Second Basemen
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Pos St All- Other 2nd Base Fielding Statistics Batting Statistics as Second Baseman Win Shares Pos St
Rank Rank Name HOF MVP Star Rookie GG SS Team Stdg Bats Age Pos Games PO Assts Err DP F Pct. At Bats Hits 2B 3B HR Runs RBI BB IBB SO HP SH SF SB CS GDP BA OBA SA OPS RC B WS F WS T WS BWS/G FWS/G TWS/G WSQ Rank Rank Name
1 1 Jose Offerman KC 3C B 29   152 277 440 19 113 .974   587 184 28 13 6 102 59 86 1 93 5 2 5 44 10 7 .313 .403 .436 .839 107     22.6   6.1  28.7 .149 .040 .189   39.44 1 1 Jose Offerman
2 2 Ray Durham a CHI 2C B 26   158 282 438 18 128 .976   635 181 35 8 19 126 67 72 3 105 6 6 3 34 9 5 .285 .362 .455 .817 103     21.0   3.6  24.6 .133 .023 .156   30.70 2 2 Ray Durham
3 3 Chuck Knoblauch NY 1E R 29   149 275 408 13 86 .981   600 160 25 4 17 117 64 74 1 69 18 2 7 31 11 13 .267 .361 .407 .768 84     14.4   7.5  21.9 .097 .050 .147   26.55 3 3 Chuck Knoblauch
4 4 Damion Easley a S DET 5C R 28 SS   140 285 439 11 102 .985   532 142 32 2 25 76 90 37 2 103 13 0 2 15 5 6 .267 .329 .476 .805 79     14.3   5.2  19.5 .102 .037 .139   23.01 4 4 Damion Easley
5 5   Roberto Alomar BBW   A   G   BAL 4E B 30       144 251 449 11 86 .985     576 164 35 1 14 86 55 58 3 68 2 3 5 18 5 11 .285 .349 .422 .771 85       12.6   6.7  19.3 .088 .047 .134   22.34 5 5   Roberto Alomar
6 6 Todd Walker MIN 4C L 25   140 219 363 13 72 .978   523 166 40 3 12 85 60 47 9 64 2 0 3 19 6 13 .317 .374 .474 .848 91     14.0   4.7  18.7 .100 .034 .134   21.61 6 6 Todd Walker
7 7 Mark McLemore TEX 1W B 33   122 249 332 15 71 .975   455 113 15 1 5 78 52 88 1 63 2 12 3 12 4 15 .248 .370 .319 .689 53      9.1   3.0  12.1 .075 .025 .099   12.05 7 7 Mark McLemore
8 Tony Fernandez TOR 3E B 36 3B   82 128 222 9 43 .975   293 84 23 0 6 43 40 21 2 36 10 3 4 4 5 6 .287 .351 .427 .778 41      6.8   2.9   9.7 .083 .035 .118   10.55 8 Tony Fernandez
9 8 Scott Spiezio OAK 4W B 25   112 198 316 13 72 .975   400 103 18 1 9 55 49 43 3 54 2 7 2 1 3 10 .258 .331 .375 .706 50      6.0   3.6   9.6 .054 .032 .086    8.89 9 8 Scott Spiezio
10 10 Joey Cora SEA/CLE 3W/1C B 33   151 243 310 20 76 .965   596 166 27 6 6 111 32 72 0 58 5 12 3 15 6 5 .279 .359 .374 .733 78      7.6   2.7  10.3 .050 .018 .068    8.51 10 10 Joey Cora
                                   
11 9 Miguel Cairo R TB 5E R 24   148 278 429 16 109 .978   513 138 26 5 5 49 46 24 0 44 6 10 2 17 8 9 .269 .308 .368 .676 56      3.7   6.1   9.8 .025 .041 .066    7.97 11 9 Miguel Cairo
12 Luis Alicea TEX 1W B 32 3B   45 81 111 6 26 .970   146 43 5 2 5 31 24 21 0 21 5 4 1 4 2 0 .295 .399 .459 .858 29      5.5   1.0   6.5 .122 .022 .144    7.81 12 Luis Alicea
13 Randy Velarde ANA 2W R 35   51 88 132 4 25 .982   187 48 13 1 4 29 25 34 0 42 1 0 1 7 2 8 .257 .372 .401 .773 28      5.7   1.0   6.7 .112 .020 .131    7.68 13 Randy Velarde
14 12 David Bell CLE/SEA 1C/3W R 25   115 216 333 10 69 .982   373 102 26 2 10 45 46 25 4 54 2 1 5 0 4 7 .273 .319 .434 .753 49      3.7   4.6   8.3 .032 .040 .072    7.05 14 12 David Bell
15 11   Craig Grebeck             TOR 3E R 33       91 145 250 10 38 .975     274 69 15 2 1 31 25 24 0 36 4 8 2 2 2 7 .252 .319 .332 .651 31        2.8   3.8   6.6 .031 .042 .073    5.62 15 11   Craig Grebeck
16 13 Mike Benjamin BOS 2E R 32 SS   87 160 189 2 40 .994   239 58 14 0 1 29 24 14 1 56 4 8 1 2 0 10 .243 .295 .314 .609 22      1.6   3.2   4.8 .018 .037 .055    3.57 16 13 Mike Benjamin
17 Lou Merloni R BOS 2E R 27   32 47 66 3 10 .974   82 22 4 0 0 8 11 4 1 16 2 1 0 1 0 0 .268 .318 .317 .635 9      2.3   0.9   3.2 .072 .028 .100    3.20 17 Lou Merloni
18 Bip Roberts DET/OAK 5C/4W B 34 DH   31 40 61 3 21 .971   104 30 6 0 1 18 10 8 0 15 1 0 1 4 1 3 .288 .342 .375 .717 13      2.2   0.7   2.9 .071 .023 .094    2.80 18 Bip Roberts
19 Homer Bush R NY 1E R 25   24 37 29 2 4 .971   54 24 3 0 1 9 4 3 0 12 0 2 0 3 0 0 .444 .474 .556 1.030 13      1.9   0.7   2.6 .079 .029 .108    2.71 19 Homer Bush
20 14 Justin Baughman R ANA 2W R 23   59 104 153 6 22 .977   191 47 8 1 1 23 20 6 0 35 1 4 3 10 3 4 .246 .269 .314 .583 17      0.5   2.6   3.1 .008 .044 .053    2.25 20 14 Justin Baughman
                                   
21 Donnie Sadler R BOS 2E R 23   50 76 95 5 16 .972   116 28 4 4 3 18 15 6 0 25 3 4 1 3 0 1 .241 .294 .422 .716 12      1.4   1.4   2.8 .028 .028 .056    2.10 21 Donnie Sadler
22 Norberto Martin ANA 2W R 31   54 86 138 4 31 .982   162 35 2 0 1 15 11 6 0 27 0 3 2 3 1 8 .216 .241 .247 .488 9      -     2.4   2.4 .000 .044 .044    1.60 22 Norberto Martin
23 Brent Gates MIN 4C B 28 3B   21 23 43 2 8 .971   50 10 2 0 2 8 8 7 0 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 .200 .293 .360 .653 6      0.9   0.7   1.6 .043 .033 .076    1.40 23 Brent Gates
24 Enrique Wilson R CLE 1C B 24   22 35 52 1 6 .989   56 18 4 0 1 8 9 2 0 6 1 1 1 1 3 1 .321 .350 .446 .796 8      0.8   0.7   1.5 .036 .032 .068    1.24 24 Enrique Wilson
25     Joe Randa             DET 5C R 28 3B     20 25 40 0 9 1.000     47 11 2 1 0 6 5 4 0 7 0 1 0 0 1 1 .234 .294 .319 .613 4        0.4   0.6   1.0 .020 .030 .050    0.71 25     Joe Randa
26 Mark Lemke BOS 2E B 32   31 38 71 0 15 1.000   91 17 4 0 0 10 7 6 0 15 0 1 2 0 1 0 .187 .232 .231 .463 5      -     1.0   1.0 .000 .032 .032    0.57 26 Mark Lemke
27 Shawon Dunston CLE 1C R 35   24 32 55 2 9 .978   69 16 6 2 0 7 9 3 0 8 0 0 3 4 0 0 .232 .253 .377 .630 8      0.4   0.5   0.9 .017 .021 .038    0.55 27 Shawon Dunston
28 Rafael Bournigal OAK 4W R 32 SS   48 56 81 0 20 1.000   103 22 5 0 1 10 10 7 1 5 1 2 1 4 0 2 .214 .268 .291 .559 9      -     1.1   1.1 .000 .023 .023    0.53 28 Rafael Bournigal
29 Frank Catalanotto R DET 5C L 24 DH   31 38 36 2 10 .974   56 13 1 1 0 3 6 0 0 13 0 0 2 1 1 1 .232 .224 .286 .510 3      0.4   0.5   0.9 .013 .016 .029    0.48 29 Frank Catalanotto
30 Denny Hocking MIN 4C B 28 SS   47 38 46 0 9 1.000   44 14 0 0 2 10 4 4 0 11 0 0 0 1 0 0 .318 .375 .455 .830 8      -     0.9   0.9 .000 .019 .019    0.39 30 Denny Hocking
                                   
31 Jeff Reboulet BAL 4E R 34 3B,SS   28 26 49 2 13 .974   59 17 2 0 1 10 6 6 0 13 2 5 1 0 0 2 .288 .368 .373 .741 10      -     0.5   0.5 .000 .018 .018    0.21 31 Jeff Reboulet
32 Jeff Branson CLE 1C L 31 3B   31 35 37 3 14 .960   49 10 2 0 1 3 3 1 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 .204 .220 .306 .526 3      -     0.5   0.5 .000 .016 .016    0.20 32 Jeff Branson
League Average Age 28.9 League Avg WS/Game .067 .033 .100
League Avg per 800 Chances 311.8 471.2 17.0 104.1 .979 Offense Share of WS 66.6%
League Average per 600 PA 530.6 144.8 27.7 3.9 10.3 80.9 57.5 52.2 2.1 76.3 6.3 6.6 4.3 16.7 6.0 10.0 .273 .343 .398 .741 72.1 Average WS/Team  17.43
Aggregate Splits Aggregate Splits Aggregate Splits
Pct of Total
Playing Time Games PO Assts Err DP F Pct. At Bats Hits 2B 3B HR Runs RBI BB IBB SO HP SH SF SB CS GDP BA OBA SA OPS RC B WS F WS T WS BWS/G FWS/G TWS/G
Copyright © 2009-10 by Andre Lower Bats Left   7.6%   202 292 436 18 96 .976     628 189 43 4 13 91 69 48 9 83 2 1 5 20 7 15 .301 .350 .444 .794 97     14.4 5.7 20.1 .071 .028 .100 Bats Left
Bats Right 45.1%   1120 1936 2886 90 603 .982   3601 939 187 24 71 482 411 277 10 552 57 51 31 102 37 78 .261 .321 .385 .706 440   53.1 42.1 95.2 .047 .038 .085 Bats Right
Sources: Bats Both   47.3%     1118 1883 2891 117 674 .976     4033 1127 202 32 76 686 416 488 13 553 39 51 31 138 49 63 .279 .360 .402 .762 586     95.1 33.6 128.7 .085 .030 .115 Bats Both
Age 24 & under 12.0%   310 531 765 30 163 .977   932 244 43 11 10 101 96 38 0 123 11 19 9 32 15 16 .262 .296 .364 .660 96   6.8 11.3 18.1 .022 .036 .058 Age 24 & under
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 25-29 46.7%   1110 1922 2961 104 682 .979   3927 1119 215 34 103 647 467 406 24 596 50 22 28 149 49 62 .285 .357 .436 .793 603   101.5 39.1 140.6 .091 .035 .127 Age 25-29
Win Shares Digital Update Age 30-34 34.8%   863 1410 2078 76 451 .979   2854 744 132 12 37 432 259 311 6 383 26 59 22 64 22 64 .261 .336 .354 .690 347   41.4 26.6 68.0 .048 .031 .079 Age 30-34
baseball-reference.com Age 35 & over   6.5%   157 248 409 15 77 .978   549 148 42 3 10 79 74 58 2 86 11 3 8 15 7 14 .270 .347 .412 .759 77   12.9 4.4 17.3 .082 .028 .110 Age 35 & over  
ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia Rookie     13.9%     366 615 860 35 177 .977     1068 290 50 11 11 118 111 45 1 151 13 22 9 36 15 16 .272 .307 .370 .677 118     11.0 12.9 23.9 .030 .035 .065 Rookie  
Starter 74.7%   1733 3127 4770 175 1065 .978   6357 1755 333 49 131 988 676 654 28 890 71 73 46 218 75 119 .276 .348 .406 .754 887   132.3 62.5 194.8 .076 .036 .112 Starter  
Reserve     25.3%     707 984 1443 50 308 .980     1905 500 99 11 29 271 220 159 4 298 27 30 21 42 18 37 .262 .325 .372 .697 236     30.3 18.9 49.2 .043 .027 .070 Reserve  
Splits per 800 Total Chances / 600 Plate Appearances Splits per 800 Total Chances / 600 Plate Appearances Splits per 800 TC / 600 PA
Pct of Total
Playing Time Games PO Assts Err DP F Pct. At Bats Hits 2B 3B HR Runs RBI BB IBB SO HP SH SF SB CS GDP BA OBA SA OPS RC B WS F WS T WS BWS/G FWS/G TWS/G
Bats Left   7.6%   202 313.1 467.6 19.3 102.9 .976     550.9 165.8 37.7 3.5 11.4 79.8 60.5 42.1 7.9 72.8 1.7 0.9 4.4 17.5 6.1 13.2 .301 .350 .444 .794 85.1     12.6 5.0 17.6 .071 .028 .100 Bats Left
Bats Right 45.1%   1120 315.3 470.0 14.7 98.2 .982   537.9 140.3 27.9 3.6 10.6 72.0 61.4 41.4 1.5 82.4 8.5 7.6 4.6 15.2 5.5 11.7 .261 .321 .385 .706 65.7   7.9 6.3 14.2 .047 .038 .085 Bats Right
Bats Both   47.3%     1118 308.0 472.9 19.1 110.2 .976     521.3 145.7 26.1 4.1 9.8 88.7 53.8 63.1 1.7 71.5 5.0 6.6 4.0 17.8 6.3 8.1 .279 .360 .402 .762 75.7     12.3 4.3 16.6 .085 .030 .115 Bats Both
Age 24 & under 12.0%   310 320.4 461.5 18.1 98.3 .977   554.2 145.1 25.6 6.5 5.9 60.1 57.1 22.6 0.0 73.1 6.5 11.3 5.4 19.0 8.9 9.5 .262 .296 .364 .660 57.1   4.0 6.7 10.8 .022 .036 .058 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 46.7%   1110 308.3 475.0 16.7 109.4 .979   531.5 151.5 29.1 4.6 13.9 87.6 63.2 54.9 3.2 80.7 6.8 3.0 3.8 20.2 6.6 8.4 .285 .357 .436 .793 81.6   13.7 5.3 19.0 .091 .035 .127 Age 25-29
Age 30-34 34.8%   863 316.5 466.4 17.1 101.2 .979   523.4 136.4 24.2 2.2 6.8 79.2 47.5 57.0 1.1 70.2 4.8 10.8 4.0 11.7 4.0 11.7 .261 .336 .354 .690 63.6   7.6 4.9 12.5 .048 .031 .079 Age 30-34
Age 35 & over   6.5%   157 295.2 486.9 17.9 91.7 .978   523.7 141.2 40.1 2.9 9.5 75.4 70.6 55.3 1.9 82.0 10.5 2.9 7.6 14.3 6.7 13.4 .270 .347 .412 .759 73.4   12.3 4.2 16.5 .082 .028 .110 Age 35 & over  
Rookie     13.9%     366 325.8 455.6 18.6 93.8 .977     553.9 150.4 25.9 5.7 5.7 61.2 57.6 23.3 0.5 78.3 6.7 11.4 4.7 18.7 7.8 8.3 .272 .307 .370 .677 61.2     5.7 6.7 12.4 .030 .035 .065 Rookie  
Starter 74.7%   1733 309.9 472.8 17.3 105.6 .978   529.7 140.1 27.7 3.1 8.1 75.9 61.6 54.5 1.1 83.5 5.9 6.1 3.8 18.2 6.2 9.9 .276 .348 .406 .754 73.9   11.0 5.2 16.2 .076 .036 .112 Starter  
Reserve     25.3%     707 317.8 466.0 16.2 99.5 .980     533.6 140.1 27.7 3.1 8.1 75.9 61.6 44.5 1.1 83.5 7.6 8.4 5.9 11.8 5.0 10.4 .262 .325 .372 .697 66.1     8.5 5.3 13.8 .043 .027 .070 Reserve