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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 ...
You don’t spend $1.1 billion in free agency and go into the season simply hoping you’re best all-around athletic player can suddenly learn a new position in the course of a big-league season.
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.
[4] [5] Piazza is also the winningest catcher, having won all ten playing at the position. Rodriguez won seven Silver Sluggers as a shortstop for the Seattle Mariners and Texas Rangers, and three with the Yankees as a third baseman. [13] Wade Boggs leads third basemen with eight awards; [4] [14] Barry Larkin leads shortstops with nine.
Pages in category "Major League Baseball shortstops" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,182 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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]