The All Underrated Team
 

I found it too negative to call players overrated and had a tough time even coming up with names (outside of Jeter and Anson, yes Anson. Not even the best 1B of the 19th century - see Brouthers, Dan).

I can, however, come up with a list of underrated players all day long. Let's see your All Underrated Team!

SP - Tom Glavine - Overshadowed by Maddux and Smoltz for most of his impressive career.
C - Charlie Bennett - The best defensive catcher of the 19th century by a long shot!
1B - John Olerud - One of the best pure hitters of the 90's, but didn't get the recognition because he wasn't a power hitter.
2B - Jeff Kent - Got caught up in the whirlwind that is Bonds and it's almost a footnote that he is the all time leader in HR for 2B.
SS - Barry Larkin - Better than Jeter and gets half the respect.
3B - Robin Ventura - Getting beat up by a 46 year old when you are 26 doesn't help, but Ventura was crazy good.
LF - Ralph Kiner - There are a lot of what-ifs with Kiner due to his injury shortened career, but during his brief run he was absolutely dominant!
CF - Kenny Lofton - The man is a HOFer, and it's not even close.
RF - Bobby Abreu - Speed and power. Very underrated and a top 20 all time RF in my opinion.

Nice list... now I think we need a "properly rated" team thread...

Most underrated Hofer at each position since the other thread was non Hofers.

P Sandy Koufax
C Roy Campanella
1b Johnny Mize
2b Bill Mazeroski
SS Arky Vaughan
3b Pie Traynor
LF Ralph Kiner
CF Kirby Puckett
RF Roberto Clemente

Oy we now have two all underrated threads.

If we are making this the All Underrated Hall of Famer list (sorry if we are hijacking the thread) then:

P: Pete Alexander
C: Gary Carter
1B: Johnny Mize
2nd: Eddie Collins
SS: Arky Vaughn
3B: Wade Boggs
LF: Tim Raines
CF: Tris Speaker
RF: Mel Ott

There are some real close ones: Al Simmons in LF, Larry Doby in CF, Al Kaline in RF to name a few.