He helped lead the Dodgers (the Brooklyn version) to the borough's only World Series title. Childs played in just over 1,450 games and Richardson played in just over 1,300 games. Who is the best defensive catcher of all time? I guess that's why many historians say that Reed was among the best defensive second basemen that have ever graced the field, I agree with them on Reed. Some will balk at Canos inclusion on the list, given his two suspensions for PED use. 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. Alomar made into the Hall of Fame in his second year of eligibility after just missing on his first attempt likely due to that famous spitting incident. In 1962 he was elected to the Hall of Fame in his first year on the ballot. Doerr is an "A +" offensively and he's one of the five best defensive second basemen in the history of MLB. Roberto Alomar FAQ Who are the best MLB second basemen of all time? Thursday brings the Top 10 infielders by position of all time, followed by pitchers and catchers on Friday. Bottom line: Robinson Cano won a World Series title with the New York Yankees (2009) during his nine-year run with the Yanks. And they can be a pitcher's best friend. 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. In 2007, Phillips joined the 30-30 club 30 home runs and 30 stolen bases in one season. Welcome to another edition of Top Ten! .300/.371/.443, OPS -- .814, Hits -- 2,724, HRs -- 210, RBIs -- 1,134, It took Pat Gillick about only three hours -- not even enough time to write up a press release -- to trade for Alomar, who became the cornerstone of the Blue Jays' back-to-back World Series champs in 1992-93. Gehringer did everything well. 5. You missed out on Tony Lazzeri in top ten second baseman. Oh, offensively, Hubbard pretty much got the job done, but he was slightly below average. Anthony Rendon /.9715/, 6.Brooks Robinson+ . Your email address will not be published. His 2003 and 04 seasons are the most prolific for any second baseman in franchise history. JAWS (Jaffe WAR Score system) was developed by sabermetrician Jay Jaffe as a means to measure a player's Hall of Fame worthiness. He's one of the 20 best overall second basemen in the history of MLB when you mix his offense and his defense together. Teams: Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs. During 1921-25, a five-year period, he hit .402. Playing for the Rockies from 2012 to 2018, he was a three-time Gold Glove winner (2014, 2017 and 2018), and was an All-Star pick in 2015 and 2017 but not in 2016, when he wound up as the NL batting champion. 2. Fun fact: Hill is one of just five players to hit for the cycle twice in one year. During the 2012 season, Barney committed just two errors, and tied the major league record for consecutive errorless games at second base with 141. Nolan Arenado /.9718/, 5. Marlins top 5 >, Mets: Edgardo Alfonzo, 1995-2001Key fact: His .318 average with runners in scoring position is highest in Mets historyAlfonzo might be the trickiest Met to rank because he appeared in 524 career games for the team at second base and 515 at third, spending three full seasons as the starter at each position. Teams: Chicago Cubs, Colorado Rockies, New York Yankees. Hi Nels. Polanco wore his Tigers jersey. Playing for the Colorado Rockies two years later in the best season of his career, Carroll committed just three errors at second base, and led all NL second basemen in fielding percentage. It's why almost every historian ever calls him an "A +" defensively. In 13 years with the Cardinals, Hornsby hit .359/.427/.568 with 193 home runs and 1,072 RBIs. His offensive prowess is among the greatest of all players, not just second basemen. Below are the six best to ever play the position in Major League Baseball history. I think so, maybe similar in style to Ichiro Suzuki, except playing a different position. That was the lowest BA of his title years. Yet he remained an offensive force. He was a World Champion and the NL MVP in both seasons. Glenn Hubbard played the position more frequently than anybody else and Mark Lemke will always be linked to the greatness of the 1990s. -- Schoenfield, Teams Brewers top 5 >, Cardinals: Rogers Hornsby, 1915-26, '33Key fact: .359 average ranks first all-time in Cardinals historyHornsby was a feisty player on and off the field who fine-tuned his life for one thing: Hitting. What do you get when you combine those two facts? Though he never won a Gold Glove Award, Reed was a consistent fielder his entire career. Adrian Gonzalez (Tied) Adrian Gonzalez was a five-time All-Star. He moved to first base halfway through his career, but would rate higher as a second baseman. Teams: New York Mets, St. Louis Cardinals. Who is the best defensive catcher of all time? 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. He is one of seven players in MLB history to win consecutive World Series titles with different teams: the Kansas City Royals in 2015 and the Chicago Cubs in 2016. The Big Red Machine also made it to the World Series that year, losing in seven games to the Oakland As. However, as Robinsons career was relatively short, he lags in the counting stats. Hornsby's 127.1 WAR is the ninth-highest score all . I think his system is flawless, except he puts too much weight on Length of Career, but that's another article. That leaves half or just under half from his long peak (seven best seasons), short peak (three best seasons), and prime (five best consecutive seasons). Matt Chapman /.9737/, 4. 11-20: Here is a list of 10 other second basemen that were in serious contention of taking this 10th spot away from Frisch. Hell likely face heavy opposition when he eventually becomes eligible for Cooperstown. And he was the best the Rays have ever had. He wasn't a failure offensively, but he was certainly below average, unfortunately. Bottom line: Mark Ellis made the bigs in 2002, but missed the entire 2004 season after a preseason shoulder injury. -- Christina Kahrl, ESPN.com MLB writer, Teams Once Jackie debuted with the Dodgers in 1947, it became clear that he belonged. That's short for Three True Outcomes, also known as walks, strikeouts and home runs. He was ever so slightly below average. This week, we bring you the Top 10 at each position. Bottom line: Mark Loretta was a dependable fielder over a 15-year MLB career that saw him play on six different teams. Pedroias Baseball Reference War is 51.6 compared to 51.1 for Doerr. Since then, nine second basemen have posted a higher career fielding percentage than "Ryno.". Frisch went to four more World Series with St. Louis, this time coming out on top in the latter two. 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. 300 games).Its not easy to strongly argue who has been the Braves' best second baseman of all-time. It was probably in his Win Shares book or his Baseball Historical Abstract book, I can't remember, forgive me. It might be the only number as big as the game itself. .271/.392/.427, OPS -- .819, Hits -- 2,517, HRs -- 268, RBIs -- 1,133, In 1975 and 1976, Joe Morgan towered over the National League, winning back-to-back MVP awards, with WAR totals of 10.9 and 9.6. Seven-time All-Star (2006, '10-14, '16), two Gold Gloves ('10, '12), five Silver Sluggers ('06, '10-13), Career stats* Charlie Gehringers nickname was The Mechanical Man. He was dubbed so because of his robotic consistency and durability. Which team will make a big move? 8. Teams: Oakland Athletics, Colorado Rockies, Los Angeles Dodgers, St. Louis Cardinals. Either way, Grich, Childs and Richardson are the three best second basemen in the history of MLB that are not in the Hall of Fame, with arguments from Davey Lopes (1970s) and Tom Daly. We believe our rankings are the most comprehensive, fair, and accurate. 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. Teams: Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs, Toronto Blue Jays. Teams: St. Louis Cardinals, Toronto Blue Jays, Philadelphia Phillies, Detroit Tigers, Miami Marlins. 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. Career Fld% Leaders:1.Placido Polanco/.9834/, 2.Mike Lowell/.9743/, 3. This move helped legitimize the AL, but Lajoies time with the As was short-lived as legal action by the NL prevented him from playing in Philadelphia for any team other than the Phillies. Its a fair argument, but as we mentioned when discussing Roger Clemens, its hard to know who did what throughout the games history. D-backs top 5 >, Dodgers: Jackie Robinson, 1947-56Key fact: Only player whose uniform number is retired across MLBA true hero, legend, trailblazer and leader -- and thats before we even get into Robinsons stats. Because of how different eras of baseball have been played, it's difficult to nail down the best defensive catcher of all time. In total, he won seven batting titles and owns the third-highest lifetime batting average of any player who debuted after 1965, behind Tony Gwynn and Wade Boggs. note-next to each player I will also list an offensive letter grade, so you know where they stand in that category, the way I see it (we can assume they are all an "A +" defensively, since they are among the top 10 all time, defensively). In 1990, Oquendo recorded just three errors while playing in 150 games. 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. But he was immediately fired, beaten over the head with wiffle ball bats and called names because of it. .338/.380/.466, OPS -- .847, Hits -- 3,243, HRs -- 82, RBIs -- 1,599, The first big star of the new American League in 1901, he ranks 23rd all time in Baseball-Reference WAR. .308/.356/.497, OPS -- .854, Hits -- 2,129, HRs -- 260, RBIs -- 1,041, Cano has eight .300 seasons and a ninth possibly on the way, has a good chance to top 3,000 career hits and probably will pass Jeff Kent for most home runs by a second baseman. That's all there is, right? Bold indicates active player. You know, before we realized they would float if dropped into the Hudson River, like Derek Jeter's Gold Gloves float. Here is the No. Those who saw him described him as one of the best defensive players of that era. This incident ruined fan perception of Alomar for better or for worse. 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. Teams: Boston Red Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Francisco Giants. "Based on the distance that there was away from the goal line, I knew they were in sneak formation," Wilson said . 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. Over that span, The Mechanical Man would lead the league in games four times; hits, runs, and doubles twice; and triples, stolen bases, and batting average once. A teammate of Randal Grichuk on the Colorado Rockies, C.J. The reason that I'm telling you this is so YOU don't make the same mistake as that guy did. Teams: Montreal Expos, Washington Nationals, Colorado Rockies, Cleveland Indians, Los Angeles Dodgers, Minnesota Twins, Toronto Blue Jays, Kansas City Royals. 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. The other two are Cupid Childs (1890s) and Hardy Richardson (1880s). That and the trips to the World Series tip the decision in favor of Kinsler. In 2008, he was the AL MVP and won the Silver Slugger Award. The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network. To start the 2018 season, Panik set an MLB record by becoming the first player to hit solo home runs in back-to-back 1-0 victories. Teams: Cleveland Indians, Cincinnati Reds, Atlanta Braves, Los Angeles Angels, Boston Red Sox. Now that he's in the Hall of Fame, he's not only in, but he's a top tier second baseman. If character counted in the compilation of this list, Jackie Robinson would be number one. Frankie Frisch (1920s) offensive Rating: A +. Hall of Famer Red Schoendienst was great after being acquired midway through the 1957 world championship season, but he began being worn down by tuberculosis the next year. When it became evident Carew was destined to leave, the Twins traded him in February 1979 to the California Angels. He was also named an All-Star that year, and won the first of two Silver Slugger Awards. McPhee also recorded 529 putouts in 1886, a Major League record which still stands; no one else is within 40 putouts"-Bill James, respected baseball historian/Godfather of Sabermetrics and the modern rating system, 2002. The BBWAA wasted no time adding him to the group at Cooperstown, electing him in his first year of eligibility in 1990. Bottom line: Kudos to a player who never exactly excelled in the major leagues, but crafted a 15-year career with six different teams, playing both second base and shortstop. SHORT PEAK = WAR in best three seasons. 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). In the field, he's . Cron somehow survived last year's trade deadline and remained in Denver. After retiring, he became a minor league coach and worked his way up to be first-base coach for the Phillies in 2015. Baseball Best MLB Defensive Players of All Time By Paul Ladewski, updated on March 11, 2020 Old-Time Baseball Photos / Facebook TTO has done more to hurt defense than Daniel Murphy ever could on his worst day. I think he was the best ever, barehanded. In a few weeks, well keep moving around the diamond and rank the Top Ten Shortstops. Bottom line: He played second base, shortstop and third base during a 16-year career that saw him net three Gold Glove Awards (2007, 2009 and 2011). Would his game translate to 2016? Despite his personal success, Carews Twins teams did not win much. NL All Star ('90), 11-time AL All-Star ('91-2001), 10 AL Gold Gloves ('91-96, '98-01), four AL Silver Sluggers ('92, '96, '99-00), All-Star MVP ('98), Hall of Fame ('11), Career stats 2 jersey retired in '76 and has a sculpture with shortstop Luis Aparicio on the Guaranteed Rate Field concourse. The entire Os infield was excellent defensively, and Grich was the anchor on the right side, helping Baltimore to consecutive division championships in 73 and 74. He currently writes for FantasyPros and Pitcher List and will vehemently defend the validity of the Dodgers' 60-game season championship. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. His offensive numbers werent quite as good as Cano & Alomar, but if there was a way to quantify leadership, hed probably leap both of them! Neither of them had short careers, but they didn't have long ones either. -- Dan Mullen, senior MLB editor, Teams The only knock on Muncy is defense, as he rates below average at the position, and he's coming off Tommy John. I guess that makes him an A + overall at Second Base. Way-way-too-early 2023 MLB All-Stars: Predicting full rosters for both the AL and NL, 28 days, 3 teams -- and countless twists: Inside the Carlos Correa free agency saga, Pride, power and complaining about bad airplane food? Alomar is a Hall of Famer, and while Loretta was solid, he wasn't quite on Alomars level. Of course, once they point this out, they then proceed to rate him an "A +" defensively and call him one of the best defensive second basemen of all time. Still, he'll be totally fine and a top-three second baseman in . He pretty much got the job done offensively, ever so slightly below average. These rankings are for fun and debate purposes only, and fans were able to participate in Twitter polls to vote for their favorites. Hubbard played much of his career for those Atlanta Braves teams that had an overabundant amount of ground ball pitchers on their team. Because of how different eras of baseball have been played, it's difficult to nail down the best defensive catcher of all time. While it's hard, if not impossible, to compare across eras, there is a lot of evidence that baseball players have been improving defensively over the years, so fairly recent players a. Indians top 5 >, Royals: Frank White, 1973-90Key fact: Five All-Star Games, eight Gold Glove AwardsOK, so theres absolutely no debate about this choice. Vidro ranks among the top 10 in franchise history in doubles (third), hits (sixth), runs (seventh), RBIs (seventh), homers (ninth) and walks (ninth). Here's what happened with Hubbard, he DID play on ground ball teams (generally speaking). In fact, that entire infield made it into the Hall of Fame, except for Critz. Either way, Grich, Childs and Richardson are the three best second basemen in the history of MLB that are not in the Hall of Fame, with arguments from Davey Lopes (1970s) and Tom Daly (1890s). Between the lines, Alomar was about as good as it gets. Cron. Santiago Espinal turned 28 last November. .333/.424/.429, OPS -- .853, Hits -- 3,315, HRs -- 47, RBIs -- 1,300, Sacrifice Hits -- 512 (all-time leader), A great player in the first two decades of the 20th century, Collins hit for a high average, stole bases, drew walks and would have won Gold Gloves if they'd had them back then. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Heck, he may be number one in all of baseball when considering what he meant to the game. In 2014, LeMahieu led the majors with 99 double plays. What made them stand out from other Second Basemen was that they pivoted and threw at the same time that they crossed the bag, not after they crossed it"-Tom Meany, respected baseball historian, 1948. Those were his only .300 seasons, but he had many other years he could have won an MVP award: He drew an astonishing number of walks, was one of most efficient base stealers of all time, won five Gold Gloves and had a power at a time when few second basemen did. Hornsby began player-managing in 1925 with the Cards and continued to do so throughout most of his remaining career. His 377 home runs are tops among second basemen, and he has more hits than several Hall . In 1937, when he won the batting title, Gehringer was also the AL MVP after hitting .371/.458/.520. Napolean LaJoie is the oldest member of our Top Ten and is considered the first superstar in American League history. The Tigers popped Jung with the 12th pick in last July's draft by way of Texas Tech. Teams: Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers, Toronto Blue Jays. In 1920, he won his first of six consecutive (and seven total) batting titles when he hit .370. Pratt set up Wilson, and Wilson forced the biggest fumble of his career. Teams: Chicago White Sox, Texas Rangers, Milwaukee Brewers, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers. He pretty much got the job done offensively, too. The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user. The three-time Gold Glove Award winner made the cover of Sports Illustrated in 1999 when he was with the Mets and considered by some to be part of "The Best Infield Ever" along with second baseman Edgardo Alfonzo, shortstop Rey Ordonez and third baseman Robin Ventura. The great Rogers Hornsby was the clear choice for the best second baseman of all time. The Cardinals, Giants and Braves all got rid of him in a three-year span. He's finally in the Hall of Fame, where he belongs. Let's talk about who the best ever were at that position, defensively speaking. 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