The Era breakdown for the Top 12 Best Second Baseman of All Time – Offensively – is as follows:

• • Dead Ball Era – 2
  • Babe Ruth Era – 4
  • Baseball During World War II – 1
  • Baseball 1950s – mid 60s –1
  • Pitching Era – 2
  • Last Clean Era – 0
  • Steroid Era Pt. 1 – 2
  • Steroid Era Pt. 2 – 0

The Top 12 Best Hitting Second Baseman of All Time seem to spread out evenly over all 7 Eras in Baseball History.
Once again Era 2 (Babe Ruth Era 1921-1935) has the most players. The reasoning for this trend is that during this Era the players’ Home Run and RBI totals increased, while they still maintained their high batting averages.

Baseball’s Greatest Hitters’ Top 12 Best Second Basemen Of All Time – Offensively – List

Hall of Fame * Veterans Committee **
Players in blue are retired and played in the “Steroid Era”

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