Another name you could add to this "under appreciated by collectors" list is Stan Musial. His numbers compare favorably with both Williams and DiMaggio. Stan lost one year to military service as well in 1945, but ended up with an impressive career stats line, as well as 3 MVPs, 7 batting titles, 3, World Series, and 24 All-Star appearances.
One thing that also hurt Stan with a lot of impressionable kids was that he wasn't in the early Topps baseball sets. He didn't appear in a Topps set until 1958. He also wasn't in many of the Bowman sets, but did appear in the 1952 and 1953 Bowman offerings.
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