The All Overrated Team

[Mark17]

Originally Posted by rajah424

In 1999, the Major League Baseball All-Century Team was chosen by popular vote of fans. To select the team, a panel of experts first compiled a list of the 100 greatest Major League Baseball players from the past 20th century. Over two million fans then voted on the players using paper and online ballots. The top two vote-getters from each position were placed on the team.

Here are the Shortstops on the list to vote for:

Rod Carew, Eddie Collins, Frankie Frisch, Charlie Gehringer, Rogers Hornsby, Napoleon Lajoie, Joe Morgan and Jackie Robinson.

Robinson came in 1st with 788,116 votes
Hornsby came in 2nd with 630,761 votes

I would say 788,116 think Robinson is the greatest 2nd basemen of all time.
I would personally say as great as he was, at least 788,116 people overrate him.

Depends how you define greatness. We give Ruth credit for his impact on the game. The same value add should accrue to Robinson.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Mark17

Depends how you define greatness. We give Ruth credit for his impact on the game. The same value add should accrue to Robinson.

In a few special cases, yes, agreed. That said, I would rate Jackie around 4th or 5th.

[Carter08]

My view is Jackie being overrated is an attempt at a hot take that is tried so often it’s a cold take. 7 straight years with MVP shares. Guy was pretty sick at 2B. If anything I think he’s underrated.