Alomar to retire

It appears that Roberto Alomar is going to retire. He removed himself from a game yesterday in the first inning. Why am I bringing up Roberto Alomar on a Cubs site? Apparently, Roberto Alomar has the 6th best RCAA* for a career for Second Basemen. I really never think of Roberto as better than Sandberg. So I looked up where Sandberg falls into place on this list for Second Basemen.

CAREER
2B

RCAA
1 Rogers Hornsby 951
2 Eddie Collins 752
3 Nap Lajoie 703
4 Joe Morgan 663
5 Charlie Gehringer 444
T6 Roberto Alomar 318
T6 Craig Biggio 318
8 Lou Whitaker 266
9 Cupid Childs 259
10 Larry Doyle 253
11 Fred Dunlap 251
12 Bobby Grich 234
13 Jeff Kent 232
14 Tony Lazzeri 226
15 Jackie Robinson 224
16 Rod Carew 214
17 Ryne Sandberg 207
18 Chuck Knoblauch 188
19 Joe Gordon 161
20 Hardy Richardson 155



Sandberg is 17th on the list.

For HR's Sandberg is 2nd now.


CAREER HR
1 Jeff Kent 282
2 Ryne Sandberg 275
3 Rogers Hornsby 271
4 Joe Morgan 268
5 Joe Gordon 253
6 Bret Boone 245
7 Lou Whitaker 244
8 Bobby Doerr 223
9 Roberto Alomar 210
10 Bobby Grich 204
11 Charlie Gehringer 184
12 Tony Lazzeri 172
13 Craig Biggio 171
14 Frank White 160
15 Bill Mazeroski 138
16 Ray Durham 131
17 Davey Lopes 127
18 Alfonso Soriano 123
19 Juan Samuel 121
T20 Robby Thompson 119
T20 Damion Easley 119

I just find it interesting.

* Runs created above average. It's the difference between a player's RC total and the total for an average player who used the same amount of his team's outs. A negative RCAA indicates a below average player in this category.