Who are the best hitting second basemen of all time?

#1 Rogers Hornsby (1915-1937)

Hornsby leads all second basemen in career batting average (.358), career OBP (.434), career slugging percentage (.577), and career OPS+ (175)

#2 Nap Lajoie (1896-1916)

It's always hard to compare players from different eras but particularly hard to compare players who played their entire career during the early "dead ball" era with those that came after. But according to the numbers Lajoie has to be #2. Among second basemen he's got the second best career OPS+ at 150 and the second best career batting average at .338, he's also third among second basemen in career hits at 3,242.

#3 Eddie Collins (1906-1930)

3,315 career hits. Career .333 hitter with a .424 OBP. He also had 744 stolen bases, most among second basemen.

#4 Rod Carew (1967-1985)

Seven time batting champ Carew had a career batting average of .328 and is a member of the 3000 hit club with 3,053.

#5 Paul Molitor (1978-1998)

Molitor is the all time leader among second basemen with 3,319 hits (4 more than Eddie Collins.) He was a career .306 hitter.

Others considered for the top 5: Joe Morgan, Jeff Kent, Craig Biggio, Jackie Robinson, & Ryne Sandberg.

Discuss these hall of fame second basemen (well Biggio and Kent aren't in... yet?) at the Hall of Fame Baseball Forum.

Oh and tell me who I forgot? I forgot someone, right?