Second base
Six second baseman hit the 500 plate appearance mark in both 2021 and 2022 required to qualify for consideration. Those six were Semien, Jose Altuve, Jake Cronenworth, Tommy Edman, Adam Frazier and Cesar Hernandez.
Since WAR is a counting stat, Semien’s leadership in availability gave him an advantage, and he used it. His cumulative 13.2 WAR for the two-season period ranked well ahead of his competitors. Edman (10.1) was second and Altuve (9.5) third.
At an average of 143.5, Altuve was the runaway leader in OPS+. Semien was a distant second at 119.5 followed by Cronenworth (116.5).
As the MLB leader, Semien obviously also lead the field in availability with his 1,448 plate appearances, representing 100.0% of the theoretical max. The battle for second was a close one, Cronenworth (1,327) edging out Edman (1,321) by six trips.
Not surprisingly, then, Semien emerged as the overall position first-teamer, with an average ordinal score of 1.33 based on his ranks of first, second and first.
Second-team honors at second base went to Altuve (third, first and fourth for an ordinal average of 2.67.) Cronenworth and Edman (both averaging 3.00) tied for third, with Frazier (5.33) and Hernandez (5.67) bringing up the positional rear.