First under appreciated player that pops into your head

Casey2296 · #1 12-17-2022, 01:59 PM

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Mel Ott. Gets very little attention for such a beast in his time. Similar to Foxx.

Good call on Ott, super under appreciated for the first National Leaguer to hit 500 home runs. and every thread needs a card.
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Al C.risafulli · #2 12-17-2022, 02:04 PM

Frank Robinson. Always Frank Robinson.

-Al

Jason19th · #3 12-17-2022, 02:06 PM

Firpo Marberry- first great reliever

Hankphenom · #4 12-17-2022, 02:23 PM

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Firpo Marberry- first great reliever

Good call on the tall Texan. Some serious history-making there but pretty much unknown outside of Nats buffs and even though tied in closely with Walter Johnson, Bucky Harris, and their back-to-back pennants in 1924-25..

puckpaul · #5 12-17-2022, 02:40 PM

Tempting to go for Foxx, Musial or Ott, but i would say Jerry Koosman. Big time lefty. If those Mets teams didn’t generally suck, he wins a lot more games. He still won 222 games, and his stats compare favorably to Jim Kaat for instance. Better ERA, same WHIP, 18 years vs 24 years, but aside from Kaat’s extra longevity stats, you might easily take him over Kaat. Good hitter too, and 4-0 in playoffs and World Series and led the Mets to the 69 title in game 5.

Collectors know, though, just look at the price of his rookie card! ;-)

perezfan · #6 12-17-2022, 04:06 PM

To me, "overlooked" indicates a non-HOFer. My under-appreciated player is Dave Concepcion.

Econteachert205 · #7 12-17-2022, 04:08 PM

Doc Cramer

nickedson · #8 12-17-2022, 04:09 PM

Vic Power.

howard38 · #9 12-17-2022, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by puckpaul

Tempting to go for Foxx, Musial or Ott, but i would say Jerry Koosman. Big time lefty. If those Mets teams didn�t generally suck, he wins a lot more games. He still won 222 games, and his stats compare favorably to Jim Kaat for instance. Better ERA, same WHIP, 18 years vs 24 years, but aside from Kaat�s extra longevity stats, you might easily take him over Kaat. Good hitter too, and 4-0 in playoffs and World Series and led the Mets to the 69 title in game 5.

Collectors know, though, just look at the price of his rookie card! ;-)

Koosman was one of my favorites growing up & I agree he was under appreciated as was teammate John Matlack. But his ineptitude as a hitter was a running joke when he played.

puckpaul · #10 12-17-2022, 10:48 PM

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Koosman was one of my favorites growing up & I agree he was under appreciated as was teammate John Matlack. But his ineptitude as a hitter was a running joke when he played.

Oops, memory failing me on that. Seaver was a good hitter?

3finger1908 · #11 12-18-2022, 02:24 PM

I’ll go with Ed Reulbach, who incidentally died the same day as Ty Cobb in 1961, with infinitely times more championships under his belt (ok 2), against Ty’s Tigers no less…

Golfcollector · #12 12-19-2022, 11:47 AM

Samuel Earl Crawford

skil55voy · #13 12-17-2022, 02:44 PM

Curt Flood. Without him there would be no free agency.

Jason19th · #14 12-17-2022, 03:45 PM

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Curt Flood. Without him there would be no free agency.

I may get some flack for this one but much like the great Indian Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark, free agency happens regardless of what Flood does. Flood took a brave stance and deserves to be recognized, but he lost his case and it didn�t really move the needle on the issue

Peter_Spaeth · #15 12-17-2022, 04:10 PM

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I may get some flack for this one but much like the great Indian Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark, free agency happens regardless of what Flood does. Flood took a brave stance and deserves to be recognized, but he lost his case and it didn’t really move the needle on the issue

Michael's phrasing was perhaps not the best, but still Flood was an important figure and even if he was short term unsuccessful he raised awareness and inspired others along the path. That it may have been inevitable doesn't really diminish him, so too was civil rights and many other historical trends but we still rightly revere certain leaders.

oldjudge · #16 12-17-2022, 04:14 PM

Dave Orr. He is Pete Browning without the bat story and a better fielder. His annual hitting line is almost identical to Dan Brouthers� except his career was cut short by a stroke. In his one year playing against NL stars (1890 Players League) he was second in batting (.371) and second in RBIs (124).

alywa · #17 12-17-2022, 02:09 PM

Frank Robinson for me as well.

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carlsonjok · #18 12-17-2022, 02:19 PM

Maybe it is just me, but I struggle with players like Jimmie Foxx and Frank Robinson being underrated. But, I get that there is a difference between an absolute and relative scale. Those two are certainly underrated *relative* to some of their contemporaries, but are widely considered greats of the game (an absolute scale.)

I like the suggestion of Paul Blair, mainly because I have a Blair player collection. But, as someone who grew up rooting for the late '70s Yankees, I'd consider guys like Willie Randolph (65.9 WAR) and Graig Nettles (68.0 WAR) as not getting near enough love.

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