I'm a little slow getting to 2nd base. So far Brooks Robinson is the worst hitting Hall of Fame 3rd baseman and Rabbit Maranville is the worst hitting Hall of Fame Shortstop.

The worst hitting Hall of Famer at 2nd base? This one is pretty easy: Bill Mazeroski.

Mazeroski played his entire career with the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1956 to 1972. Check out these career hitting stats: .260 batting average, .299 on base percentage, .367 slugging percentage. All of those numbers are pretty poor but it's the .299 OBP that's particularly awful. All of that adds up to an 84 OPS+. His career high OPS+ was in 1958 when it was 98. In other words even at his peak, he was still a below average hitter.

Mazeroski did hit .323 in the playoffs during his career (10 hits, 31 at bats.) "Clutch" or merely small sample size? I'm leaning towards small sample size.

Mazeroski is obviously in the Hall for his glove and not his bat. He won 8 Gold Gloves during his career.

Labels: Bill Mazeroski, Hall Of Fame