Most under rated - Yogi Berra or Jim Thome

[Eric72]

As I could imagine Yogi saying:

I wasn't under-rated; people just rated the other guys higher.

[Peter_Spaeth]

He wasn't underrated, the other guys were overrated.

[GasHouseGang]

Yogi won the MVP three times. He might be under appreciated today but was obviously not overlooked when he was playing.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by GasHouseGang

Yogi won the MVP three times. He might be under appreciated today but was obviously not overlooked when he was playing.

Part of it may be that he didn't hit a lot of home runs. And unlike other positions where the great players from the 50s on back seem to retain their hobby preeminence (look at any ATG list), a number of catchers seemed to supplant Yogi -- Bench in particular, but also Piazza and maybe Carter and Fisk.

[rats60]

I think the issue with Berra is too many people think WAR is the only thing that matters. They see 59 WAR and that tells them he wasn't a great player. Berra was regarded as a good defensive catcher who got the most out of the Yankees pitchers. The Yankees had Ford and a bunch of good pitchers, but Berra helped them to 14 AL Pennants in 17 years and 10 World Series Championships. His 3 MVPs in addition say he was one of the all time greats.

[ALR-bishop]

[Tere1071]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

My that's nice to see. I had a similar one back in 1979 and sold it in 1980. I didn't appreciate the rarity of that card.

Phil aka Tere1071

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by rats60

I think the issue with Berra is too many people think WAR is the only thing that matters. They see 59 WAR and that tells them he wasn't a great player...

Can you imagine Yogi's response to only having 59 WAR?

"Only 59? Well, I guess my replacement was pretty good, then."

[Gorditadogg]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Part of it may be that he didn't hit a lot of home runs. And unlike other positions where the great players from the 50s on back seem to retain their hobby preeminence (look at any ATG list), a number of catchers seemed to supplant Yogi -- Bench in particular, but also Piazza and maybe Carter and Fisk.

Amazingly, Yogi doesn't have any black ink on his entire career batting record. And anyway, nobody wants to be a top catcher any more, there are too many of them.

[steve B]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Part of it may be that he didn't hit a lot of home runs. And unlike other positions where the great players from the 50s on back seem to retain their hobby preeminence (look at any ATG list), a number of catchers seemed to supplant Yogi -- Bench in particular, but also Piazza and maybe Carter and Fisk.

He's 4th all time for HR as a catcher. Only behind Piazza Fisk and Bench.

[GasHouseGang]

Need to show some love for a boy from the sandlots of St. Louis.

[Gorditadogg]

Agreed!

[cgjackson222]

Originally Posted by GasHouseGang

Need to show some love for a boy from the sandlots of St. Louis.

Those are beautiful. My two favorite of Berra’s.

[Gorditadogg]

Originally Posted by Eric72

As I could imagine Yogi saying:



I wasn't under-rated; people just rated the other guys higher.

Nice card.

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[Eric72]

Under-rated pair:

Steve Carlton and Gaylord Perry

Combined, they have:

• 6 Cy Young Awards
• 7,500+ stirkeouts
• 640+ wins
• 15 All-Star selections
• Very little hobby respect