100 Greatest Second Basemen of All-Time

The greatest second basemen in baseball ranked by career, peak, and prime value. Jackie Robinson, Rod Carew, Rogers Hornsby. Rankings updated through 2024.

Baseball Player Rankings by Position

CATCHER

FIRST BASE

SECOND BASE

SHORTSTOP

THIRD BASE

LEFT FIELD

CENTER FIELD

RIGHT FIELD

PITCHER

Glossary of Terms for Player Rankings

CAREER = Wins Above Replacement

Long Peak: Best 7 Seasons by WAR

Short Peak: Best 3 Seasons by WAR

Prime: Best 5 Consecutive Seasons by WAR

Player Score: Our Player Rankings Score

RANK	NAME	FROM	TO	CAREER	LONG PEAK	SHORT PEAK	PRIME	PLAYER SCORE
1	Joe Morgan	1963	1984	100.5	59.4	30.0	47.8	411.4
2	Rogers Hornsby	1915	1937	127.1	73.4	33.3	49.9	411.3
3	Eddie Collins	1906	1930	123.9	64.2	29.5	44.5	372.3
4	Jackie Robinson	1945	1956	61.7	52.3	27.4	41.6	327.1
5	Rod Carew	1967	1985	81.3	49.7	24.9	38.8	327.0
6	Charlie Gehringer	1924	1942	83.8	50.6	24.9	40.1	318.6
7	Nap Lajoie	1896	1916	107.3	60.2	28.4	41.8	318.5
8	Chase Utley	2003	2018	64.4	49.2	25.0	39.7	311.3
9	Bobby Grich	1970	1986	71.1	46.3	22.9	35.0	302.6
10	Ryne Sandberg	1981	1997	68.0	46.9	23.4	32.7	284.5
11	Craig Biggio	1988	2007	65.5	41.6	22.1	32.8	281.2
12	Lou Whitaker	1977	1995	75.1	37.9	18.9	25.4	273.8
13	Roberto Alomar	1988	2004	67.0	42.8	21.3	27.5	269.9
14	Jose Altuve	2011	2024	52.8	39.9	21.1	30.2	264.0
15	Frankie Frisch	1919	1937	70.8	44.4	23.8	32.4	253.1
16	Willie Randolph	1975	1992	65.9	36.1	17.6	27.3	251.6
17	Dustin Pedroia	2006	2019	51.6	42.4	21.2	28.8	251.3
18	Joe Gordon	1938	1950	55.7	45.9	20.8	31.7	246.7
19	Ian Kinsler	2006	2019	55.2	40.4	18.6	25.7	246.3
20	Ben Zobrist	2006	2019	44.6	40.4	22.0	31.7	240.9
21	Jeff Kent	1992	2008	55.4	35.6	19.4	27.4	234.3
22	Billy Herman	1931	1947	56.0	35.3	20.2	28.6	222.7
23	Robinson Cano	2005	2022	68.1	49.2	23.8	35.4	213.1
24	Eddie Stanky	1943	1953	41.1	35.8	20.4	26.8	204.1
25	Nellie Fox	1947	1965	49.5	36.9	19.0	23.9	203.4
26	Bobby Doerr	1937	1951	51.1	36.5	17.0	27.5	201.8
27	George Scales	1921	1946	53.6	41.5	20.9	28.5	198.1
28	Tony Phillips	1982	1999	50.9	33.1	15.8	25.3	197.8
29	Lonny Frey	1933	1948	44.0	31.3	18.9	28.6	194.0
30	Placido Polanco	1998	2013	41.9	32.3	16.7	21.0	188.8
31	Davey Lopes	1972	1987	42.4	29.9	14.7	23.1	188.5
32	Tony Lazzeri	1926	1939	47.3	35.2	18.6	25.1	183.1
33	DJ LeMahieu	2011	2024	29.8	25.9	14.8	19.4	182.8
34	Red Schoendienst	1945	1963	44.2	31.9	17.7	23.2	182.3
35	Gil McDougald	1951	1960	40.8	32.1	16.1	23.7	182.3
36	Bobby Avila	1949	1959	28.4	25.9	16.5	23.4	178.7
37	Dick McAuliffe	1960	1975	37.6	29.5	16.6	22.6	174.3
38	Robby Thompson	1986	1996	33.9	30.4	17.6	23.3	173.2
39	Marvin Williams	1943	1961	50.0	28.7	14.9	17.9	172.3
40	Ketel Marte	2015	2024	31.3	28.1	18.7	16.6	172.0
41	Jim Gilliam	1953	1966	40.9	30.5	15.9	18.5	171.4
42	Johnny Evers	1902	1929	47.7	33.3	16.8	22.4	167.6
43	Buddy Myer	1925	1941	47.8	30.8	15.9	21.2	166.5
44	Bill Doran	1982	1993	32.9	29.0	14.8	22.4	162.4
45	Del Pratt	1912	1924	45.5	31.3	14.7	21.2	161.8
46	Howie Kendrick	2006	2020	35.0	24.5	13.4	19.6	161.8
47	Chuck Knoblauch	1991	2002	44.6	38.5	22.0	29.8	157.4
48	Larry Doyle	1907	1920	45.1	30.4	14.8	21.0	156.0
49	Mark Ellis	2002	2014	33.5	25.0	13.4	19.1	155.5
50	Bill Mazeroski	1956	1972	36.5	25.7	13.2	17.6	152.6
51	Brandon Phillips	2002	2018	28.4	26.0	12.9	18.6	152.5
52	Frank White	1973	1990	34.8	23.5	11.9	15.9	152.4
53	Ray Durham	1995	2008	33.8	25.7	13.1	18.8	152.3
54	Newt Allen	1923	1947	41.0	31.5	17.5	19.8	150.1
55	Ron Hunt	1963	1974	32.8	25.6	13.8	18.5	149.2
56	Snuffy Stirnweiss	1943	1952	27.2	27.7	20.6	25.8	147.7
57	Max Bishop	1924	1935	37.3	29.3	15.4	20.8	147.0
58	Brian Dozier	2012	2020	23.7	24.0	16.0	21.0	146.0
59	Pete Runnels	1951	1964	29.8	26.4	15.5	20.3	144.4
60	Orlando Hudson	2002	2012	30.9	18.4	13.6	20.3	141.0
61	Davey Johnson	1965	1978	27.5	23.4	12.5	18.6	137.0
62	Tony Cuccinello	1930	1945	33.8	27.9	15.6	17.7	136.5
63	Danny Murphy	1900	1915	35.7	29.4	14.9	19.9	136.5
64	Luis Castillo	1996	2010	29.1	23.9	12.8	16.2	136.4
65	Andrés Giménez	2020	2024	18.6	18.6	16.7	18.6	136.3
66	Aaron Hill	2005	2017	24.4	23.6	15.9	17.0	135.8
67	Phil Garner	1973	1988	29.7	23.3	11.5	16.6	135.2
68	Jason Kipnis	2011	2020	21.3	21.6	14.5	18.8	134.5
69	Jeff McNeil	2018	2024	20.8	20.8	14.0	16.9	134.5
70	Carlos Baerga	1990	2005	19.6	21.9	14.6	20.0	129.8
71	Jimmy Williams	1899	1909	32.7	28.6	15.2	19.4	129.0
72	Johnny Ray	1981	1990	24.2	23.0	14.1	18.4	128.3
73	Dave Cash	1969	1980	25.6	21.4	13.0	17.4	126.1
74	Kolten Wong	2013	2023	22.0	21.1	11.6	14.1	125.0
75	Claude Ritchey	1897	1909	34.7	25.8	12.7	19.1	124.9
76	Ozzie Albies	2017	2024	21.7	20.9	13.7	14.7	124.7
77	Tom Herr	1979	1991	23.5	21.3	12.1	16.4	124.7
78	George Grantham	1922	1934	33.2	24.6	11.7	17.3	124.3
79	Miller Huggins	1904	1916	35.4	25.6	12.2	17.0	122.9
80	Marty McManus	1920	1934	33.3	23.9	12.3	16.1	121.3
81	Tommy Edman	2019	2024	17.9	17.9	13.6	16.9	120.9
82	Jonathan Schoop	2013	2023	19.7	18.9	12.3	15.6	120.9
83	Steve Sax	1981	1994	25.7	21.8	13.3	13.5	120.8
84	Delino DeShields	1990	2002	24.4	20.9	11.4	13.3	117.7
85	Mark Grudzielanek	1995	2010	26.5	20.5	10.9	13.1	117.5
86	Adam Kennedy	1999	2012	20.9	20.5	12.1	16.8	117.4
87	Bip Roberts	1986	1998	20.5	20.4	13.6	15.7	116.0
88	Damion Easley	1992	2008	20.5	20.3	12.6	17.3	115.2
89	Whit Merrifield	2016	2024	18.2	18.0	11.7	15.6	114.5
90	Buck Herzog	1908	1920	27.4	22.1	13.4	19.1	113.8
91	Randy Velarde	1987	2002	24.9	20.5	12.7	11.6	113.8
92	Billy Goodman	1947	1962	27.0	19.7	10.6	14.9	113.4
93	Neil Walker	2009	2020	19.6	19.8	10.1	15.0	112.2
94	Dan Uggla	2006	2015	18.2	20.3	11.7	15.7	111.4
95	Luis Arraez	2019	2024	16.1	16.1	12.5	15.0	109.8
96	Jose Vidro	1997	2008	17.1	20.0	13.1	17.5	109.2
97	Daniel Murphy	2008	2020	20.3	17.1	10.5	13.7	107.7
98	Nico Hoerner	2019	2024	15.0	15.1	12.9	14.7	105.9
99	Ronnie Belliard	1998	2010	20.8	19.4	11.4	12.8	105.6
100	Brian Roberts	2001	2014	29.5	20.3	16.7	23.0	104.8
101	Craig Counsell	1995	2011	22.4	17.3	10.6	12.7	104.4
102	Mike Gallego	1985	1997	17.1	16.5	11.0	14.8	103.9
103	Mark Loretta	1995	2009	19.3	17.6	13.5	14.2	103.9
104	Josh Harrison	2011	2023	17.1	17.8	11.3	13.4	103.8
105	Jerry Priddy	1941	1953	18.5	18.8	12.1	12.9	103.3
106	Tony Taylor	1958	1976	23.2	18.4	10.1	11.8	103.3
107	Jim Gantner	1976	1992	22.4	16.6	9.2	12.6	102.8
108	Marcus Giles	2001	2007	16.7	16.6	15.0	16.2	102.3
109	Jim Lefebvre	1965	1972	17.1	17.3	12.5	15.4	100.6
110	Harold Reynolds	1983	1994	15.8	18.4	11.7	15.9	99.3
111	Frank Bolling	1954	1966	17.1	19.5	11.5	14.3	99.3
112	Bump Wills	1977	1982	16.5	16.4	12.2	15.6	98.9
113	Glenn Hubbard	1978	1989	19.2	18.3	9.1	13.1	98.4
114	Glenn Beckert	1965	1975	15.5	17.0	12.8	15.9	97.6
115	Don Blasingame	1955	1966	18.4	17.9	12.7	13.3	97.1
116	Bret Boone	1992	2005	22.9	25.0	18.9	19.7	96.2
117	Jody Reed	1987	1997	15.7	16.9	10.5	14.3	95.7
118	Kelly Johnson	2005	2016	17.8	16.2	10.1	12.1	95.7
119	Mark McLemore	1986	2004	19.6	17.2	10.2	10.5	95.3
120	Juan Samuel	1983	1998	16.8	17.5	9.8	12.5	94.0

100 Greatest Second Basemen of All-Time

The greatest second basemen in baseball ranked by career, peak, and prime value. Jackie Robinson, Rod Carew, Rogers Hornsby. Rankings updated through 2024.

Baseball Player Rankings by Position

Glossary of Terms for Player Rankings

CAREER = Wins Above Replacement

Long Peak: Best 7 Seasons by WAR

Short Peak: Best 3 Seasons by WAR

Prime: Best 5 Consecutive Seasons by WAR

Player Score: Our Player Rankings Score

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