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Omar Vizquel is the all-time leader in games played as a shortstop, [2] [3] having played 2,709 games at the position in his career. 19 players in major league history have played over 2,000 career games at shortstop, the second most of all positions behind only first basemen.
Brooks Robinson is the all-time leader in career putouts as a third baseman with 2,697; [30] [31] [32] he is the only third baseman with more than 2,500 career putouts. Nolan Arenaldo, the active leader in putouts as a third baseman and tied for 77th all-time. Jimmy Collins held the major league record for 65 years.
In 1969, on the 100th anniversary of professional baseball, a vote was taken to honor the greatest players ever, and Wagner was selected as the all-time shortstop. In 1999, 82 years after his last game and 44 years since his death, Wagner was voted Number 13 on The Sporting News' list of the 100 Greatest Players, where he was again the highest ...
A 15-time All-Star, Smith accumulated 2,460 hits and 580 stolen bases during his career, and won the National League Silver Slugger Award as the best hitter at shortstop in 1987. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility in 2002 .
Jeter is considered to be one of the most consistent baseball players of all time. [199] For his career, he averaged 204 hits, 113 runs scored and 21 stolen bases per 162 games. [49] He is currently sixth on the all-time hits list in MLB history. [200] Highly competitive, Jeter once said, "If you're going to play at all, you're out to win.
Mickey Vernon, the leader in all-time double plays by a first baseman Paul Goldschmidt, the active leader and 23rd all-time in double plays by a first baseman Todd Helton holds the National League record. Charlie Grimm held the National League record for 80 years. Jake Beckley held the major league record for 21 years.
Second basemen and shortstops typically accumulate far more assists than players at other positions due to the frequency of ground balls to the middle infielders; the top six major league players in career assists were all primarily shortstops, and 7,354 of Rabbit Maranville's record 8,967 career assists were earned as a shortstop.
Larkin is fourth all-time in Silver Slugger wins among all positions, behind outfielder Barry Bonds, [5] catcher Mike Piazza [6] and third baseman Alex Rodriguez, who won his first seven awards at shortstop before a position change. [7] Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. won eight Silver Sluggers as a shortstop from 1983 to 1993. [8]