Greatest Twins 2B of All-Time

[Colorado Express]

Which of the following Twins second basemen is the franchise's best of all-time?

-Only players that played second base as their primary position are listed.
-Stats are based on 1961-2006 totals (not just those at primary position).
-Stats are only for seasons that the player played with the Twins.

[Colorado Express]

My top 5:
1. Carew
2. Knoblauch
3. Teufel
4. Rivas
5. Wilfong

[The Commissioner]

This shouldn't even be close, Carew all the way.

[KCGHOST]

Carew is the man in this survey.

[SouthPaw77]

The word precipitous doesn't come close to doing justice to the drastic drop this list suffers after Carew and Knoblauch.

That said, you could do worse for a top two.

[PVNICK]

Carew over Knoblauch, though I wonder if you did it blind by the numbers how it would turn out. But multiple batting titles overcome the GG and OBP advantage Knoblauch may have. BTW was he really good on defense because he turned into Steve Sax on the Yankees?

[SouthPaw77]

Knoblauch was fantastic with the glove in Minnesota. Why he morphed into that train wreck of a defender in New York remains a mystery.

[Dodgerfan1]

No offense meant, but is this for real? How could anyone choose someone besides Carew? I mean, a couple of the others guys were good ballplayers, but you are asking for the best? This isn't even close. It's Carew going away.

[TonyStarks]

Knobbie and Carew's OBP were almost identical...I never really saw Carew play but Chuckie could get to it and pick among the best during his days in the Baggy Dome.

So if you saying the Twins best 2B by including DEF and OFF then it should be close, IMO.
But if it's hitting, Carew has the edge.

But didn't Carew also play 1B?

[Ralph Zig Tyko]

Carew, of course... Bernie Allen needs to be in the top 5, me thinketh.

[Swede]

Knoblauch! Too funny, how'd he make this list?