100 Greatest Second Basemen of All-Time

ALL-TIME TOP 100 LISTS

Baseball's All-Time Greatest Second Basemen Ranked From 1 to 100

RANKNAMEFROMTOCAREERLONG PEAKSHORT PEAKPRIME
1Joe Morgan19631984100.559.430.047.8
2Rogers Hornsby19151937127.173.433.349.9
3Eddie Collins19061930123.964.229.544.5
4Jackie Robinson1945195661.752.327.441.6
5Rod Carew1967198581.349.724.938.8
6Charlie Gehringer1924194283.850.624.940.1
7Nap Lajoie18961916107.360.228.441.8
8Chase Utley2003201864.449.225.039.7
9Bobby Grich1970198671.146.322.935.0
10Ryne Sandberg1981199768.046.923.432.7
11Craig Biggio1988200765.541.622.132.8
12Lou Whitaker1977199575.137.918.925.4
13Roberto Alomar1988200467.042.821.327.5
14Jose Altuve2011202349.339.721.130.2
15Frankie Frisch1919193770.844.423.832.4
16Willie Randolph1975199265.936.117.627.3
17Dustin Pedroia2006201951.642.421.228.8
18Joe Gordon1938195055.745.920.831.7
19Ian Kinsler2006201955.240.418.625.7
20Ben Zobrist2006201944.640.422.031.7
21Jeff Kent1992200855.435.619.427.4
22Robinson Cano2005202268.149.223.835.4
23Newt Allen1923194784.337.817.526.2
24Billy Herman1931194756.035.320.228.6
25Nellie Fox1947196549.536.919.023.9
26Eddie Stanky1943195341.135.820.426.8
27Bobby Doerr1937195151.136.517.027.5
28George Scales1921194653.641.520.928.5
29Lonny Frey1933194844.031.318.928.6
30Tony Phillips1982199950.933.115.825.3
31Placido Polanco1998201341.932.316.721.0
32Davey Lopes1972198742.429.914.723.1
33Tony Lazzeri1926193947.335.218.625.1
34Red Schoendienst1945196344.231.917.723.2
35Gil McDougald1951196040.832.116.123.7
36DJ LeMahieu2011202331.525.914.819.4
37Bobby Avila1949195928.425.916.523.4
38Dick McAuliffe1960197537.629.516.622.6
39Chuck Knoblauch1991200244.638.522.029.8
40Robby Thompson1986199633.930.417.623.3
41Marvin Williams1943196150.028.714.917.9
42Jim Gilliam1953196640.930.515.918.5
43Johnny Evers1902192947.733.316.822.4
44Buddy Myer1925194147.830.815.921.2
45Bill Doran1982199332.929.014.822.4
46Howie Kendrick2006202035.024.513.419.6
47Del Pratt1912192445.531.314.721.2
48Larry Doyle1907192045.130.414.821.0
49Mark Ellis2002201433.525.013.419.1
50Bill Mazeroski1956197236.525.713.217.6
51Brandon Phillips2002201828.426.012.918.6
52Frank White1973199034.823.511.915.9
53Ray Durham1995200833.825.713.118.8
54Ron Hunt1963197432.825.613.818.5
55Snuffy Stirnweiss1943195227.227.720.625.8
56Max Bishop1924193537.329.315.420.8
57Brian Dozier2012202023.724.016.021.0
58Pete Runnels1951196429.826.415.520.3
59Ketel Marte2015202324.422.715.715.8
60Orlando Hudson2002201230.918.413.620.3
61Davey Johnson1965197827.523.412.518.6
62Tony Cuccinello1930194533.827.915.617.7
63Danny Murphy1900191535.729.414.919.9
64Luis Castillo1996201029.123.912.816.2
65Aaron Hill2005201724.423.615.917.0
66Phil Garner1973198829.723.311.516.6
67Jason Kipnis2011202021.321.614.518.8
68Jimmy Williams1899190932.728.615.219.4
69Carlos Baerga1990200519.621.914.620.0
70Johnny Ray1981199024.223.014.118.4
71Jeff McNeil2018202319.219.114.016.9
72Dave Cash1969198025.621.413.017.4
73Kolten Wong2013202322.221.111.614.1
74Claude Ritchey1897190934.725.812.719.1
75George Grantham1922193433.224.611.717.3
76Tom Herr1979199123.521.312.116.4
77Miller Huggins1904191635.425.612.217.0
78Marty McManus1920193433.323.912.316.1
79Steve Sax1981199425.721.813.313.5
80Jonathan Schoop2013202319.718.912.315.6
81Ozzie Albies2017202320.220.013.714.7
82Tommy Edman2019202317.117.013.717.1
83Brian Roberts2001201429.520.316.723.0
84Delino DeShields1990200224.420.911.413.3
85Mark Grudzielanek1995201026.520.510.913.1
86Adam Kennedy1999201220.920.512.116.8
87Bip Roberts1986199820.520.413.615.7
88Damion Easley1992200820.520.312.617.3
89Whit Merrifield2016202318.018.011.715.6
90Buck Herzog1908192027.422.113.419.1
91Randy Velarde1987200224.920.512.711.6
92Billy Goodman1947196227.019.710.614.9
93Neil Walker2009202019.619.810.115.0
94Dan Uggla2006201518.220.311.715.7
95Jose Vidro1997200817.120.013.117.5
96Daniel Murphy2008202020.317.110.513.7
97Bret Boone1992200522.925.018.919.7
98Andrés Giménez2020202314.614.613.714.6
99Luis Arraez2019202315.115.112.615.1
100Ronnie Belliard1998201020.819.411.412.8
EXPLANATION OF TABLE DATA
CAREER = Career Wins Above Replacement (WAR).
We use bWAR.
LONG PEAK = WAR in best seven seasons.
SHORT PEAK = WAR in best three seasons.
PRIME = WAR in best five consecutive seasons.

How Do We Rank The Players?

That's a Great Question. In short, it isn't Simple.

We have gone to great lengths to make our All-Time Baseball Player Rankings as thorough as possible. We believe our rankings are the most comprehensive, fair, and accurate.

Players are evaluated on five criteria as the foundation of our rankings: 

  • Career Value
  • Long Peak
  • Short Peak
  • Career Prime Value
  • Contribution to Championship Teams

We use Wins Above Replacement (WAR) as a basis for these calculations. However, we also adjust for era, integration and level of competition, and missed playing time due to factors beyond the control of the player.

Generally, a player’s Career Value is worth about 50-60% of the ranking score we assign him. 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). The contribution to championship teams (player performance in seasons where his team wins the pennant) is a small factor in most cases.

Because we adjust for timeline and era, our rankings have fewer players from before 1941 than many other baseball player lists.

We feel it’s important to acknowledge that baseball is harder to play today than it was 25 years ago, and 50 years ago, and so on. It doesn’t make sense, in our opinion, for most of the great baseball players to have played prior to World War II, when MLB was segregated.