs -- 137, RBIs - 734, Here's the thing about Robinson: His legacy as one of the most important individuals in U.S. cultural history has obscured that he was an amazing player. He pretty much got the job done offensively, ever so slightly below average. Well, Grich has that, too. 1 second baseman for every club, as chosen by MLB.com's beat reporters. 17 is not formally retired, but the Brewers have not issued it to anyone sinceRobin Yount, Paul Molitor and Gantner played together for 15 years, the longest tenure for a trio of teammates in Major League history until the Yankees Derek Jeter, Jorge Posada and Mariano Rivera broke the mark in 2010. Still, compare their three-year tenures specifically in San Diego, and its Loretta who comes out on top. In 2006, Ellis broke the AL single-season record for fielding percentage (.9968) though oddly, he did not win the Gold Glove Award that year. Which team will make a big move? He hit north of .300 in five times while winning seven Silver Sluggers. Here's what happened with Hubbard, he DID play on ground ball teams (generally speaking). Some will balk at Canos inclusion on the list, given his two suspensions for PED use. He debuted with the Yankees in 2005 on a star-laden team and quickly made his presence felt, finishing second in the rookie-of-the-year voting. It was probably in his Win Shares book or his Baseball Historical Abstract book, I can't remember, forgive me. The fact is, if I did a cross section of the 100 most respected baseball histoians in the United States, I can almost guarantee you that Mazeroski would show up as the best defensive second baseman in the history of MLB. Buddy Bell and Adrian Beltre. Santiago Espinal turned 28 last November. St. Louis Cardinals (1915-26, '33), New York Giants ('27), Boston Braves ('28); Chicago Cubs ('29-32), St. Louis Browns ('33-37), Honors If youre interested in any of the other positions weve covered to date, you can find them and a lot of other great content in the archive. However, that same year, Lind committed a fielding error in the ninth inning of the seventh game of the NLCS that led to a come-from-behind win for the Atlanta Braves. Astros top 5 >, Athletics: Eddie Collins, 1906-14, '27-30Key fact: His 55.9 fWAR is third highest in franchise history among position players (first among second basemen)A member of the famed $100,000 Infield" assembled by owner Connie Mack in the early 1900s, Collins was an elite hitter who went six straight seasons (1909-14) without batting lower than .324. If you want to know how bad things got, over Kilian's first nine starts in Iowa, he went 2-0 with a 2.06 ERA. Anthony Rendon /.9715/, 6.Brooks Robinson+ . He played every position on the diamond before settling in at second base. Somehow, a quiet top-tier Hall-of-Fame second baseman because he was Ted Williams' teammate in Boston. He moved to first base halfway through his career, but would rate higher as a second baseman. The way it really is. -- Schoenfield, Teams Though he never won a Gold Glove Award, Reed was a consistent fielder his entire career. Bottom line: Jose Oquendo primarily played second base and shortstop, but made at least one appearance at every position during his major league career. Joe Morgan had a few brief stints with the Houston Colt 45s before latching on with the now Astros in 1965. In his first season with Cincinnati, Morgan led the league in runs, walks, and OBP; and finished fourth in the MVP voting. Had Robinson played more seasons, he would have been towards the top of this list. Nolan Arenado /.9718/, 5. The 26-year-old is coming off his first career Gold Glove award, making him one of the top defensive players in the league. He seemed destined to be a Yankee for life but shocked the baseball world in 2013 when he left New York to sign a $240M contract with the Mariners. He was a 10-time All-Star (from 1984-93) and a nine-time Gold Glove Award winner (1983-91). Everything he did in the field was smooth, it was elegant and it was a joy to watch. A native of the Dominican Republic, he is an eight-time All-Star, won the Silver Slugger Award five times and netted two Gold Glove Awards. Bottom line: Known for his distinctive batting stance where he holds his bat high above his head, Craig Counsell has the distinction of being on base twice when the World Series ended with a walk-off hit with the Florida Marlins (1997) and the Arizona Diamondbacks (2001). Once established, the Tigers wouldnt have to look for a second baseman until 1942. After retiring, Loretta joined the San Diego Padres as a special assistant. To create our list, an ESPN expert panel voted on thousands of head-to-head matchups of 162 players, based on both peak performance and career value. Bid McPhee (1890s) offensive rating: A +, "McPhee never wore a glove until his last three seasons: he was one of the last players to play barehanded. Nap Lajoie 6. Rookie of the Year (1967), 18-time All Star ('67-84), MVP ('77), Hall of Fame ('91), Career stats* Alomar was decorated with many honors during his career, including 12 all-star selections, four silver sluggers, and ten gold gloves. He took home five gold gloves in Cincinnati and led the league in OBP four times. He was a Top 10 MVP finalist five times. Grich was a great offensive second baseman, an "A" offensively. Frisch went to four more World Series with St. Louis, this time coming out on top in the latter two. My candidates for the best defensive right fielder of all time are: Roberto Clemente (12 gold gloves) Dwight Evans (8 gold gloves) Al Kaline (10 gold gloves) Ichiro Suzuki (10 gold gloves) Larry Walker (7 gold gloves) Dave Winfield (7 gold gloves) Mookie Betts (5 gold gloves) Jason Heyward (5 gold gloves) Jesse Barfield (2 gold gloves, cannon arm) "Based on the distance that there was away from the goal line, I knew they were in sneak formation," Wilson said . Dauer held two American League single-season fielding records for a second baseman, including 86 consecutive errorless games and 425 straight errorless games, both in 1978. Walker won the Silver Slugger Award in 2014. In 1990, Oquendo recorded just three errors while playing in 150 games. At that point, he was in his 40s and starting to show his age. Rockies top 5 >. However, as Robinsons career was relatively short, he lags in the counting stats. It was in that same timeframe that the As became a dynasty, winning back-to-back World Series titles from 1910-11 and a third in 13. -- David Schoenfield, ESPN.com senior writer, Cano can do it all: He hits for both average and power, tied with Rogers Hornsby among second basemen for the most seasons (five) with at least a .300 batting average and 25 home runs. Teams: Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers, Milwaukee Brewers, San Diego Padres, Detroit Tigers. I think so, maybe similar in style to Ichiro Suzuki, except playing a different position. If you enjoyed this article, check out our All-Franchise Starting Lineup in the between weeks. That and the trips to the World Series tip the decision in favor of Kinsler. 10. Generally, a players Career Value is worth about 50-60% of the ranking score we assign him. Best Season: 2008 - .292/.380/.535 with 33 home runs, 104 RBIs, 64 walks, a .915 OPS, 6.0 offensive WAR, 3.5 defensive WAR and an 8.2 fWAR Being blocked by Placido Polanco early in his career and knee injuries at the back-half of his prime kept Utley from accumulating the type of counting statistics to make him a slam-dunk Hall of Famer. The 2007 AL Rookie of the Year has been a significant contributor to the modern-day success of the Red Sox. His 136 wRC+ last year would have placed him first out of all second basemen in 2021. He's an A + offensive second baseman, too. In 13 years with the Cardinals, Hornsby hit .359/.427/.568 with 193 home runs and 1,072 RBIs. That's a heck of a fact that Bill James presents. Frankie Frisch (1920s) offensive Rating: A +. During the Yankees' 2009 championship season, Cano hit 20 home runs and notched 204 hits (first among all second basemen that year). In 1929 he won his second MVP as a member of the Cubs and also made it to the World Series again that year (which, of course, they lost). Teams: St. Louis Cardinals, Toronto Blue Jays, Philadelphia Phillies, Detroit Tigers, Miami Marlins. Should a below-average offensive player be in the Hall of Fame at any position other than the pitcher's? He also won rookie-of-the-year that season for the Twins. Corrective surgery allowed him to excel at baseball, and after being signed by the Boston Red Sox he blossomed with the Pittsburgh Pirates, where he was a three-time All-Star and won an NL batting title in 2006. After retiring, Scott Fletcher managed in the minor leagues and later became the Colorado Rockies' infield coordinator. Neither of them had short careers, but they didn't have long ones either. This didnt slow him down, though. Padres top 5 >, Rockies: DJ LeMahieu, 2012-18Key facts: He was a two-time All-Star, three-time Gold Glove winner and won a batting title with ColoradoFrom 2013-18, LeMahieu tallied 44 defensive runs saved (DRS), according to Fangraphs -- by far the most in the NL. He won rookie-of-the-year that season, finished fifth in the MVP voting, and led the league in stolen bases. The 10-time All-Star and eight-time Gold Glove Award winner remains the only player in Major League history to hit a walk-off home run in Game 7 of the World Series, which he did to lead the Bucs past the Yankees in 1960. His best season came in 1977 when he took home the AL MVP after hitting .388/.449/.570 with a league-leading 16 triples and 100 RBI. His signature moment arrived during his 1984 NL MVP-winning season, when he hit two homers off Bruce Sutter in a five-hit, seven-RBI outburst to help the Cubs beat St. Louis. After losing the 1914 World Series, Mack broke up the As and sold Collins to the White Sox for $50k. -- Schoenfield, Teams He ultimately fell short and settled for .388, but theres no doubt the 18-time All-Star, seven-time batting champion, '77 AL MVP Award winner and first-ballot Hall of Famer was one of the best pure hitters in baseball history. In an era before awards, Lajoie led the league in key offensive categories several times during his 21-year career, including hits (4x), doubles (5x), RBI (3x), batting average (5x), SLG (4x), and HRs (1x). He's not even the best defensive 3rd baseman to play for El Toro High School's 2009 varsity baseball team. Yet he remained an offensive force. Vidro ranks among the top 10 in franchise history in doubles (third), hits (sixth), runs (seventh), RBIs (seventh), homers (ninth) and walks (ninth). This incident ruined fan perception of Alomar for better or for worse. 4. 1 -- St. Louis Cardinals (1926), Career stats Again, I can't remember which of his books. Scott is a SoCal native who, after two decades of fighting L.A. traffic, decided to turn his passion for fantasy sports into a blog - the now-defunct Fantasy Mutant. Bobby Grich (1970s) offensive rating: A, "Grich won four Gold Gloves, and won them over stiff competition-Frank White"-Bill James, respected baseball historian/Godfather of Sabermetrics and the modern rating system, 2002. Hornsby's 127.1 WAR is the ninth-highest score all . Yankees top 5 >. Roberto Alomar FAQ Who are the best MLB second basemen of all time? In the field, he's . This week, were on to the keystone as we take a look at the best second basemen of all time. He batted .274 in his career, and while he didnt hit for much power -- Gantners homer off Oaklands Dave Stewart on Sept. 3, 1991, was his first in 1,762 at-bats spanning 544 games -- Gantner became a steady hand at second base, thanks in part to a strong throwing arm hed honed as a boy playing catcher. I remember reading something that Bill James had written about Jody Reed. Frisch became a player-manager for St. Louis in 1933 and continued managing after he retired. 10-time NL All Star (1966, '70, '72-79), All-Star MVP ('72), five NL Gold Gloves ('73-77), two-time NL MVP ('75-76), one NL Silver Slugger ('82), Hall of Fame ('90), Career stats* Red Sox top 5 >, Yankees: Tony Lazzeri, 1926-37Key fact: Holds AL record for most RBIs in a single game (11 -- May 24, 1936)Inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame posthumously in 1991, Lazzeri was a feared clutch hitter with power who served as a key component alongside Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in the fabled Murderers Row lineups for the Yankees. How close was it? You might be surprised at who missed the cut. He made his first of six consecutive MLB all-star games that season and led the league in stolen bases and batting average. Modern measures credit him with an average of 9.5 WAR per season over a five-year period. Teams: San Francisco Giants, New York Mets. Gehringer made it to the World Series three times, winning a World Championship in 1935. He was close we have him at #12. His 84 defensive runs saved still ranks second among all shortstops since 2005, trailing . He was also a great World Series performer, winning four titles and hitting .328 in 34 career games. He ranks second in all-time WAR-162 and sixth in WAR7 among second basemen, representing his dominance. Dodgers top 5 >, Giants: Jeff Kent, 1997-2002Key fact: Hit 351 of his 377 career home runs as a second baseman, a Major League record for the positionKent played for six teams over his 17-year career, but he enjoyed his most prolific stretch during his tenure with the Giants. Get Jay Jaffe's book The Cooperstown Casebook where he outlines who should and shouldn't be in the Hall of Fame based on his JAWS metric used here.. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. He should certainly be in the conversation, as Utleys 64.4 career bWAR and 62.9 fWAR rank 14th and 12th, respectively, among second basemen all-time. Bottom line: In 2012, Darwin Barney won the Gold Glove Award the first by a Chicago Cubs second baseman since Ryne Sandberg won nine in a row (1983-91). AL Triple Crown (1901), Hall of Fame ('37), Career stats Oh, offensively, Hubbard pretty much got the job done, but he was slightly below average. What MLB insiders are saying about Shohei Ohtani, Sources: Mets, OF Pham agree to 1-yr, $6M deal, Reports: Brewers ink ex-Marlins IF/OF Anderson, Deal merges Ripken, Cooperstown youth baseball, Sources: Red Sox, Duvall agree to 1-yr., $7M deal, A's formally welcome ex-Japanese star Fujinami, Mets GM: Lineup deep even after losing Correa, Thomas, Pirates star and original Met, dies at 93, Who will get traded? He hit, ran, and played defense with the best of them. Teams: Colorado Rockies, Florida Marlins, Los Angeles Dodgers, Arizona Diamondbacks, Milwaukee Brewers. One of those players is Hall of Famer Roger Hornsby who was one of the best hitters of his generation and . Answer (1 of 30): I can't quibble with the other answers to this question, other than to offer the facts that 1. When Fletcher was playing for the Texas Rangers, and former President George W. Bush was the owner, Bush named his dog Spot Fetcher, in recognition of Fletcher. Teams: Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs. We use bWAR. Oh, and he could hit, too, as his .316/.369/.432 slash line illustrates. Extrapolate that to an entire season, and you have an MVP candidate. 4 -- Philadelphia (1910-11, '13), Chicago ('17), Career stats Teams: Toronto Blue Jays, Arizona Diamondback, Milwaukee Brewers, Boston Red Sox, San Francisco Giants. What we do know is that Cano owns the second-highest OPS among second basemen whove played in the last 50 years (first was Jeff Kent, in case youre wondering). Hill excelled in 2009, when he rebounded from a concussion that ended his previous season and was named the AL Comeback Player of the Year after slugging 36 home runs and notching 108 RBI. Gehringer debuted in 1924 but wasnt a regular until 1926. 8. He went to four consecutive World Series with the club from 1921 through 1924, coming out a winner in the first two. The Cardinals, Giants and Braves all got rid of him in a three-year span. Charlie Gehringers nickname was The Mechanical Man. He was dubbed so because of his robotic consistency and durability. He was elected in 1939 to the Hall of Fame with the fourth set of illustrious entrants. Teams: New York Yankees, Seattle Mariners, New York Mets. He played in Baltimore and New York. Collins was a member of the legendary Connie Macks Athletics until 1915. The Tigers popped Jung with the 12th pick in last July's draft by way of Texas Tech. 1. Just an opinion. Bottom line: Joe Panik was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in 2011 and didnt get called up until the 2014 season. It doesnt make sense, in our opinion, for most of the great baseball players to have played prior to World War II, when MLB was segregated. The switch-hitting Vidro donned Expos and Nationals uniforms for 10 of his 12 Major League seasons, and he slashed .301/.363/.459 with an .821 OPS, 1,280 hits, 550 RBIs and 115 home runs during his tenure. He returned sharp in 2005, batting .316 as the starting second baseman for the Oakland As. I'm taking him as the best second baseman ever. In 1920, he won his first of six consecutive (and seven total) batting titles when he hit .370. In 1947, he was elected to the Hall of Fame by the BBWAA with 84.5% of the vote. Let's talk about who the best ever were at that position, defensively speaking. Last season was a breakout one for the 26-year-old Marte, as he finished sixth in the Majors in fWAR among position players with a 7.1 mark, trailing only Mike Trout, Alex Bregman, Christian Yelich, Cody Bellinger and Marcus Semien. Blue Jays top 5 >, Orioles: Bobby Grich, 1970-76Key fact: Franchise-best 36.0 bWAR among second basemenThere might not have been a better middle-infield tandem in the mid-1970s than Grich and Mark Belanger, each of whom won four consecutive Gold Glove Awards from 1973-76. Bottom line: The Cubs picked up DJ LeMahieu in the second round of the 2009 draft, but he shined in the major leagues after being traded to Colorado. Herr played on three World Series teams and won with the Cardinals in 1982. He's finally in the Hall of Fame, where he belongs. + - Indicates Hall of Famer. As the Reds dynasty began to collapse, Morgan eventually moved on and played his final five seasons with four different teams. The other two are Cupid Childs (1890s) and Hardy Richardson (1880s). Jackie Robinson 3. Three years later, he became the first American League second baseman to hit 40 homers in a season, finishing with 42 overall. And he was the best the Rays have ever had. On NBC that day, broadcaster Bob Costas proclaimed: "Roy Hobbs, The Natural, would be pleased. Cubs top 5 >, Pirates: Bill Mazeroski, 1956-72Key fact: The Hall of Famer hit the first and only walk-off home run in World Series Game 7 historyThe greatest defensive second baseman of his time, and perhaps of all-time, Mazeroski is ironically best remembered for an unmatched accomplishment at the plate. The latest in the sports world, emailed daily. Welcome to All-Time #MLBRank, our ranking of the top 100 players in baseball history. Brooks Robinson is generally regarded as the GOAT defensively at third. After retiring in 1997, Reed went into coaching. Phillies top 5 >, Brewers: Jim Gantner, 1976-92Key fact: No. Pedroia, who has played for Boston for all of his 14 years in the big leagues, helped raise the World Series trophy in 2007 and 2013. Teams: Cleveland Indians, Cincinnati Reds, Atlanta Braves, Los Angeles Angels, Boston Red Sox. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions. Bold indicates active player. Thursday brings the Top 10 infielders by position of all time, followed by pitchers and catchers on Friday. Pirates top 5 >, Reds: Joe Morgan, 1972-79Key fact: His 98.9 career WAR is second all-time at second base (behind only Rogers Hornsby)When Morgan was acquired from the Astros after the 1971 season in an eight-player trade, it gave the Big Red Machine the extra gear it needed to create a true dynasty. He was traded to the San Francisco Giants, where he won a World Series in 2010. Fun fact: Hill is one of just five players to hit for the cycle twice in one year. 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