Cleveland Indians: Top Five Second Basemen of All-Time

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#3: Roberto Alomar

While Roberto Alomar only played in three seasons for the Indians, he amassed an impressive 19 wins above a replacement player. His WAR per 162 games ranks second among qualified players, and this time span encapsulates the best season in his Hall of Fame career. Even further, he took home All-Star and Gold Glove honors in all three of those seasons and won the Silver Slugger in two of those years.

Arguably the best season of his career occurred in 1999. The switch-hitter slashed an elite .323/.422/.533 with 37 stolen bases and 24 home runs. This season was his first, and only, seven-win performance, and it marked a resurgence from a pair of “down” years in which he was still an all-star player. After the season, he finished the Most Valuable Player race in third place behind Ivan Rodriguez and Pedro Martinez.

His career as a whole was one of the best for any second baseman, with his career WAR of 63.6 ranking 11^th overall, per FanGraphs. He fell one stolen base short of 475, but that total still finished as one of the best all-time. Perhaps his most memorable feat was his 12 straight appearances in the All-Star Game from 1990 to 2001. The National Baseball Hall of Fame inducted him in 2011 with 90% of the vote on his second ballot.

Next on our list is a member of the 1948 World Series team…

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