Who are the most "over-valued" players

[samosa4u]

Originally Posted by ValKehl

If you replaced Ted Williams with Mantle on all the Red Sox teams Williams was on, how many rings would Mantle have gotten? My guess is, maybe one, in 1946 when the WS went 7 games and Williams didn't hit for much.

Maybe one ?? Mantle would've played with Jimmie Foxx !! They would've destroyed their opponents. Think about it: Mantle won all those rings playing with ... Yogi Berra.

[aljurgela]

Mantle... but I get that he was a Yankee, but still ... so his prices seem so disproportionate to me... and I would put Clemente as #2, even though I love him (btw, I do not collect either of these guys)

[Kevlo17]

Originally Posted by samosa4u

Maybe one ?? Mantle would've played with Jimmie Foxx !! They would've destroyed their opponents. Think about it: Mantle won all those rings playing with ... Yogi Berra.

Williams and Foxx were only on the same team for 3.5 years, and one of those Foxx wasn't half of his former self. Plus, I doubt Mantle + Foxx would have been able to do more damage then Williams + Foxx considering Williams was the better hitter in every facet.

Williams
AVG: .344
OBP: .482
SLG: 634
OPS+: 191

Mantle
BA: .298
OBP: .421
SLG: .557
OPS+: 172

Williams also had more WAR, more hits, and only 15 less home runs despite playing in almost a full season's worth of games less than Mantle in his career if counting stats are your thing.

Mick also struck out about 1000 times more than Williams in his career.

[Touch'EmAll]

Ted Williams & Mantle, similar to Wilt Chamberlain & Bill Russell. Both Williams & Chamberlain were better than Mantle & Russell. However, Mantle and Russell were helping their stacked teams win multiple Championships.

Odd how the market works. Mantle's cardboard is quite a bit more expensive then Williams. But Russell and Chamberlain don't have similar cost difference.