He definitley should be. Here is how Larkin ranks against Hall of Famers, who played more games at SS than any other position. I also included potential Hall of Famers.
[u]Wins Above Replacement[/u] Honus Wagner 180.7 Cal Ripken, Jr. 162.5 Robin Yount 129.5 Ozzie Smith 127.7 Arky Vaughan 118.8 [B]Barry Larkin 116.8[/b] Luke Appling 116.4 George Davis 111.3 Bobby Wallace 106.8 Alex Rodriguez 104.9 Joe Cronin 104.8 Lou Boudreau 101.4 Pee Wee Reese 96.6 Luis Aparicio 90.7 R. Maranville 88.7 Joe Sewell 87.1 John Ward 78.0 Phil Rizzuto 73.6 Joe Tinker 72.6 Derek Jeter 68.1 Hughie Jennings 66.2 N. Garciaparra 61.5 Travis Jackson 57.1
[u]Wins Above Replacement/162 Games[/u] Alex Rodriguez 11.9 Arky Vaughn 10.6 Honus Wagner 10.5 Lou Boudreau 10.0 Nomar Garciaparra 9.9 Cal Ripken, Jr. 8.8 [B]Barry Larkin 8.7[/b] Hughie Jenkins 8.3 Derek Jeter 8.1 Joe Cronin 8.0 Ozzie Smith 8.0 Luke Appling 7.8 George Davis 7.6 Joe Sewell 7.4 Bobby Wallace 7.3 Robin Yount 7.3 Pee Wee Reese 7.2 Phil Rizzuto 7.2 John Ward 6.9 Joe Tinker 6.5 Luis Aparicio 5.7 Travis Jackson 5.6 R. Maranville 5.4
*Ernie Banks played 134 more games at 1B than SS.
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