The Chase has come to an end. On Friday afternoon, veteran Dodgers second baseman Chase Utley announced that he’s calling it quits after 16 years in the big leagues. The longtime Phillies star will hang up his spikes at the end of the season, just shy of his 40th birthday, bringing an end to a career as one of the best offensive second basemen in the game’s history—yet one that might not be enough to get him into the Hall of Fame.
From his first season as a regular for Philadelphia in 2005 through 2010, there was no better second baseman in baseball than Utley.