Today's installment of vote for the best of the Reds worst moves us to second base. The Reds have seen some decent offense from 2B over the decade, and two of the best defenders they've ever had at the position. However, until Brandon Phillips came along in 2006, it was one of the most unstable positions on the team. This shouldn't be a difficult vote today, but who knows with you guys. Ballot is after the jump.
Other ballots: Starting Rotation | Bullpen | Catcher | First base
| Years | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | OPS+ | wOBA | WAR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Aurilia | 2005-2006 | 236 | 949 | 866 | 122 | 252 | 48 | 3 | 37 | 138 | 71 | 118 | .291 | .344 | .482 | .825 | 110 | .352 |
3.2 |
| D'Angelo Jimenez | 2003-2005 | 260 | 1102 | 958 | 124 | 260 | 48 | 5 | 19 | 103 | 130 | 165 | .271 | .359 | .391 | .751 | 98 | .335 |
3.3 |
| Brandon Phillips | 2006-2009 | 601 | 2542 | 2329 | 330 | 642 | 108 | 19 | 88 | 345 | 151 | 365 | .276 | .324 | .452 | .776 | 98 | .330 |
5.2* |
| Pokey Reese | 2000-2001 | 268 | 1051 | 946 | 126 | 228 | 40 | 8 | 21 | 86 | 79 | 168 | .241 | .303 | .367 | .670 | 68 | .289 |
1.5 |
| Donnie Sadler | 2001 | 39 | 95 | 84 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 20 | .202 | .280 | .274 | .553 | 42 | .251 |
-0.6 |
| Bill Selby | 2001 | 36 | 100 | 92 | 7 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 13 | .228 | .273 | .391 | .664 | 66 | .277 |
-0.5 |
| Drew Sutton | 2009 | 42 | 76 | 66 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 20 | .212 | .297 | .348 | .646 | 70 | .282 |
0.1 |
| Todd Walker | 2001-2002 | 221 | 964 | 873 | 120 | 260 | 59 | 3 | 16 | 96 | 76 | 123 | .298 | .356 | .427 | .783 | 101 | .338 |
1.9 |
* Because FanGraphs only goes back to 2002, I have been using Sean Smith's WAR Database for WAR values except for 2009, which I have pulled from FanGraphs. Smith's WAR is calculated using different defensive metrics which rate Brandon Phillips much more poorly than I think anyone would actually say he is, and therefore lowers his WAR value dramatically. Using just FanGraphs, Phillips WAR with the Reds is 12.5, which I would guess is closer to a correct valuation of BP. However, for consistency sake, I have only included it in this footnote and am sticking to Smith's WAR in the table.