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TOP 10 THIRD BASEMEN

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10. Ron Santo

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Teams

Chicago Cubs (1960-73), Chicago White Sox ('74)

Honors

Nine-time NL All-Star (1963-66, '68-69, '71-73), five Gold Gloves ('64-68), Hall of Fame (2012)

Championships

None

Career stats

.277/.362/.464, OPS -- .826, Hits -- 2,254, HRs -- 342, RBIs -- 1,331

The player

His Hall of Fame case was a heated debate for years until the Veterans Committee finally elected him, after he had passed away. He should have gone in much sooner as the National League's premier third baseman of the 1960s, a player with power, on-base ability and Gold Glove defense. -- David Schoenfield, ESPN.com senior writer

One of the victims of the Hall of Fame's frequently clueless processes for recognizing its best, Santo ranks ninth all time among third basemen in WAR, sixth all time in offensive WAR and fourth all time in WAR across his best seven seasons. That the electorate missed everything he was doing on the field is an indictment of them, not him. -- Christina Kahrl, ESPN.com MLB writer

9. Edgar Martinez

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Teams

Seattle Mariners (1987-2004)

Honors

Five Silver Sluggers (1992, '95, '97, 2001, '03), seven-time All-Star ('92, '95-97, '00-01, '03)

Championships

None

Career stats

.312/.418/.515, OPS -- .933, Hits -- 2,247, HRs -- 309, RBIs -- 1,261

The player

Martinez gets a bum rap for being a designated hitter for most of his career, because he should really be celebrated for his accomplishments with the bat. He batted .312/.418/.515 in a career of 2,055 games. Only Jimmie Foxx, Lou Gehrig, Rogers Hornsby, Babe Ruth and Ted Williams had better numbers than Martinez in all three triple-slash categories while appearing in at least as many games in their careers, and all of them are in the Hall of Fame. -- Tristan Cockcroft, ESPN.com senior writer

Yes, he's really a DH more than a third baseman, although he did play more than 500 games there and was moved only because of injuries and not an inability to play the position. His peers regarded him as maybe the best right-handed hitter in the game while active, a doubles machine who hit .312 lifetime with an OBP over .400. The greatest DH of all time? Well, his career WAR is significantly higher than David Ortiz's. Just sayin'. -- Schoenfield

8. Adrian Beltre

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Teams

Los Angeles Dodgers (1998-2004), Seattle Mariners ('05-09), Boston Red Sox ('10), Texas Rangers ('11-present)

Honors

NL Silver Slugger ('04), three AL Silver Sluggers ('10-11, '14), four AL Gold Gloves ('07-08, '11-12), four-time AL All-Star (2010-12, '14)

Championships

None

Career stats*

285/.337/.476, OPS -- .813, Hits -- 2,856, HRs -- 425, RBIs -- 1,522

*Stats through July 10, 2016

The player

Beltre has always received recognition for his glove, but I don't know that people realize how good a hitter he is. He has 11 seasons of at least 250 total bases, tied with Mike Schmidt and Eddie Mathews for the lead at the position, eight seasons of at least 25 home runs, and his 404 career homers hit while playing third base trail only Schmidt (509) and Mathews (461). -- Cockcroft

Late in his career, everyone has come around to appreciate his greatness, and he's now widely considered a future Hall of Famer. He's going to reach 3,000 hits -- he's already over 2,800 -- and will come close to 500 home runs, a credit to his durability and aging well as he enters his late 30s. In his prime, he was a gifted third baseman, one of the best ever at charging bunts. -- Schoenfield

If he's elected to the Hall of Fame -- and his candidacy grows exponentially with each passing year -- maybe he finally will allow someone to pat him on the head. Have you ever seen a player look more impressive making flat-footed, sometimes-sidearm throws from third base? -- Scott Lauber, ESPN.com Red Sox reporter

7. Paul Molitor

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Teams

Milwaukee Brewers (1978-92), Toronto Blue Jays ('93-95), Minnesota Twins ('96-98)

Honors

Seven-time All-Star (1980, '85, '88, '91-94), four Silver Sluggers ('87-88, '93, '96), World Series MVP (1993), Hall of Fame (2004)

Championships

1 -- Toronto (1993)

Career stats

.306/.369/.448, OPS -- .817, Hits -- 3,319, HRs -- 234, RBIs -- 1,307

The player

The first time I saw Paul Molitor play, he had two hits. Or at least I assume he did. Because Molly always had two hits. Unless he had more. Some might downgrade him for his time as a designated hitter, but they're missing the point -- hitter is the only word that should come to mind when you are talking about Molitor. His 3,319 career hits say that loud and clear. -- Dan Mullen, ESPN.com senior MLB editor

David Ortiz was all ears when the Twins called him up to play with Molitor in 1997. It's no wonder. Molitor is the only player in the post-integration era with at least 3,000 hits, a .300 lifetime average and 500 steals. -- Lauber

He could have played shortstop for the Brewers, but there was a guy named Robin Yount there. On offense, he had the shortest swing, the fastest hands and was one of the best baserunners in baseball history. His 39-game hitting streak for Team Streak in 1987 captured the nation's attention. Ted Williams once praised Molitor's swing as the closest thing he'd seen to Joe DiMaggio's. If it was good enough for Teddy Ballgame, it's good enough for me -- and should be for you, too. -- Rob Peterson, ESPN.com senior MLB editor

6. Wade Boggs

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Teams

Boston Red Sox (1982-92), New York Yankees ('93-97), Tampa Bay Rays ('98-99)

Honors

Eight Silver Sluggers (1983, '86-89, '91, '93-94), 12-time All Star ('85-96), two Gold Gloves ('94-95), Hall of Fame (2005)

Championships

1 -- New York (1996)

Career stats

.328/.415/.443, OPS -- .858, Hits -- 3,010, HRs -- 118, RBIs -- 1,014

The player

In his day, Boggs was actually underrated, as people focused on the lack of home runs and ignored the high OBPs in that generally pre-sabermetric era. But he won five batting titles -- since 1960, only Tony Gwynn topped Boggs' five .350 seasons -- six OBP crowns and topped 3,000 career hits even though he didn't reach the majors until he was 24 and drew all those walks. -- Schoenfield

When Rich Donnelly was a coach with the Rangers, and Wade Boggs was hitting the ball all over the field every year, 200 hits a year, Donnelly devised a strategy to stop Boggs: "All nine fielders should line up behind the pitcher's mound, and when the ball is released, they should just scatter. It would work better than it has been working.'' -- Tim Kurkjian, ESPN senior writer

5. Brooks Robinson

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Teams

Baltimore Orioles (1955-77)

Honors

18-time All-Star (1960-74*), 16 Gold Gloves ('60-75), MVP (1964), All-Star MVP ('66), World Series MVP ('70), Hall of Fame ('83)

*Played in two All-Star Games in '60, '61 and '62

Championships

2 -- Baltimore (1966, '70)

Career stats

.267/.322/.401, OPS -- .723, Hits -- 2,848, HRs -- 268, RBIs -- 1,357

The player

The all-time leader at third base in value generated on defense with 38.8 WAR on defense alone, Robinson is sort of like Bill Mazeroski at second base -- a big postseason performance or two plus best-ever defense plus a bat that's good enough gets you to Cooperstown. His '64 and '68 seasons are inner-circle awesome. -- Kahrl

Brooks Robinson came before my time. I've seen the highlights, but I've never seen the man play live. But I know just how good he was at baseball's hot corner -- and you do, too -- because I have seen some pretty good third basemen play the game, and every time one of them makes an incredible play -- every time -- someone who has seen Robinson play says the EXACT same thing: "Shades of Brooks Robinson." And there's no way they could all be wrong. -- Mullen

Brooks Robinson drove in the only run in 10 1-0 victories in his career, a major league record. He is the nicest, unassuming great player ever. After Robinson's retirement, a Baltimore sportswriter said at a banquet, "In New York, they named a candy bar after Reggie Jackson. Here in Baltimore, we name our children after Brooks Robinson.'' -- Kurkjian

4. Chipper Jones

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Teams

Atlanta Braves (1993, 1995-2012)

Honors

Eight-time All-Star (1996-98, 2000-01, '08, '11-12), MVP ('99), two Silver Sluggers ('99-00)

Championships

1 -- Atlanta (1995)

Career stats

.303/.401/.529, OPS -- .930, Hits -- 2,726, HRs -- 468, RBIs -- 1,623