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Top 10 Second Basemen of All-Time: Nos. 10-6

Second Base is a somewhat peculiar position. It's often the forgotten position on the field, not possessing the defensive reputation of SS or C, not occupied to mammoth mountains of men like 1B, not having been graced with the speed of guys like Rickey Henderson or Willie Wilson in center, and not being home to arm cannons like Clemente and Barfield in right. It's important, no doubt about it, but other spots on the field seem to almost always get more attention than that of the second middle infield spot. Historically, teams have put their best fielder at SS, and then it's either CF or 3B for where the second and third best defensive players go to, especially if they have good arms. 2B kind of gets left out here, outside the circle of conversation. However, it really shouldn't, because in reality, it can lay claim to having arguably the most impressive top 10 of any infield position in baseball history, moreso than SS, 1B, 3B, and to expand it, catcher. Some of the mos...