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Among the fans and the media, the second baseman may be the highest position in baseball. From second base are less likely to take the kind of things offensively that generate headlines. Rarely are known for their power output. There are also batting champions relatively few who have won their securities, while the second patrol base (although 3 of the players listed below have proved exceptions to this rule, with 11 titles stick to them).
The fundamental value of the second base is derived from its defense. Fast, safe hands and the ability to turn and shoot precision in the conversion of double-play are the essential qualities for a value looter second, delivered with the kind of coherence misses too often neglected. Any offense that second glove men (and perhaps best of all to Mr. Mazeroski), and two of the most prolific hitters of the 20th century.
1. Bill Mazeroski - can not talk about the second main base including except the man who has done better and longer than almost anyone else. Winner of 8 Gloves Gold, holds the record Mazeroski more defensive than any other player in Major League Baseball history. It was not a bad hitter either, ending his 17 years (all with Pittsburgh) with over 2,000 hits and a batting average, 260 for life.
2. Bobby Richardson - Between 1961 and 1966, Bobby Richardson never had a duration of less than 600 official at-bats in a season. He led the AL in hits in 1962 with 209. This year was a peak career, 302 batting average and finished second in MVP voting to teammate Mickey Mantle.
3. Pete Runnels - Pete Runnels was the first player to win two batting titles while playing two different positions. As the Red Sox starting second baseman, Runnels won its first championship batting in 1960 with an average of 320. As a first baseman the Red Sox in 1962, Runnels said that his second title with a batting average, 326.
4. Pete Rose - A strong first season (, 273 batting average with 170 hits) Rose won the rookie of the year 1963. His best season in 1960, came in 1968 when Rose led the league in hitting (, 335), hits (210) and on base percentage (, 391), finished second in the league in doubles (42).
5. Rod Carew - Rod Carew Hall of Fame career began in the 1960s, and won the first of its 7 batting titles at the end of the decade, reaching 332 in 1969.
6. Glenn Beckert - Between 1966 and 1969, the success of Beckett for an average of 288 (he struck 283 in his career of 11 years). He led the NL with 98 runs in 1968, the same year he won his only Gold Glove
7. Julian Javier - St. Louis Cardinals, the second player goal during the 1960s, Javier belted 12 homers and 65 RBIs for the season championship in 1964 and had his best year in 1967, batting, 281 with 14 homers and 64 RBIs.
8. Ron Hunt - Mets first real "star" Ron Hunt, 303 hit in 1964, his second full season. From 1968 to 1974, he led the NL in a statistical category: beaten by the height. He was hit by 50 launches in 1971, more than a single season total in the modern era.
9. Bobby Knoop - Although he led the AL with 11 triples in 1966, the value of Bobby Knoop in Los Angeles was in their durability and glove. From 1964 to 1968, has averaged 155 games per year, and won 3 Gold Gloves
10. Cookie Rojas - As a second baseman Philadelphia Phillies from 1964 to 1969, Cookie Rojas was a favorite of fans who clapped, 262 during his career and the Phillies led the league with 16 hits slaughter in 1967.
A life-long fan of major league baseball, Carroll Conklin (aka Hardball Bob) is the founder of 1960s Baseball, which celebrates the players and teams that made the 1960s baseball's "real" golden age. http://www.1960sbaseball.com
