Today's blog post has my pick for the National league second baseman of the 1960s, and I went with "Charlie Hustle", Pete Rose:
By
the time the 1960s came to an end, Rose had two batting titles under is
belt, a Rookie of the Year Award in 1963, four 200-hit seasons and four
All-Star nods.
Now I do realize that Rose played only four years at the
position before switching over to the outfield by the end of the decade,
but really, besides Bill Mazeroski, there was a sort of revolving door
of second base all-stars throughout the 60's like Felix Milan, Ron Hunt,
Frank Bolling, even a young Joe Morgan for a year.
So I went with Rose and his Rookie of the Year, two 200-hit seasons, and two top-10 M.V.P. finishes in 1965 and 1966 before he made the position switch.
The man was great no matter where he played!So I went with Rose and his Rookie of the Year, two 200-hit seasons, and two top-10 M.V.P. finishes in 1965 and 1966 before he made the position switch.
