Jeff Kent elected to Hall of Fame. NL MVP in 2000. Most HR by 2B.

Second baseman Jeff Kent was elected to Hall of Fame by one of those extraneous committees:

https://www.mlb.com/news/contemporary-baseball-era-hall-of-fame-ballot-results-2026?partnerId=it-20251208-16000446-mlb-1-A&utm_id=it-20251208-16000446-mlb-1-A&lctg=86302557

Ironically, one of the players not elected was former Kent teammate on the Giants, Barry Bonds. Kent had also beat Bonds for National League MVP in 2000:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_2000.shtml#all_NL_MVP_voting

Kent hit 351 of his 377 Home Runs as a second baseman, which is the record for the position. Robinson Cano hit 316 of his 335 HR as 2B and is second to Kent.

https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tiny/ZyrXC

For combined seasons, Playing in the AL or NL, Played at least 75% of games at 2B, in the regular season, requiring Home Runs >= 0 and Wins Above Replacement (WAR) >= 50 and Adjusted OPS+ >= 0 and Defensive WAR (dWAR) >= -9.9 and Offensive WAR (oWAR) >= 0, sorted by descending Wins Above Replacement (WAR).

Rk	Player	WAR	oWAR	dWAR	OPS+	HR	From	To	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	1B	2B	3B	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB
1	Eddie Collins	124.2	120.1	8.1	142	47	1906	1930	19-43	2826	12087	9949	1821	3315	2643	438	187	1299	741	196	1499	467	.333	.424	.429	.853	4268
2	Nap Lajoie	106.9	97.8	10.1	150	82	1896	1916	21-41	2480	10471	9590	1504	3243	2341	657	163	1599	380	26	516	347	.338	.380	.466	.846	4472
3	Joe Morgan	100.6	104.4	3.8	132	268	1963	1984	19-40	2649	11329	9277	1650	2517	1704	449	96	1133	689	162	1865	1015	.271	.392	.427	.819	3962
4	Charlie Gehringer	84.8	81.9	10.7	125	184	1924	1942	21-39	2323	10245	8860	1775	2839	1935	574	146	1427	181	93	1186	372	.320	.404	.480	.884	4257
5	Lou Whitaker	75.1	67.7	16.3	117	244	1977	1995	20-38	2390	9967	8570	1386	2369	1640	420	65	1084	143	75	1197	1099	.276	.363	.426	.789	3651
6	Frankie Frisch	72.0	58.6	21.6	110	105	1919	1937	21-39	2311	10101	9112	1532	2880	2171	466	138	1244	419	176	728	272	.316	.369	.432	.801	3937
7	Bobby Grich	71.1	62.6	16.8	125	224	1970	1986	21-37	2008	8220	6890	1033	1833	1242	320	47	864	104	83	1087	1278	.266	.371	.424	.794	2919
8	Robinson Canó	68.7	67.8	7.6	124	335	2005	2022	22-39	2267	9550	8773	1262	2639	1699	572	33	1306	51	38	620	1214	.301	.351	.488	.839	4282
9	Ryne Sandberg	68.0	60.4	13.5	114	282	1981	1997	21-37	2164	9282	8385	1318	2386	1625	403	76	1061	344	107	761	1260	.285	.344	.452	.795	3787
10	Roberto Alomar	67.0	70.8	3.3	116	210	1988	2004	20-36	2379	10400	9073	1508	2724	1930	504	80	1134	474	114	1032	1140	.300	.371	.443	.814	4018
11	Willie Randolph	65.9	54.4	20.2	104	54	1975	1992	20-37	2202	9462	8018	1239	2210	1775	316	65	687	271	94	1243	675	.276	.373	.351	.724	2818
12	Chase Utley	64.6	51.3	17.4	117	259	2003	2018	24-39	1937	7863	6857	1103	1885	1157	411	58	1025	154	22	724	1193	.275	.358	.465	.823	3189
13	Billy Herman	57.7	52.4	12.4	112	47	1931	1947	21-37	1922	8641	7707	1163	2345	1730	486	82	839	67	72	737	428	.304	.367	.407	.774	3136
14	Joe Gordon	55.6	40.0	22.4	120	253	1938	1950	23-35	1566	6537	5707	914	1530	961	264	52	975	89	60	759	702	.268	.357	.466	.822	2657
15	Jeff Kent	55.4	60.1	-0.1	123	377	1992	2008	24-40	2298	9537	8498	1320	2461	1477	560	47	1518	94	60	801	1522	.290	.356	.500	.855	4246
16	Ian Kinsler	53.8	44.8	14.9	107	257	2006	2019	24-37	1888	8299	7423	1243	1999	1285	416	41	909	243	74	693	1046	.269	.337	.440	.777	3268
17	Jose Altuve	53.4	63.0	-4.5	127	255	2011	2025	21-35	1976	8696	7881	1236	2388	1646	455	32	889	325	96	655	1139	.303	.360	.466	.826	3672
18	Dustin Pedroia	51.8	41.4	15.5	113	140	2006	2019	22-35	1512	6777	6031	922	1805	1256	394	15	725	138	46	624	654	.299	.365	.439	.805	2649
19	Bobby Doerr	51.4	46.3	13.5	115	223	1937	1951	19-33	1865	8030	7093	1094	2042	1349	381	89	1247	54	64	809	608	.288	.362	.461	.823	3270

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Generated 12/7/2025.

Wins Above Replacement (WAR) is a total, so longer careers pile it up.

These second basemen on that list had already been elected to the Hall of Fame:

Rk	Player	WAR	oWAR	dWAR	OPS+	HR	From	To	Age	G	PA	AB
1	Eddie Collins	124.2	120.1	8.1	142	47	1906	1930	19-43	2826	12087	9949
2	Nap Lajoie	106.9	97.8	10.1	150	82	1896	1916	21-41	2480	10471	9590
3	Joe Morgan	100.6	104.4	3.8	132	268	1963	1984	19-40	2649	11329	9277
4	Charlie Gehringer	84.8	81.9	10.7	125	184	1924	1942	21-39	2323	10245	8860
5	Frankie Frisch	72.0	58.6	21.6	110	105	1919	1937	21-39	2311	10101	9112
6	Ryne Sandberg	68.0	60.4	13.5	114	282	1981	1997	21-37	2164	9282	8385
7	Roberto Alomar	67.0	70.8	3.3	116	210	1988	2004	20-36	2379	10400	9073
8	Billy Herman	57.7	52.4	12.4	112	47	1931	1947	21-37	1922	8641	7707
9	Joe Gordon	55.6	40.0	22.4	120	253	1938	1950	23-35	1566	6537	5707
10	Bobby Doerr	51.4	46.3	13.5	115	223	1937	1951	19-33	1865	8030	7093

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Generated 12/7/2025.