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Pos Pct. of 2nd Base Fielding Statistics Batting Statistics as Second Baseman   Win Shares
Year Rank WSQ Leader Tm  Age  WSQ Total 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
1901    9 Joe Quinn WAS 36     2.48 5.9%   66 158 177 16 17 .954   266 67 11 2 2 33 34 11 2 5 7 .252 .287 .331 .618 29   2.1 1.7 3.8 .032 .026 .058
1902    6 Tom Daly CHI 36     9.65 24.3%   255 632 719 73 136 .949   930 219 33 7 2 99 92 80 3 26 36 .235 .298 .292 .590 103   9.1 8.1 17.2 .036 .032 .067
1903    9 Tom Daly CHI 37     2.78 6.9%   74 167 194 16 18 .958   257 55 16 0 0 29 29 24 1 8 11 .214 .284 .276 .560 25   2.7 2.0 4.7 .036 .027 .064
1904    9 Bobby Lowe DET 35     3.15 11.7%   140 328 402 27 44 .964   506 105 14 6 0 47 40 17 2 15 15 .208 .236 .259 .495 32   1.7 3.7 5.4 .012 .026 .039
1905         0.0%                        
1906         0.0%                        
1907         0.0%                        
1908    6 George Davis CHI 37     9.61 8.1%   95 191 314 21 25 .960   326 71 11 1 0 32 20 32 5 23 17 .218 .298 .258 .556 33   7.0 3.5 10.5 .074 .037 .111
1909         0.0%                        
                                 
1910    1 Nap Lajoie CLE 35    59.95 12.6%   149 387 419 28 60 .966   540 208 47 6 4 86 69 55 5 19 24 .385 .447 .517 .964 123   36.9 6.0 42.9 .248 .040 .288
1911    4 Kid Elberfeld WAS 36    10.43 9.7%   105 237 284 25 39 .954   378 117 20 2 1 50 55 49 16 11 20 .310 .411 .381 .792 68   13.3 3.3 16.6 .127 .031 .158
1912    3 Nap Lajoie CLE 37    22.80 8.4%   97 241 249 21 49 .959   371 137 28 3 0 55 75 23 6 14 15 .369 .415 .461 .876 73   14.7 3.7 18.4 .152 .038 .190
1913    2 Nap Lajoie CLE 38    26.87 10.8%   126 279 363 20 59 .970   465 156 25 2 1 66 68 33 17 15 12 17 .335 .398 .404 .802 79   16.7 6.1 22.8 .133 .048 .181
1914    8 Nap Lajoie CLE 39     4.14 6.9%   80 187 215 17 45 .959   302 78 10 2 0 27 36 23 11 1 11 10 11 .258 .313 .305 .618 30   3.5 2.0 5.5 .044 .025 .069
1915    5 Nap Lajoie PHI 40     9.19 9.3%   110 251 332 23 61 .962   424 119 21 4 1 35 53 10 14 3 13 9 5 .281 .302 .356 .658 48   9.2 1.1 10.3 .084 .010 .094
1916    7 Terry Turner CLE 35     4.45 12.4%   147 331 460 20 79 .975   550 138 18 5 2 49 46 27 34 1 23 19 .251 .287 .313 .600 48   5.3 3.0 8.3 .036 .020 .056
1917   12 Terry Turner CLE 36     0.40 1.8%   23 45 61 2 4 .981   65 13 3 0 0 6 5 5 7 0 3 1 .200 .257 .246 .503 4   0.0 0.7 0.7 .000 .030 .030
1918   10 Terry Turner CLE 37     1.67 2.5%   26 44 77 1 0 .992   84 21 3 1 0 9 8 8 5 0 5 2 .250 .315 .310 .625 8   1.0 0.9 1.9 .038 .035 .073
1919   12 Dave Shean BOS 35     0.60 2.6%   29 70 85 3 18 .981   100 14 0 0 0 4 8 5 7 1 4 1 .140 .189 .140 .329 1   0.0 1.0 1.0 .000 .034 .034
                                 
1920         0.0%                        
1921         0.0%                        
1922    1 Eddie Collins CHI 35    27.35 12.6%   154 406 451 21 73 .976   598 194 20 12 1 92 69 73 16 3 27 20 12 .324 .401 .403 .804 99   17.4 5.1 22.5 .113 .033 .146
1923    1 Eddie Collins CHI 36    29.70 20.7%   265 593 758 40 130 .971   916 288 36 9 5 139 109 115 24 11 70 54 31 .314 .397 .390 .787 147   24.0 7.2 31.2 .091 .027 .118
1924    1 Eddie Collins CHI 37    31.14 19.3%   242 583 712 44 133 .967   873 294 47 15 9 155 137 114 26 5 44 46 26 .337 .416 .456 .872 169   29.4 5.8 35.2 .121 .024 .145
1925    1 Eddie Collins CHI 38    30.06 11.8%   150 348 436 27 91 .967   515 173 29 4 6 96 89 91 13 4 19 22 8 .336 .439 .443 .882 107   19.5 4.0 23.5 .130 .027 .157
1926    1 Eddie Collins CHI 39    22.75 8.3%   101 228 307 15 53 .973   375 129 32 4 1 66 62 62 8 3 15 13 8 .344 .441 .459 .900 74   14.7 2.7 17.4 .146 .027 .172
1927    4 Eddie Collins PHI 40    15.58 4.6%   56 124 150 10 31 .965   222 75 12 1 1 49 15 55 9 0 8 6 2 .338 .469 .414 .883 49   9.4 1.7 11.1 .168 .030 .198
1928         0.0%                        
1929   15 Wally Gerber BOS 37     0.10 1.5%   22 35 76 5 10 .957   39 6 1 0 0 3 2 3 5 0 3 0 0 .154 .214 .179 .393 2   0.0 0.3 0.3 .000 .014 .014
                                 
1930         0.0%                        
1931         0.0%                        
1932         0.0%                        
1933         0.0%                        
1934   11 Jimmy Dykes CHI 37     2.30 2.2%   27 65 81 8 13 .948   96 26 4 1 1 11 17 14 6 1 3 0 0 .271 .369 .365 .734 14   1.7 0.8 2.5 .063 .030 .093
1935    6 Ski Melillo STL/BOS 35     6.29 13.1%   157 413 522 25 105 .974   550 137 18 3 2 67 54 66 36 3 12 3 3 .249 .333 .304 .637 58   3.1 6.8 9.9 .020 .043 .063
1936    7 Ossie Bluege WAS 35     4.98 11.2%   145 367 400 12 94 .985   511 127 19 5 1 64 64 50 25 3 15 3 2 .249 .319 .311 .630 55   3.1 5.3 8.4 .021 .037 .058
1937         0.0%                        
1938    1 Charlie Gehringer DET 35    34.87 17.9%   213 553 633 32 154 .974   793 236 45 8 22 161 135 139 37 5 5 16 2 .298 .406 .458 .864 162   25.2 7.8 33.0 .118 .037 .155
1939    2 Charlie Gehringer DET 36    25.66 14.5%   172 420 500 25 115 .974   664 210 39 9 17 119 118 108 34 1 13 8 4 10 .316 .413 .479 .892 136   21.3 7.0 28.3 .124 .041 .165
                                 
1940    3 Charlie Gehringer DET 37    23.29 16.6%   192 395 550 29 106 .970   725 222 47 7 10 136 110 135 27 3 11 16 3 15 .306 .417 .432 .849 139   22.3 5.6 27.9 .116 .029 .145
1941    6 Charlie Gehringer DET 38     9.71 11.4%   140 332 378 13 71 .982   543 123 22 5 3 79 55 113 36 3 3 3 2 14 .227 .363 .302 .665 67   6.5 6.0 12.5 .046 .043 .089
1942         0.0%                        
1943         0.0%                        
1944    9 Roy Schalk CHI 35     2.61 11.8%   142 360 391 28 109 .964   567 125 14 4 1 45 43 43 50 1 20 5 4 16 .220 .277 .265 .542 39   0.5 4.3 4.8 .004 .030 .034
1945    2 Eddie Mayo DET 35    27.29 21.4%   257 706 782 33 181 .978   1014 270 47 4 11 121 119 80 70 1 37 10 13 20 .266 .321 .353 .674 117   19.8 11.7 31.5 .077 .046 .123
1946    9 Eddie Mayo DET 36     3.64 7.5%   99 193 268 15 56 .968   348 83 10 3 0 31 37 22 28 0 7 9 5 11 .239 .284 .284 .568 26   1.8 4.3 6.1 .018 .043 .062
1947    4 Eddie Mayo DET 37    16.33 14.9%   192 416 476 18 97 .980   668 173 32 4 7 87 56 63 43 0 17 8 8 17 .259 .323 .350 .673 74   10.1 7.4 17.5 .053 .039 .091
1948   10 Eddie Mayo DET 38     3.25 7.0%   86 202 223 11 48 .975   331 82 18 1 2 31 38 27 17 3 16 1 8 11 .248 .310 .326 .636 30   1.2 3.5 4.7 .014 .041 .055
1949         0.0%                        
                                 
1950         0.0%                        
1951   12 Pete Suder PHI 35     2.48 8.2%   103 274 313 8 93 .987   365 90 15 1 1 38 35 25 35 1 5 4 4 12 .247 .297 .301 .598 29   0.4 3.7 4.1 .004 .036 .040
1952    8 Floyd Baker WAS 35     7.65 8.4%   111 255 285 4 68 .993   364 93 11 1 1 36 41 36 25 2 8 2 1 3 .255 .326 .299 .625 40   5.5 4.0 9.5 .050 .036 .086
1953   11 Pete Suder PHI 37     2.23 3.0%   38 89 105 3 23 .985   147 42 4 1 1 14 11 6 11 0 1 1 1 3 .286 .314 .347 .661 15   1.3 1.4 2.7 .034 .037 .071
1954   12 Hank Majeski CLE 37     2.68 4.0%   60 125 119 7 33 .972   170 39 6 1 2 12 17 6 0 16 0 2 1 0 0 5 .229 .254 .312 .566 14   1.8 2.0 3.8 .030 .033 .063
1955   13 Pete Suder KC 39     0.17 1.7%   24 51 44 1 17 .990   79 17 4 1 0 2 1 2 0 12 0 0 0 0 1 1 .215 .235 .291 .526 4   0.0 0.4 0.4 .000 .017 .017
1956         0.0%                        
1957         0.0%                        
1958         0.0%                        
1959         0.0%                        
                                 
1960         0.0%                        
1961         0.0%                        
1962   15 Danny O'Connell WAS 35     0.99 1.2%   22 36 52 5 8 .946   72 17 1 1 0 8 3 6 1 13 0 1 1 0 0 1 .236 .291 .278 .569 6   0.5 0.8 1.3 .023 .036 .059
1963    7 Nellie Fox CHI 35    12.03 9.6%   155 341 396 9 84 .988   604 152 21 1 2 55 43 27 2 30 8 10 2 0 2 10 .252 .292 .300 .592 52   5.4 7.6 13.0 .035 .049 .084
1964         0.0%                        
1965         0.0%                        
1966         0.0%                        
1967         0.0%                        
1968         0.0%                        
1969         0.0%                        
                                 
1970         0.0%                        
1971   11 Tony Taylor DET 35     5.78 2.4%   51 114 107 1 29 .995   165 46 9 2 3 26 14 11 0 10 1 2 0 5 1 4 .279 .328 .412 .740 23   3.7 1.9 5.6 .073 .037 .110
1972   11 Tony Taylor DET 36     8.94 2.9%   67 121 108 8 25 .966   186 58 10 4 1 26 16 12 0 26 0 0 2 5 1 5 .312 .350 .425 .775 27   6.3 1.6 7.9 .094 .024 .118
1973   14 Tony Taylor DET 37     2.98 3.5%   72 134 165 4 37 .987   248 62 9 3 5 31 24 17 0 25 1 4 1 8 5 6 .250 .300 .371 .671 23   1.2 2.7 3.9 .017 .038 .054
1974    6 Cookie Rojas KC 35     8.95 9.5%   216 390 492 15 125 .983   659 172 22 1 6 62 72 44 4 56 3 11 8 8 4 28 .261 .307 .325 .632 60   5.7 7.0 12.7 .026 .032 .059
1975   12 Cookie Rojas KC 36     6.43 5.7%   117 233 303 11 65 .980   396 100 18 2 2 36 32 30 2 22 0 7 1 3 5 15 .253 .304 .323 .627 34   2.5 5.3 7.8 .021 .045 .067
1976   22 Cookie Rojas KC 37     0.63 1.3%   40 48 45 0 11 1.000   69 18 3 0 0 6 11 4 0 8 0 1 1 2 0 0 .261 .297 .304 .601 7   0.4 0.7 1.1 .010 .018 .028
1977         0.0%                        
1978         0.0%                        
1979         0.0%                        
                                 
1980         0.0%                        
1981         0.0%                        
1982   11 Davey Lopes OAK 37     8.59 6.4%   159 335 403 20 103 .974   507 122 20 3 11 61 44 45 1 57 1 2 3 27 12 16 .241 .302 .357 .659 53   7.8 3.0 10.8 .049 .019 .068
1983    6 Davey Lopes OAK 38    17.73 8.3%   215 369 461 23 127 .973   647 174 26 6 16 75 84 50 4 75 1 8 11 21 10 13 .269 .317 .402 .719 88   16.4 4.1 20.5 .076 .019 .095
1984    9 Joe Morgan OAK 40    13.63 7.9%   191 383 478 18 127 .980   617 154 30 0 18 100 81 104 5 84 2 4 8 10 8 13 .250 .356 .386 .742 91   18.2 4.8 23.0 .095 .025 .120
1985    3 Toby Harrah TEX 36    20.90 10.8%   258 471 777 9 181 .993   806 203 30 2 20 126 86 182 5 134 7 9 6 12 9 19 .252 .392 .368 .760 131   21.3 11.1 32.4 .083 .043 .126
1986    3 Frank White KC 35    23.85 14.2%   331 609 871 24 189 .984   1107 284 70 5 36 149 147 121 6 189 7 14 11 7 11 25 .257 .331 .426 .757 153   23.5 12.6 36.1 .071 .038 .109
1987    5 Frank White KC 36    14.14 9.3%   207 432 603 16 128 .985   748 178 45 3 19 93 92 66 4 112 5 9 4 1 5 23 .238 .303 .382 .685 80   5.9 9.2 15.1 .029 .044 .073
1988    6 Jim Gantner MIL 35    14.51 13.0%   302 618 854 15 180 .990   1052 267 53 3 7 114 101 54 3 113 7 25 8 27 11 24 .254 .293 .330 .623 95   7.0 15.3 22.3 .023 .051 .074
1989    8 Frank White KC 38    13.32 10.4%   246 479 769 18 152 .986   812 216 40 4 2 87 70 50 2 85 11 13 8 23 7 16 .266 .314 .333 .647 89   13.2 12.2 25.4 .054 .050 .103
                                 
1990   10 Willie Randolph OAK 35    11.47 11.0%   264 494 726 23 181 .981   860 214 30 11 3 87 75 72 1 83 5 12 6 25 4 26 .249 .309 .320 .629 87   13.0 9.1 22.1 .049 .034 .084
1991    5 Willie Randolph MIL 36    25.15 7.8%   180 345 568 27 127 .971   601 188 25 4 0 87 63 90 6 48 3 7 4 7 5 14 .313 .403 .368 .771 95   17.7 6.7 24.4 .098 .037 .136
1992    4 Lou Whitaker DET 35    26.51 8.6%   208 426 526 12 119 .988   685 189 36 1 18 99 84 83 6 58 1 7 3 9 7 18 .276 .354 .410 .764 103   19.4 5.7 25.1 .093 .027 .121
1993    3 Lou Whitaker DET 36    25.22 6.0%   132 276 354 14 84 .978   418 121 31 1 9 73 68 85 4 53 4 8 5 4 4 6 .289 .410 .433 .843 84   16.2 4.8 21.0 .123 .036 .159
1994    5 Lou Whitaker DET 37    12.27 8.5%   136 254 409 13 85 .981   473 134 30 3 15 89 51 51 4 58 2 5 4 8 1 12 .283 .353 .455 .808 73   9.0 4.7 13.7 .066 .035 .101
1995    5 Lou Whitaker DET 38    12.37 5.7%   126 216 324 4 81 .993   383 100 21 1 13 49 52 46 4 60 5 4 3 4 0 8 .261 .346 .423 .769 59   9.6 3.5 13.1 .076 .028 .104
1996   13 Rex Hudler CAL 35     5.81 2.2%   53 97 116 4 35 .982   183 54 8 1 13 33 25 3 0 30 3 2 1 6 3 6 .295 .316 .563 .879 28   4.6 1.0 5.6 .087 .019 .106
1997    9 Tony Phillips ANA 38    10.67 8.1%   187 354 503 19 103 .978   662 189 38 2 13 97 74 70 5 124 3 7 4 12 13 23 .285 .355 .408 .763 92   15.9 6.9 22.8 .085 .037 .122
1998    8 Tony Fernandez TOR 36    10.55 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
1999    3 Randy Velarde ANA/OAK 36    23.84 11.3%   258 448 740 22 166 .982   945 270 43 9 24 157 108 124 4 166 10 5 1 31 11 24 .286 .374 .426 .800 152   25.2 4.6 29.8 .098 .018 .116
                                 
2000    4 Randy Velarde OAK 37    15.64 16.5%   382 709 1122 34 258 .982   1371 371 75 1 20 215 135 167 2 227 6 22 6 38 15 42 .271 .351 .371 .722 184   20.9 16.5 37.4 .055 .043 .098
2001   11 Randy Velarde TEX 38     6.08 5.4%   119 214 329 16 85 .971   438 124 20 4 6 56 39 31 0 82 7 6 1 7 6 7 .283 .340 .388 .728 59   6.0 3.4 9.4 .050 .029 .079
2002   20 Randy Velarde OAK 39     3.01 2.9%   70 126 178 5 43 .984   194 48 11 1 2 28 15 22 1 37 5 2 1 3 1 4 .247 .338 .345 .683 23   2.2 2.8 5.0 .031 .040 .071
2003   16 Roberto Alomar CHI 35     4.15 3.0%   67 120 171 3 37 .990   251 63 11 1 3 41 17 30 1 36 1 8 4 6 2 9 .251 .329 .339 .668 29   2.3 2.5 4.8 .034 .037 .072
2004   12 Bret Boone SEA 35     8.23 14.7%   331 662 844 36 216 .977   1201 293 64 3 29 141 139 109 2 194 14 10 9 15 8 32 .244 .312 .375 .687 138   11.5 8.5 20.0 .035 .026 .060
2005   14 Bret Boone SEA/MIN 36     4.13 5.0%   112 212 318 10 76 .981   413 97 19 3 7 40 41 32 2 80 5 4 1 6 4 14 .235 .297 .346 .643 40   2.7 4.3 7.0 .024 .038 .063
2006   11 Mark Grudzielanek KC 36    12.10 6.2%   132 261 372 4 107 .994   540 163 32 4 7 85 52 28 4 66 2 3 5 3 2 12 .302 .336 .415 .751 74   8.7 3.8 12.5 .066 .029 .095
2007   10 Mark Grudzielanek KC 37    10.73 5.0%   116 184 300 6 68 .988   449 136 32 3 5 69 50 23 2 58 8 0 2 1 2 14 .303 .346 .421 .767 59   8.3 3.0 11.3 .072 .026 .097
2008   12 Mark Grudzielanek KC 38     9.54 3.8%   85 135 257 4 58 .990   330 99 24 0 3 37 24 19 1 41 5 3 2 2 1 7 .300 .346 .400 .746 45   5.4 4.3 9.7 .064 .051 .114
2009   17 Jamey Carroll CLE 35     4.20 2.4%   56 89 137 1 26 .996   198 52 8 2 1 33 15 26 0 40 3 2 1 3 2 4 .263 .355 .338 .693 25   3.5 1.4 4.9 .063 .025 .088
                                 
2010   27 Mark Grudzielanek CLE 40     2.51 2.1%   50 86 136 3 42 .987   157 41 1 0 1 15 14 9 0 18 1 2 1 2 0 5 .261 .304 .287 .591 13   2.1 1.9 4.0 .042 .038 .080
Copyright © 2009-10 by Andre Lower
Sources:
All-Time Major League Handbook
Win Shares Digital Update
baseball-reference.com
ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia