100 Greatest Second Basemen of All-Time

Updated through 2025: we rank the Best MLB Second Basemen from Rogers Hornsby to Jackie Robinson to Joe Morgan.

Baseball Player Rankings by Position

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NAME	RNK	HOF	FROM	TO	WAR	WAR7	WAR5C	WAR3	CHWAR	JAWS	SCORE
Joe Morgan	1	Y	1963	1984	100.5	59.4	47.8	30.0	33.1	80.0	411.4
Rogers Hornsby	2	Y	1915	1937	127.1	73.4	49.9	33.3	14.8	100.3	411.3
Eddie Collins	3	Y	1906	1930	123.9	64.2	44.5	29.5	45.1	94.1	372.3
Jackie Robinson	4	Y	1945	1956	61.7	52.3	41.6	27.4	35.8	57.0	327.1
Rod Carew	5	Y	1967	1985	81.3	49.7	38.8	24.9	0.0	65.5	327.0
Charlie Gehringer	6	Y	1924	1942	83.8	50.6	40.1	24.9	21.7	67.2	318.6
Nap Lajoie	7	Y	1896	1916	107.3	60.2	41.8	28.4	0.0	83.8	318.5
Chase Utley	8		2003	2018	64.4	49.2	39.7	25.0	17.2	56.8	311.3
Bobby Grich	9		1970	1986	71.1	46.3	35.0	22.9	1.1	58.7	302.6
Ryne Sandberg	10	Y	1981	1997	68.0	46.9	32.7	23.4	0.0	57.5	284.5
Craig Biggio	11	Y	1988	2007	65.5	41.6	32.8	22.1	2.1	53.6	281.2
Lou Whitaker	12		1977	1995	75.1	37.9	25.4	18.9	4.3	56.5	273.8
Roberto Alomar	13	Y	1988	2004	67.0	42.8	27.5	21.3	12.7	54.9	269.9
Jose Altuve	14		2011	2025	53.4	39.9	30.2	21.1	20.9	46.7	267.1
Frankie Frisch	15	Y	1919	1937	70.8	44.4	32.4	23.8	40.8	57.6	253.1
Willie Randolph	16		1975	1992	65.9	36.1	27.3	17.6	20.2	51.0	251.6
Dustin Pedroia	17		2006	2019	51.6	42.4	28.8	21.2	10.2	47.0	251.3
Joe Gordon	18	Y	1938	1950	55.7	45.9	31.7	20.8	36.2	50.8	246.7
Ian Kinsler	19		2006	2019	55.2	40.4	25.7	18.6	11.0	47.8	246.3
Ben Zobrist	20		2006	2019	44.6	40.4	31.7	22.0	5.7	42.5	240.9
Jeff Kent	21	Y	1992	2008	55.4	35.6	27.4	19.4	7.0	45.5	234.3
Billy Herman	22	Y	1931	1947	56.0	35.3	28.6	20.2	17.7	45.7	222.7
Robinson Cano	23		2005	2022	68.1	49.2	35.4	23.8	4.5	58.7	213.1
Eddie Stanky	24		1943	1953	41.1	35.8	26.8	20.4	13.5	38.5	204.1
Nellie Fox	25	Y	1947	1965	49.5	36.9	23.9	19.0	6.0	43.2	203.4
Bobby Doerr	26	Y	1937	1951	51.1	36.5	27.5	17.0	5.6	43.8	201.8
George Scales	27		1921	1946	53.6	41.5	28.5	20.9	0.0	47.6	198.1
Tony Phillips	28		1982	1999	50.9	33.1	25.3	15.8	2.5	42.0	197.8
Lonny Frey	29		1933	1948	44.0	31.3	28.6	18.9	13.4	37.7	194.0
Ketel Marte	30		2015	2025	35.5	32.3	19.3	18.6	4.9	33.9	193.0
Placido Polanco	31		1998	2013	41.9	32.3	21.0	16.7	1.9	37.1	188.8
Davey Lopes	32		1972	1987	42.4	29.9	23.1	14.7	13.8	36.2	188.5
DJ LeMahieu	33		2011	2025	30.6	25.9	19.4	14.8	0.0	28.3	185.3
Tony Lazzeri	34	Y	1926	1939	47.3	35.2	25.1	18.6	22.0	41.3	183.1
Red Schoendienst	35	Y	1945	1963	44.2	31.9	23.2	17.7	8.2	38.1	182.3
Gil McDougald	36		1951	1960	40.8	32.1	23.7	16.1	34.3	36.5	182.3
Bobby Avila	37		1949	1959	28.4	25.9	23.4	16.5	7.0	27.2	178.7
Dick McAuliffe	38		1960	1975	37.6	29.5	22.6	16.6	5.6	33.6	174.3
Robby Thompson	39		1986	1996	33.9	30.4	23.3	17.6	6.1	32.2	173.2
Marvin Williams	40		1943	1961	50.0	28.7	17.9	14.9	0.0	39.4	172.3
Jim Gilliam	41		1953	1966	40.9	30.5	18.5	15.9	24.0	35.7	171.4
Johnny Evers	42	Y	1902	1929	47.7	33.3	22.4	16.8	23.2	40.5	167.6
Buddy Myer	43		1925	1941	47.8	30.8	21.2	15.9	4.4	39.3	166.5
Bill Doran	44		1982	1993	32.9	29.0	22.4	14.8	0.0	31.0	162.4
Del Pratt	45		1912	1924	45.5	31.3	21.2	14.7	0.0	38.4	161.8
Howie Kendrick	46		2006	2020	35.0	24.5	19.6	13.4	2.5	29.8	161.8
Chuck Knoblauch	47		1991	2002	44.6	38.5	29.8	22.0	10.2	41.6	157.4
Larry Doyle	48		1907	1920	45.1	30.4	21.0	14.8	13.6	37.8	156.0
Mark Ellis	49		2002	2014	33.5	25.0	19.1	13.4	0.0	29.3	155.5
Bill Mazeroski	50	Y	1956	1972	36.5	25.7	17.6	13.2	2.5	31.1	152.6
Brandon Phillips	51		2002	2018	28.4	26.0	18.6	12.9	0.0	27.2	152.5
Frank White	52		1973	1990	34.8	23.5	15.9	11.9	4.4	29.2	152.4
Ray Durham	53		1995	2008	33.8	25.7	18.8	13.1	0.0	29.8	152.3
Newt Allen	54		1923	1947	41.0	31.5	19.8	17.5	4.5	36.3	150.1
Ron Hunt	55		1963	1974	32.8	25.6	18.5	13.8	0.0	29.2	149.2
Snuffy Stirnweiss	56		1943	1952	27.2	27.7	25.8	20.6	5.3	27.5	147.7
Max Bishop	57		1924	1935	37.3	29.3	20.8	15.4	12.2	33.3	147.0
Nico Hoerner	58		2019	2025	21.9	22.0	20.8	16.0	0.0	22.0	146.8
Brian Dozier	59		2012	2020	23.7	24.0	21.0	16.0	0.7	23.9	146.0
Pete Runnels	60		1951	1964	29.8	26.4	20.3	15.5	0.0	28.1	144.4
Orlando Hudson	61		2002	2012	30.9	18.4	20.3	13.6	0.0	24.7	141.0
Jeff McNeil	62		2018	2025	23.1	21.7	16.9	14.1	0.0	22.4	140.7
Andrés Giménez	63		2020	2025	19.6	19.6	18.6	16.4	0.0	19.6	139.8
Davey Johnson	64		1965	1978	27.5	23.4	18.6	12.5	12.4	25.5	137.0
Tony Cuccinello	65		1930	1945	33.8	27.9	17.7	15.6	0.0	30.9	136.5
Danny Murphy	66		1900	1915	35.7	29.4	19.9	14.9	14.1	32.6	136.5
Luis Castillo	67		1996	2010	29.1	23.9	16.2	12.8	4.4	26.5	136.4
Aaron Hill	68		2005	2017	24.4	23.6	17.0	15.9	0.0	24.0	135.8
Phil Garner	69		1973	1988	29.7	23.3	16.6	11.5	4.0	26.5	135.2
Jason Kipnis	70		2011	2020	21.3	21.6	18.8	14.5	4.2	21.5	134.5
Ozzie Albies	71		2017	2025	24.1	22.5	14.7	13.7	3.4	23.3	132.3
Carlos Baerga	72		1990	2005	19.6	21.9	20.0	14.6	2.6	20.8	129.8
Jimmy Williams	73		1899	1909	32.7	28.6	19.4	15.2	0.0	30.7	129.0
Johnny Ray	74		1981	1990	24.2	23.0	18.4	14.1	0.0	23.6	128.3
Tommy Edman	75		2019	2025	19.2	19.2	16.9	14.0	0.9	19.2	126.3
Dave Cash	76		1969	1980	25.6	21.4	17.4	13.0	2.5	23.5	126.1
Claude Ritchey	77		1897	1909	34.7	25.8	19.1	12.7	4.4	30.3	124.9
Tom Herr	78		1979	1991	23.5	21.3	16.4	12.1	9.6	22.4	124.7
Kolten Wong	79		2013	2023	22.0	21.1	14.1	11.6	0.0	21.6	124.4
George Grantham	80		1922	1934	33.2	24.6	17.3	11.7	5.5	28.9	124.3
Miller Huggins	81		1904	1916	35.4	25.6	17.0	12.2	0.0	30.5	122.9
Marty McManus	82		1920	1934	33.3	23.9	16.1	12.3	0.0	28.6	121.3
Steve Sax	83		1981	1994	25.7	21.8	13.5	13.3	2.1	23.8	120.8
Jonathan Schoop	84		2013	2023	19.7	18.9	15.6	12.3	0.0	19.3	120.3
Delino DeShields	85		1990	2002	24.4	20.9	13.3	11.4	0.0	22.7	117.7
Mark Grudzielanek	86		1995	2010	26.5	20.5	13.1	10.9	0.0	23.5	117.5
Adam Kennedy	87		1999	2012	20.9	20.5	16.8	12.1	0.0	20.7	117.4
Bip Roberts	88		1986	1998	20.5	20.4	15.7	13.6	0.0	20.5	116.0
Damion Easley	89		1992	2008	20.5	20.3	17.3	12.6	0.0	20.4	115.2
Buck Herzog	90		1908	1920	27.4	22.1	19.1	13.4	7.6	24.8	113.8
Randy Velarde	91		1987	2002	24.9	20.5	11.6	12.7	0.0	22.7	113.8
Whit Merrifield	92		2016	2024	17.8	18.0	15.6	11.7	0.0	17.9	113.7
Billy Goodman	93		1947	1962	27.0	19.7	14.9	10.6	1.6	23.4	113.4
Neil Walker	94		2009	2020	19.6	19.8	15.0	10.1	0.0	19.7	112.2
Dan Uggla	95		2006	2015	18.2	20.3	15.7	11.7	0.0	19.3	111.4
Luis Arraez	96		2019	2025	16.5	16.7	14.1	11.9	0.0	16.6	109.3
Jose Vidro	97		1997	2008	17.1	20.0	17.5	13.1	0.0	18.6	109.2
Daniel Murphy	98		2008	2020	20.3	17.1	13.7	10.5	1.2	18.7	107.7
Ronnie Belliard	99		1998	2010	20.8	19.4	12.8	11.4	0.0	20.1	105.6
Brian Roberts	100		2001	2014	29.5	20.3	23.0	16.7	0.0	24.9	104.8

100 Greatest Second Basemen of All-Time

Updated through 2025: we rank the Best MLB Second Basemen from Rogers Hornsby to Jackie Robinson to Joe Morgan.

Baseball Player Rankings by Position

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