greatest 2nd baseman of all time?....why?

Answer 1

In my lifetime, the best 2B has been Ryne Sandberg, he was a great fielder, had good speed and stole bases, hit for average and power. My favorite all-time Cub...that's saying something coming from a die hard Cards fan. He just played the game the way it should be played...with that attitude of baseball owing him nothing and him owing baseball everything he had. He was fun to watch.
But of all-time, Rogers Hornsby had some unbelievable stats that will never be matched. Ever.

Answer 2

Joe Morgan was the greatest 2nd Baseman of all time! in his 22 year career he had 2517 hits, 268 HR, 1133 RBI. a career .271 avg with a .392 OBP
he won 2 world series with the Reds. and appeared in 4 world series over all. (72, 75, 76, 83)
he is a 5 time gold glover and won the Silver Slugger in '82.
he appeared in 2,649 games and played for 5 teams. Mostly he played for the Astros (Colt .45's) and the Reds. he wrapped up his career with the Giants, Phillies, and A's.
he is now calling games for ESPN and hes the best to listen to. he has a great knowledge and love for the game. hes a hall of famer who gives back to his community day in and day out. there have been some great 2nd baseman, but i believe Morgan is the most memorable. hes my choice

Answer 3

Rogers Hornsby is the greatest second baseman of all time. Not only was he a hardcore player in the age where pitchers ruled, but he was also a manager for the Cardinals and Cubs. He umpires in his day and age only called a strike when Hornsby swung at it, because he was so good at hitting. His fielding was superb and in this day and age he would probably be the best superstar, because he hit homeruns in the Dead ball era when pitchers ruled. He also compiled more than 3000 hits in his career.

Answer 4

I'd probably say Rogers Hornsby. We're going into a completely different era here, where the league's overall batting average was up around .280 and players hitting .350 were not necessarily made a fuss of in the same way as they are now. Hornsby set a record in hitting .424 for the season. Since then, few people have even got remotely close to this mark - in fact, it's unlikely that it ever will be broken. I mean, even for the period that he played in, that was still pretty darned fine - as was his .507 on-base percentage for the same year. To put that in perspective, that basically means he made it to first base more often than not - can you imagine how much of a run-scoring asset that is? A guy basically GUARANTEED to get on base, twice a game? Incredible.

His career accomplishments are impressive too - he is one of only two players in Major League history to win the fabled Triple Crown award twice in his career (the award itself has happened only fourteen times), to go along with his 13 other individual offensive titles, his all-time National League record for batting average, and a World Series ring from 1926 (in which they beat the heavily-favoured New York Yankees, who at the time boasted Lou Gehrig, Earle Combs and Waite Hoyt as well as the Bambino himself). An outrageously obnoxious and selfish man on the Ty Cobb level (and that's saying something), he was nonetheless a fine ballplayer and truly one of the outstanding greats of his era - and probably any other era too.

Answer 5

Considered the greatest fielding second baseball of all time was Detroit Tigers Charlie Gehringer 1924-1942. Lifetime batting average of .320 with 2839 career hits.

Answer 6

Fielding wise, Bill Mazeroski. Hitting wise, Rogers Hornsby who hit .358 lifetime and has the record with a .424 average in a season.

Answer 7

Hornsby has to be the greatest of all time, but for the modern era, it is hard to beat Joe Morgan.

Answer 8

Dutch Schultz.

Answer 9

my hero jackie robinson. considering what he played through and having the eye's of the world watching his every move, to constantly getting booed, to constantly having threats made on his life and to have all of that going on and still play great ball

lou whittaker is the greatest secondbaseman not in the hall. i think when he retired he was 3rd all time in homers for a secondbaseman, he hit great and his D was outstanding.

Answer 10

Hornsby - The L-train covered the why already.