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 Robinson1947195661.752.327.441.6
5Chase Utley2003201864.449.225.039.7
6Rod Carew1967198581.349.724.938.8
7Charlie Gehringer1924194283.850.624.940.1
8Nap Lajoie18961916107.360.228.441.8
9Bobby Grich1970198671.146.322.935.0
10Ryne Sandberg1981199768.046.923.432.7
11Lou Whitaker1977199575.137.918.925.4
12Craig Biggio1988200765.541.622.132.8
13Roberto Alomar1988200467.042.821.327.5
14Frankie Frisch1919193770.844.423.832.4
15Willie Randolph1975199265.936.117.627.3
16Dustin Pedroia2006201951.642.421.228.8
17Jose Altuve2011202246.539.721.130.2
18Ian Kinsler2006201955.240.418.625.7
19Newt Allen1923194784.337.817.526.2
20Joe Gordon1938195055.745.920.831.7
21Ben Zobrist2006201944.640.422.031.7
22Jeff Kent1992200855.435.619.427.4
23Robinson Cano2005202268.149.223.835.4
24Billy Herman1931194756.035.320.228.6
25George Scales1921194653.641.520.928.5
26Nellie Fox1947196549.536.919.023.9
27Eddie Stanky1943195341.135.820.426.8
28Bobby Doerr1937195151.136.517.027.5
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 LeMahieu2011202230.425.914.819.4
37Bobby Avila1949195928.425.916.523.4
38Marvin Williams1943196150.028.714.917.9
39Dick McAuliffe1960197537.629.516.622.6
40Chuck Knoblauch1991200244.638.522.029.8
41Robby Thompson1986199633.930.417.623.3
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
59Orlando Hudson2002201230.918.413.620.3
60Davey Johnson1965197827.523.412.518.6
61Tony Cuccinello1930194533.827.915.617.7
62Danny Murphy1900191535.729.414.919.9
63Luis Castillo1996201029.123.912.816.2
64Aaron Hill2005201724.423.615.917.0
65Phil Garner1973198829.723.311.516.6
66Jason Kipnis2011202021.321.614.518.8
67Jimmy Williams1899190932.728.615.219.4
68Carlos Baerga1990200519.621.914.620.0
69Johnny Ray1981199024.223.014.118.4
70Kolten Wong2013202223.021.111.614.1
71Dave Cash1969198025.621.413.017.4
72Claude Ritchey1897190934.725.812.719.1
73George Grantham1922193433.224.611.717.3
74Tom Herr1979199123.521.312.116.4
75Ketel Marte2015202219.519.213.016.3
76Miller Huggins1904191635.425.612.217.0
77Jonathan Schoop2013202220.218.912.315.6
78Marty McManus1920193433.323.912.316.1
79Steve Sax1981199425.721.813.313.5
80Brian Roberts2001201429.520.316.723.0
81Delino DeShields1990200224.420.911.413.3
82Mark Grudzielanek1995201026.520.510.913.1
83Adam Kennedy1999201220.920.512.116.8
84Bip Roberts1986199820.520.413.615.7
85Damion Easley1992200820.520.312.617.3
86Buck Herzog1908192027.422.113.419.1
87Randy Velarde1987200224.920.512.711.6
88Billy Goodman1947196227.019.710.614.9
89Neil Walker2009202019.619.810.115.0
90Dan Uggla2006201518.220.311.715.7
91Whit Merrifield2016202217.117.311.715.6
92Jose Vidro1997200817.120.013.117.5
93Daniel Murphy2008202020.317.110.513.7
94Bret Boone1992200522.925.018.919.7
95Ronnie Belliard1998201020.819.411.412.8
96Craig Counsell1995201122.417.310.612.7
97Mark Loretta1995200919.317.613.514.2
98Jerry Priddy1941195318.518.812.112.9
99Tony Taylor1958197623.218.410.111.8
100Jim Gantner1976199222.416.69.212.6
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.