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Originally Posted by Chris Counts
I'm surprised few have responded to the original question. I believe Jimmie Foxx is far more underrated than Lou Gehrig. Just look at the difference between their stats, and compare it to the difference between their card prices. I'm not saying Foxx was better, but he was way closer than the current card prices indicate. To a lesser degree, the same could be said about Hank Greenberg. On the opposite end of the spectrum, I would say Bill Terry and George Sisler — first basemen who were contemporaries of Gehrig — are vastly overrated.
Here are my only Gehrig cards, one of which is technically 1/4 of a card, but I like it anyway ...
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Gehrig .340/.447/.632 OPS+ 179
Foxx . 325/.428/.609 OPS+ 160
For those that like WAR
Gehrig 114.1 in 17 seasons with only 14 full seasons Those 14 full seasons Gehrig had 113.8 WAR or 8.12 WAR per season.
Foxx 93.9 in 20 seasons. Foxx's best 14 seasons averaged 6.7 WAR.
Gehrig was also a monster in the postseason with 6 WS wins in 7 tries hitting . 361/.483/.731.
It really isn't close. Collectors want to collect the best. For prewar it is Wagner, Cobb, Ruth and Gehrig. Tier 2 players are going to trail behind badly.