10. Lou Whitaker
Whitaker is one of the most underrated infielders ever. In a 19-year career, with the Detroit Tigers, he had a .276 average, 244 home runs, 1084 RBI, 1386 runs scored, 2369 base hits and 143 stolen bases. He won the Rookie of the Year Award in 1977.
He was also a very good defensive second basemen, winning three consecutive gold gloves in the mid 80's and was one of the best hitting infielders of his time. He won four Silver Slugging Awards and was selected to the All-Star team five times, starting at second for three of them.
9. Rod Carew
Carew was one of the greatest hitters of all-time. In his 19-year career with the Twins and Angels, he had a .328 average, 92 home runs, 1015 RBI, 1424 runs scored, 3053 base hits and 353 stolen bases. He won the Rookie of the Year Award in 1967 and was selected to 18 All-Star teams, starting at second for eight of them.
He won seven batting titles in his career, including four consecutive from 1972 until 1975. His best season came in 1977 when he won the AL MVP award, hitting .388 along with 14 home runs, 100 RBI's and 128 runs scored. Finally, he ranks 22nd all-time in total hits.
8. Craig Biggio
Biggio was one of the grittiest and biggest hustlers of all-time. In his 20-year career with the Houston Astros he had a .281 average, 291 home runs, 1175 RBI, 1844 runs scored, 668 doubles, 414 stolen bases and 3060 base hits. He was selected to the All-Star team seven times, starting at second for four of them.
He won five Silver Slugger Awards and was a very good defensive infielder, winning four consecutive Gold Gloves in the mid 90's. However, he never won a championship. Finally, he was one of the most revered people in baseball and won the Roberto Clemente Award in 2007.
7. Jeff Kent
Kent was one of the best offensive second baseman ever, leading all second basemen in home runs with 377. He also has a .290 average, 1518 RBI, 1320 runs scored, 560 doubles and 2461 base hits. He was selected to the All-Star team five times, starting at second for four of them.
His best season came in 2000 with the Giants where he had a .334 average, 33 home runs, 125 RBI's, 114 runs scored and 12 stolen bases and won the NL MVP award. However, he was an average defensive player, had problems in the dugout and never won a championship, losing in his only World Series appearance.
6. Eddie Collins
Collins was one of the best hitters ever. He had a .333 career average in his 25-year career with the Athletics and White Sox. He had only 47 home runs, but he drove in 1300 runs, scored 1821 times, stole 744 bases and had 3315 base hits. He was also a great winner, leading the Athletics to the World Series six times, winning four of them.
He was never selected to the All-Star team because there wasn't an All Star game during his prime. However, he won the AL MVP in 1914 with the Athletics, with a .344 average and a .452 on-base percentage. He ranks seventh all time in career stolen bases and finished in the top five in MVP voting five times.
5. Jackie Robinson
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