Starting his Major League career with the Milwaukee Brewers in 2008, Escobar became a starting infielder in 2010. He had his best years after he was traded to Kansas City in 2011. While Escobar did not have a power game, hitting only 58 home runs in 1,552 games, he was known for his exceptional fielding and base running abilities. He recorded at least 20 stolen bases seven times, with a total of 253 SB. Escobar also had three seasons where he broke 1.5 in Defensive bWAR. His best year was in 2015 when he was an All-Star, won the Gold Glove, and played a pivotal role in the Royal World Series win that year. Escobar won the ALCS MVP, batting .478 with 5 RBIs, and he hit an inside-the-park home run in the World Series.

Over the course of his career, he had 1,486 hits.

A Milwaukee Brewer for the first three years of his career, Alcides Escobar was traded to the Kansas City Royals in 2011, where he spent the next eight years as their starting Shortstop.

After three seasons playing for the Milwaukee Brewers, Alcides Escobar was traded to the Kansas City Royals, where he would play eight years.  Escobar has collected numerous Hits as five of his seasons with KC have seen him go 150 or more and he has also given them four 20 Stolen Base seasons.  While his hit accumulation has been good (he is one of the few Royals who have over 1,000 Hits for the team) he is certainly penalized on this list for having an abysmal On Base Percentage.  As a Royal, the Venezuelan Shortstop has only had two seasons of .300 OBP and his career OBP for Kansas City is .295.  Throw in a lack of power and there are clearly some deficiencies in his game.