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Interesting, I think Alomar is overrated. Here are their numbers according to both fielding runs (Jim Davenport and Baseball Prospectus) and fielding win shares (through 2001):

. . . . . . . . .FRAA. . . .DWS. . . .TWS. . . .PCT
Alomar. . . . ...15. . . ..86.9. . . .345.1. . ..25.2
Biggio.. . . . -129. . . ..74.1. . . .342.6. . ..21.6
Kent. .. . . . .-35. . . ..41.1. . . .197.3. . ..20.8

The fielding runs above average are through the present while the win shares are through 2001 (so all three have more than that, but Biggio has passed Alomar). However, the percentage is important to note and the slight difference between a second baseman that is essentially average and two that aren't. Remember, Biggio has some seasons as a catcher and that is artificially inflating his defensive win shares.

It might be more instructive to look at defensive win shares per 100 games

. . . . . . . . .WS/100
Alomar. . . . . .4.36
Biggio.. . . . . .3.99
Kent. .. . . . . .3.02

Hmmmm, looks like Kent really isn't that good. Plus, if Alomar is the Rosetta Stone for average then we see that Biggio is clearly below average overall.


And all of this means what?