Best Second Baseman of all time

[obxyankeefan]

just thought I would continue the discussion to the next position.

 

[gvsulaker82]

Alomar

 

[obxyankeefan]

Alomar

Other than Robinson, I listed them by career WAR. The next two would have been Sandberg and Alomar.

 

[gvsulaker82]

They are all good choices, just think alomar is the best. Still cant believe whitaker was dropped from HOF ballot in his first year of eligibility. I believe he is reinstated this year.

 

[calsnowskier]

Not sure they deserve to win, but Alomar, Sandberg and Kent belong on the short list, at least.

 

[jeffro151]

Yeah, I'd take Roberto Alomar over everyone on that list.

 

[gvsulaker82]

Biggio as well..

Not sure they deserve to win, but Alomar, Sandberg and Kent belong on the short list, at least.

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[MilkSpiller22]

I see it to be a 3 man race between: eddie Collins, Joe Morgan, and rogers Hornsby...

and they are the only ones in the conversation IMO

Cant really decide between them 3 yet...

 

[steveringo]

I thought it would be Hornsby in a land slide, with a few votes for Collins... I'm surprised Alomar is not on the list. He'd be in my top ten....

 

[MilkSpiller22]

i am shocked so many love alomar so much... Chase Utley is better than Alomar

 

[Chewbaccer]

I can't stand him as a commentator, but my vote goes to Joe Morgan. Rogers Hornsby is a close second, and I wouldn't have an argument against him for the best.

 

[obxyankeefan]

I thought it would be Hornsby in a land slide, with a few votes for Collins... I'm surprised Alomar is not on the list. He'd be in my top ten....

If I did ten off the top of my head Alomar and Sandberg would have been there instead of Frisch and Grich.

II'm not a big fan of WAR, but I do feel when having a discussion like this it is a good place to start. I took the top 9 off brWAR career and added Jackie Robinson.

Grich has a 71 he was a surprise to me. I believe he was the MVP in 81, but I didn't realize he had that good of a career.

Frisch is at 70

Sandberg was at 67

Alomar was at 66

Both one good season away according to WAR

 

[MilkSpiller22]

If I did ten off the top of my head Alomar and Sandberg would have been there instead of Frisch and Grich.

II'm not a big fan of WAR, but I do feel when having a discussion like this it is a good place to start. I took the top 9 off brWAR career and added Jackie Robinson.

Grich has a 71 he was a surprise to me. I believe he was the MVP in 81, but I didn't realize he had that good of a career.

Frisch is at 70

Sandberg was at 67

Alomar was at 66

Both one good season away according to WAR

i too am not a WAR guy, but i like JAWS a lot... I like the combination of a players Best 7 seasons to count More than the rest of the players career, while still including the rest of the players career... I usually start with JAWS just to get my list...

 

[obxyankeefan]

i too am not a WAR guy, but i like JAWS a lot... I like the combination of a players Best 7 seasons to count More than the rest of the players career, while still including the rest of the players career... I usually start with JAWS just to get my list...

I'm not familiar with JAWS. I have heard people talking about a 7 year WAR. I am lazy though and find WAR easier to find.

 

[MilkSpiller22]

I'm not familiar with JAWS. I have heard people talking about a 7 year WAR. I am lazy though and find WAR easier to find.

Actually it is equally easy... If not even easier, especially in questions like this...

Just go to Baseball references--->leaders---> position

 

[GNG]

Red Schoendienst.

 

[navamind]

i am shocked so many love alomar so much... Chase Utley is better than Alomar

Agreed. Alomar had some impressive longevity, but Utley's 05-09 was an incredible 5 year stretch among 2B.

 

[navamind]

If I did ten off the top of my head Alomar and Sandberg would have been there instead of Frisch and Grich.

II'm not a big fan of WAR, but I do feel when having a discussion like this it is a good place to start. I took the top 9 off brWAR career and added Jackie Robinson.

Grich has a 71 he was a surprise to me. I believe he was the MVP in 81, but I didn't realize he had that good of a career.

Frisch is at 70

Sandberg was at 67

Alomar was at 66

Both one good season away according to WAR

Grich was always regarded as a very good defensive 2B. But he was also a pretty good hitter. Career .266/.371/.424, 125 OPS+ (for comparison, Mattingly had a 127 OPS+; Jim Rice had a 128 OPS+) as a middle infielder. He was very good at getting on base, and also flashed some pop.

MVP's debatable, Dwight Evans and Rickey Henderson had some very good cases that year themselves.

 

[Voltaire26]

This is the easiest question of all Rogers Hornsby!! Shout out to Lou Whitaker.

 

[MilkSpiller22]

I have a hard time comparing the speed of eddie collins to the power of Rogers Hornsby

and i have a hard time comparing the generational speed guy of eddie collins vs Joe Morgan

I don't know if i can vote in this one, but the winner HAS to be one of these three... any other answer is just Un-American