MLB.com recently ranked Joe Morgan’s 1976 season as the second-best all time among major league second basemen. Morgan’s historic season was given honorable mention behind the 1925 MVP season of St. Louis Cardinals second baseman Rogers Hornsby. While some Cincinnati Reds fans may take offense, MLB.com got this one correct.
Joe Morgan is unquestionably one of the best players in Reds history. One could even make the argument that Morgan was the best second baseman to ever play the game. The Little General called the Queen City home from 1972 to 1979, racking up 1,155 hits, 220 doubles, 152 home runs and 612 RBIs.