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It was a bit of a stretch at the time, but in the New Historical Baseball Digest by Bill James, he was ranked #4 at secondbase. He's probably #6-8.
If you are only going to consider power hitters you are going to miss the majority of the best players in baseball history.
According to BBR.com, his top 10 comps are:
Yount, Molitor, Joe Morgan, Cal Ripken, Roberto Alomar, Brooks Robinson, George Brett, Lou Whitaker, Ryne Sandberg, and Steve Finley. Only Whitaker is outside of the HOF, with Alomar not yet eligibile and Finely with no chance at all of getting in. And, none really capture Biggio's career. He's a unique player. Only Yount (857) is over 800 as a comp and the rest are between 787-725. Truly unique players are better HOF candidates, IMO.