Some very fine players have played there. Robby Thompson, Jeff Kent, Tito Fuentes, Joe Morgan, Freddy Sanchez, Marco Scutaro, Manny Trillo. (Wait, how did he get there, let me just keep going.) These players all handled the position well, but only two (Fuentes and Thompson) came up through the organization.
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Thompson played in 1278 games, second only to Larry Doyle of the early New York Giants era.