Well, as far as home runs hit while the player was in the game defensively at second base, there is a tie between Rogers Hornsby of the 1922 St. Louis Cardinals and Dave Johnson of the 1973 Atlanta Braves who both hit 42 home runs.
Johnson actually hit 43 home runs in the 1973 season but one came as a pinch hitter (June 17, 1973 against the Cubs).
CAREER
2B as of 2007:
HOMERUNS HR
1 Jeff Kent 345
2 Ryne Sandberg 275
3 Rogers Hornsby 271
4 Joe Morgan 268
5 Joe Gordon 253
6 Bret Boone 252
7 Lou Whitaker 244
8 Craig Biggio 228
9 Bobby Doerr 223
10 Roberto Alomar 210
11 Bobby Grich 204
12 Charlie Gehringer 184
13 Ray Durham 180
14 Tony Lazzeri 172
15 Frank White 160
16 Alfonso Soriano 159
T17 Damion Easley 138
T17 Bill Mazeroski 138
19 Davey Lopes 127
20 Juan Samuel 121
21 Robby Thompson 119
22 Dick McAuliffe 116
23 Jose Vidro 113
24 Davey Johnson 111
25 Frank Bolling 106
26 Carlos Baerga 103
27 Todd Walker 101
As of the 2008 season, the single season record for home runs by a second baseman is 42 and held by Rogers Hornsby of the St. Louis Cardinals (1922) and Dave Johnson of the Atlanta Braves (1973).
As of 2009, Jeff Kent has the most home runs hit by a second baseman with 351. Kent played 17 years in the Major Leagues, and has a total of 377 career home runs.
That would be 250 by Rogers Hornsby of the 1922 St. Louis Cardinals. His batting average that season was .401.
Cal Ripken Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles with 345.
He also hit 86 home runs as a third baseman for a career total of 431.
Robinson Cano
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Most Home Runs by a Second BasemanThe player with the most home runs by a second baseman in the National League was Jeff Kent with 351 home runs. Kent played 17 years in the Major Leagues, and had a total of 377 career home runs.The player with the most home runs by a second baseman in the American League was Joe Gordon with 246 home runs. Gordon played 11 years in the Major Leagues, and had a total of 253 career home runs.
Sadaharu Oh, 1st baseman for the Yomiuri Giants in the Japanese major leagues from 1959-1980, is the all time home run leader with 868.
AS of the 2007 season, that is pitcher Greg Maddux who has won 17 Gold Gloves. Hall of Fame third baseman Brooks Robinson is second with 16.
Second basemen Rogers Hornsby and Davey Johnson both hit 42 home runs in a season; in 1922 and 1973, respectively.
Chipper Jones led the Braves in home runs in the 2007 season with 29. Andruw Jones was second with 26.
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Most Home Runs by a Second BasemanThe player with the most home runs by a second baseman in the National League was Jeff Kent with 351 home runs. Kent played 17 years in the Major Leagues, and had a total of 377 career home runs.The player with the most home runs by a second baseman in the American League was Joe Gordon with 246 home runs. Gordon played 11 years in the Major Leagues, and had a total of 253 career home runs.
In most cases, the second baseman will be covering 2nd base on a hit or fly out to LF.
Chase Utley of the Philadelphia Phillies with 33. Dan Uggla of the Florida Marlins had 32.
The term 'double play combo' refers to the second baseman and the shortstop. The law of averages says that most balls hit in the infield are going to be hit to either the shortstop or the second baseman since they are playing towards the middle of the field. So most of the double plays a team makes are with the second baseman, shortstop, and first baseman.
Sadaharu Oh, 1st baseman for the Yomiuri Giants in the Japanese major leagues from 1959-1980, is the all time home run leader with 868.
Alex Rodriguez
Marlon Anderson played the most games for the Phillies at second base in 1999.
AS of the 2007 season, that is pitcher Greg Maddux who has won 17 Gold Gloves. Hall of Fame third baseman Brooks Robinson is second with 16.
Second basemen Rogers Hornsby and Davey Johnson both hit 42 home runs in a season; in 1922 and 1973, respectively.
Lou Gehrig with 493.
That was the Milwaukee Brewers with 231. Second was the Phillies with 213.