By Will-he-M
I'll admit, the "super" utility player is a fairly new concept to me. Unlike the previous lists, where I had a solid idea of who to look at and who to include, this list I had virtually no idea who to really look at. So I had my work cut out for me and I'll tell you, it was very difficult. I tried finding some other possible lists of utility players and found virtually nothing. It's taken me several hours to make this list and if I missed an older player (most of the guys I found are still playing), please mention it or possibly make your own list as I doubt mine could ever be complete.
The criteria I used for this list is that each player must have played multiple positions but without playing too many games at any one position. For instance, I left Mark McLemore off the list because he had played almost 1200 games at second base, which was about 600 games more than he had played at any other position. Anyway, heregoes:
10. Benjamin "Ben" Zobrist (Tampa Bay Rays 2006-present)256 GP, 831 AB, 116 R, 207 H, 34 D, 10 T, 35 HR, 118 RBI, 21 SB, .249 AVG
P - 0 games
C - 0 games
1B - 0 games
2B - 77 games
3B - 2 games
SS - 130 games
LF - 21 games
CF - 7 games
RF - 43 games
DH - 0 games
All-Star (2009)
9. William "Bill" Hall (Milwaukee Brewers, Seattle Mariners 2002-present) 831 GP, 2676 AB, 370 R, 677 H, 177 D, 17 T, 102 HR, 367 RBI, 49 SB, .253 AVG
P - 0 games
C - 0 games
1B - 0 games
2B - 101 games
3B - 263 games
SS - 261 games
LF - 1 game
CF - 138 games
RF - 5 games
DH - 0 games
8. Ryan Freel (Toronto Blue Jays, Cincinnati Reds, Baltimore Orioles, Chicago Cubs, Kansas City Royals 2001-present)
594 GP, 1983 AB, 306 R, 532 H, 100 D, 17 T, 22 HR, 122 RBI, 143 SB, .268 AVG
P - 0 games
C - 0 games
1B - 0 games
2B - 102 games
3B - 113 games
SS - 0 games
LF - 77 games
CF - 221 games
RF - 120 games
DH - 0 games
7. William "Willie" Bloomquist (Seattle Mariners, Kansas City Royals 2002-present)636 GP, 1589 AB, 233 R, 416 H, 53 D, 13 T, 10 HR, 123 RBI, 89 SB, .262 AVG
P - 0 games
C - 0 games
1B - 34 games
2B - 97 games
3B - 110 games
SS - 149 games
LF - 55 games
CF - 116 games
RF - 69 games
DH - 20 games
6. William "Billy" Goodman (Boston Red Sox, Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox, Houston Astros 1947-1962) 1623 GP, 5644 AB, 807 R, 1691 H, 299 D, 44 T, 19 HR, 591 RBI, 37 SB, .300 AVG
P - 0 games
C - 0 games
1B - 406 games
2B - 624 games
3B - 330 games
SS - 7 games
LF - 69 games
CF - 0 games
RF - 42 games
DH - 0 games
American League Batting Crown winner (1950)
2x All-Star (1949, 1953)
5. Cesar "Pepito" Tovar (Minnesota Twins, Philadelphia Phillies, Texas Rangers, Oakland Athletics, New York Yankees 1965-1976)1488 GP, 5569 AB, 834 R, 1546 H, 253 D, 55 T, 46 HR, 435 RBI, 226 SB, .278 AVG
P - 1 game
C - 1 game
1B - 1 game
2B - 215 games
3B - 227 games
SS - 77 games
LF - 394 games
CF - 469 games
RF - 207 games
DH - 90 games
4. Mark DeRosa (Atlanta Braves, Texas Rangers, Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Cardinals 1998-present)997 GP, 3048 AB, 472 R, 842 H, 167 D, 10 T, 90 HR, 417 RBI, 19 SB, .276 AVG
P - 0 games
C - 0 games
1B - 23 games
2B - 303 games
3B - 277 games
SS - 139 games
LF - 58 games
CF - 0 games
RF - 159 games
DH - 12 games
3. Desmond "Chone" Figgins (Anaheim Angels, Los Angeles Angels 2002-present)
894 GP, 3422 AB, 576 R, 1001 H, 140 D, 53 T, 29 HR, 330 RBI, 275 SB, .293 AVG
P - 0 games
C - 0 games
1B - 0 games
2B - 113 games
3B - 498 games
SS - 27 games
LF - 36 games
CF - 244 games
RF - 27 games
DH - 20 games
World Series Champion (2002)
All-Star (2009)
2. Keith "Tony" Phillips (Oakland Athletics, Detroit Tigers, California Angels, Chicago White Sox, Anaheim Angels, Toronto Blue Jays, New York Mets 1982-1999)2161 GP, 7617 AB, 1300 R, 2023 H, 366 D, 50 T, 160 HR, 819 RBI, 177 SB, .266 AVG
P - 0 games
C - 0 games
1B - 5 games
2B - 777 games
3B - 428 games
SS - 294 games
LF - 566 games
CF - 97 games
RF - 169 games
DH - 101 games
World Series Champion (1989)
1. Pete "Charlie Hustle" Rose (Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, Montreal Expos 1963-1986)
3562 GP, 14053 AB, 2165 R, 4256 H, 746 D, 135 T, 160 HR, 1314 RBI, 198 SB, .303 AVG
P - 0 games
C - 0 games
1B - 939 games
2B - 628 games
3B - 634 games
SS - 0 games
LF - 673 games
CF - 73 games
RF - 590 games
DH - 0 games
2x National League Rookie of the Year Award winner (1963)
TSN Player of the Decade (1970's)
Hickock Belt (1975)
SI Sportsman of the Year Award winner (1975)
TSN Sportsman of the Year Award winner (1985)
National League MVP (1973)
3x National League Batiing Crown winner (1968, 1969, 1973)
World Series MVP (1975)
2x Gold Glove Award Winner (1969, 1970)
Silver Slugger Award winner (1981)
3x World Series Champion (1975, 1976, 1980)
17x All-Star (1965, 1967-1971, 1973-1982, 1985)
That was the tenth list in the series. To see the first nine installments, click here:
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