Top Utility Players

These jack-of-all-trades never know exactly where their names will be penciled into the lineup, yet they've made their careers out of being able to play three, four, even five positions in a season, and doing so as smoothly as if their positions were written in stone. Here are baseball's best utility players, starting with Freel, who has played five positions in four of the past five seasons. Spending time at second and third base as well as all three outfield positions, he stole more than 35 bases in three straight seasons from 2004 to '06.