A former Rookie of the Year winner, Ramirez became injury prone later in his career which impacted his stats. 342 with over 100 RBI’s en route to finishing second in the MVP race that year with a WAR of over 7. Transitioning from a speedster on the bases earlier in his career to a power hitter later, Ramirez’s best season was definitely 2009 where he batted.
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13 years later as a member of the San Francisco Giants, he hit game-winning home runs in Games 2 and 5 en route to winning World Series MVP. In 1997 as a member of the Marlins, he knocked home the winning run in Game 7 to give the Marlins their first World Series title. Renteria has a knack as a big game player. 330 and hit 100 RBI’s with a respectable WAR of 5.6. His best season was in 2003 where he batted. Garciaparra tailed off towards the end of his carrer, and although he had a good season with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2006, his career remains one of baseball’s biggest “What If’s?”.Īfter a few sub-par season in the late 90’s on the Florida Marlins, a move to the St. While Garciaparra’s career WAR pales in comparison with his colleagues at SS, his WAR7 score (Sum of the 7 best WAR scores in a career) is 13 th best all time, ahead of Ozzie Smith and Jeter. He posted over 120 RBI’s in 2002 and hit 56 doubles. However, at his peak, he was a devastating hitter including a ridiculous. Once held in the same stature as Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter, Garciaparra’s career could be looked at as underwhelming in that vein. Even at the age of 43 with the Chicago White Sox in 2010, Vizquel still batted. 295 with double digit triples in 2006 at the age of 39(!). He was no slouch with the bat either hitting. The best fielding shortstop on this list, Vizquel won a combined 11 Golden Gloves. Amazingly, his total WAR spanning from 2000-2003 when he was shortstop is almost the same as most of the other players on this list career WAR.Ī player who’s career spanned 4 decades, Vizquel enjoyed many fruitful years in the 2000’s with both bat and glove. Still, he won an MVP in 2003, hit 57 home runs in 2002, and recorded an astounding 10.4 WAR in 2000. For the purposes of this list, he isn’t ranked since he played at third base for the majority of his years after 2000. Ranking based on career performance, peak performance, stature around leagueĪlex Rodriguez – Despite a career tarnished by allegations of steroid use, Rodriguez will remain as one of the greatest players of all time.Must have played either a majority of games at shortstop after 2000 or had several statistically significant seasons after 2000.Since the turn of the century, we’ve seen many talented shortstops anchor teams en route to the World Series, but who among them deserves to be called the best shortstop of the 2000s? Considered the most important position in baseball, a good shortstop is vital for any team looking to make it far in the playoffs.
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