Second Basemen
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1897 1899 Chronology Home 2B Index Guide
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 Nap Lajoie BBW     PHI 6 R 23   146 442 406 46 59 .949   604 196 43 11 6 112 126 21 7 5 25 .325 .354 .462 .816 111     21.4   4.0   25.4 .147 .027 .174   33.33 1 1 Nap Lajoie
2 2 Gene DeMontreville     BAL 2 R 24 SS   123 303 386 41 35 .944   462 152 15 2 0 76 70 42 8 10 40 .329 .395 .370 .765 87     14.2   5.1   19.3 .115 .041 .157   24.05 2 2 Gene DeMontreville
3 3 Cupid Childs     CLE 5 L 30   110 273 370 48 37 .931   413 119 9 4 1 90 31 69 4 14 9 .288 .395 .337 .732 73     13.1   4.3   17.4 .119 .039 .158   21.77 3 3 Cupid Childs
4 4 Bid McPhee Vet     CIN 3 R 38   130 299 396 32 74 .956   475 118 25 9 1 70 59 65 2 11 21 .248 .341 .345 .686 79     11.2   3.5   14.7 .086 .027 .113   15.55 4 4 Bid McPhee
5 5   Bobby Lowe             BOS 1 R 29       145 397 457 37 63 .958     551 150 11 7 4 64 93 29     3 20   12     .272 .312 .339 .651 71        8.1   6.7   14.8 .056 .046 .102   14.87 5 5   Bobby Lowe
6 6 Dick Padden     PIT 8 R 27   128 301 407 40 46 .947   463 119 7 6 2 61 43 35 19 5 11 .257 .335 .311 .646 62      7.9   4.9   12.8 .062 .038 .100   12.73 6 6 Dick Padden
7 7 Heinie Reitz     WAS 11 L 31   132 323 401 31 56 .959   489 148 20 2 2 62 47 32 9 13 11 .303 .357 .364 .721 69      8.1   4.0   12.1 .061 .030 .092   11.52 7 7 Heinie Reitz
8 Hughie Jennings Vet     BAL 2 R 29 SS   27 75 72 12 10 .925   101 33 5 2 0 25 16 15 9 1 5 .327 .456 .416 .872 25      4.6   1.2    5.8 .170 .044 .215    8.46 8 Hughie Jennings
9 Tom Daly     BRO 10 B 32   23 56 77 1 12 .993   73 24 3 1 0 11 11 14 1 0 6 .329 .443 .397 .840 18      3.8   0.9    4.7 .165 .039 .204    6.68 9 Tom Daly
10 8 Jim Connor     CHI 4 R 35   138 330 437 44 75 .946   505 114 9 9 0 51 67 42 3 13 11 .226 .289 .279 .568 52      2.8   5.0    7.8 .020 .036 .057    5.83 10 8 Jim Connor
                                 
11 9 Kid Gleason     NY 7 B 31   144 366 468 55 57 .938   547 121 8 5 0 75 60 37 6 4 20 .221 .278 .254 .532 52      3.4   4.4    7.8 .024 .031 .054    5.71 11 9 Kid Gleason
12 10 Bill Hallman     BRO 10 R 31   124 268 419 41 46 .944   471 115 9 6 2 53 58 27 5 10 8 .244 .292 .301 .593 50      4.1   3.3    7.4 .033 .027 .060    5.69 12 10 Bill Hallman
13 11 Claude Ritchey     LOU 9 B 24 SS   71 208 212 21 30 .952   259 66 5 2 2 31 24 22 4 15 9 .255 .323 .313 .636 32      3.7   1.9    5.6 .052 .027 .079    4.95 13 11 Claude Ritchey
14 Harry Steinfeldt   R   CIN 3 R 20 3B   31 68 87 14 11 .917   105 31 6 2 0 16 15 9 0 6 3 .295 .351 .390 .741 18      2.6   0.9    3.5 .084 .029 .113    3.70 14 Harry Steinfeldt
15     Patsy Tebeau             CLE 5 R 33 1B     34 85 98 11 8 .943     120 31 3 1 0 13 16 13     2 2   1     .258 .341 .300 .641 16        2.1   1.4    3.5 .062 .041 .103    3.53 15     Patsy Tebeau
16 General Stafford     LOU 9 R 29 RF   28 58 78 15 6 .901   99 30 2 0 1 14 14 10 1 3 4 .303 .373 .354 .727 15      2.0   0.7    2.7 .071 .025 .096    2.64 16 General Stafford
17 12 Jack Crooks     STL 12 R 32   66 192 209 17 23 .959   206 48 4 2 1 30 18 37 5 10 3 .233 .363 .286 .649 80      2.0   1.5    3.5 .030 .023 .053    2.54 17 12 Jack Crooks
18 Joe Quinn     BAL/STL 2/12 R 33 SS   63 142 194 14 19 .960   225 56 6 3 0 22 23 14 2 6 7 .249 .299 .302 .601 23      1.1   0.9    2.0 .017 .014 .032    1.12 18 Joe Quinn
19 Heinie Smith   R   LOU 9 R 26   33 74 87 16 8 .910   121 23 4 0 0 14 13 6 3 5 6 .190 .246 .223 .469 8      -     0.6    0.6 .000 .018 .018    0.25 19 Heinie Smith
League Average Age 29.6 League Avg WS/Game .069 .033 .101
League Avg per 800 Chances 338.9 418.5 42.6 53.7 .947 Offense Share of WS 67.8%
League Average per 600 PA 533.4 143.7 16.5 6.3 1.9 75.5 68.2 45.7 7.9 13.0 18.0 .269 .336 .334 .670 79.8 Average WS/Team  14.28
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   14.5%   242 596 771 79 93 .945     902 267 29 6 3 152 78 101     13 27   20     .296 .375 .351 .726 142       21.2   8.3   29.5 .088 .034 .122 Bats Left
Bats Right 71.4%   1216 3034 3733 380 483 .947   4508 1216 149 60 17 621 631 365 69 107 157 .270 .334 .341 .675 697     84.1  39.7  123.8 .069 .033 .102 Bats Right
Sources: Bats Both   14.2%     238 630 757 77 99 .947     879 211 16 8 2 117 95 73     11 19   35     .240 .306 .283 .589 102       10.9   7.2   18.1 .046 .030 .076 Bats Both
Age 24 & under 22.1%   371 1021 1091 122 135 .945   1430 445 69 17 8 235 235 94 19 36 77 .311 .362 .400 .762 248     41.9  11.9   53.8 .113 .032 .145 Age 24 & under
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 25-29 21.2%   361 905 1101 120 133 .944   1335 355 29 15 7 178 179 95 35 34 38 .266 .331 .326 .657 181     22.6  14.1   36.7 .063 .039 .102 Age 25-29
Win Shares Digital Update Age 30-34 41.0%   696 1705 2236 218 258 .948   2544 662 62 24 6 356 264 243 34 59 65 .260 .333 .311 .644 381     37.7  20.7   58.4 .054 .030 .084 Age 30-34
baseball-reference.com Age 35 & over   15.6%   268 629 833 76 149 .951   980 232 34 18 1 121 126 107 5 24 32 .237 .315 .311 .626 131     14.0   8.5   22.5 .052 .032 .084 Age 35 & over  
ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia Rookie     3.6%     64 142 174 30 19 .913     226 54 10 2 0 30 28 15     3 11   9     .239 .295 .301 .596 26        2.6   1.5    4.1 .041 .023 .064 Rookie  
Starter 86.3%   1457 3702 4568 453 601 .948   5445 1466 165 65 21 775 696 458 75 130 180 .269 .334 .335 .669 818    100.0  48.6  148.6 .069 .033 .102 Starter  
Reserve     13.7%     239 558 693 83 74 .938     844 228 29 9 1 115 108 81     18 23   32     .270 .347 .329 .676 123       16.2   6.6   22.8 .068 .028 .095 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   14.5%   242 329.7 426.6 43.7 51.5 .945     518.9 153.6 16.7 3.5 1.7 87.4 44.9 58.1     7.5 15.5   11.5     .296 .375 .351 .726 81.7       12.2   4.8   17.0 .088 .034 .122 Bats Left
Bats Right 71.4%   1216 339.6 417.9 42.5 54.1 .947   535.7 144.5 17.7 7.1 2.0 73.8 75.0 43.4 8.2 12.7 18.7 .270 .334 .341 .675 82.8     10.0   4.7   14.7 .069 .033 .102 Bats Right
Bats Both   14.2%     238 344.3 413.6 42.1 54.1 .947     537.1 128.9 9.8 4.9 1.2 71.5 58.0 44.6     6.7 11.6   21.4     .240 .306 .283 .589 62.3        6.7   4.4   11.1 .046 .030 .076 Bats Both
Age 24 & under 22.1%   371 365.6 390.7 43.7 48.3 .945   543.4 169.1 26.2 6.5 3.0 89.3 89.3 35.7 7.2 13.7 29.3 .311 .362 .400 .762 94.2     15.9   4.5   20.4 .113 .032 .145 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 21.2%   361 340.5 414.3 45.2 50.0 .944   534.4 142.1 11.6 6.0 2.8 71.2 71.6 38.0 14.0 13.6 15.2 .266 .331 .326 .657 72.4      9.0   5.6   14.7 .063 .039 .102 Age 25-29
Age 30-34 41.0%   696 328.0 430.1 41.9 49.6 .948   530.0 137.9 12.9 5.0 1.3 74.2 55.0 50.6 7.1 12.3 13.5 .260 .333 .311 .644 79.4      7.9   4.3   12.2 .054 .030 .084 Age 30-34
Age 35 & over   15.6%   268 327.2 433.3 39.5 77.5 .951   526.9 124.7 18.3 9.7 0.5 65.1 67.7 57.5 2.7 12.9 17.2 .237 .315 .311 .626 70.4      7.5   4.6   12.1 .052 .032 .084 Age 35 & over  
Rookie     3.6%     64 328.3 402.3 69.4 43.9 .913     531.8 127.1 23.5 4.7 0.0 70.6 65.9 35.3     7.0 25.9   21.2     .239 .295 .301 .596 61.2        6.1   3.5    9.6 .041 .023 .064 Rookie  
Starter 86.3%   1457 339.5 418.9 41.6 55.1 .948   534.9 144.0 16.2 6.4 2.1 76.1 68.4 45.0 7.3 12.8 17.7 .269 .334 .335 .669 80.4      9.8   4.8   14.6 .069 .033 .102 Starter  
Reserve     13.7%     239 334.6 415.6 49.8 44.4 .938     524.2 141.6 18.0 5.6 0.6 71.4 67.1 50.3     11.2 14.3   19.9     .270 .347 .329 .676 76.4       10.1   4.1   14.2 .068 .028 .095 Reserve