Eddie Yost, Bucky Walters, Johnny Bassler, and Bobby Grich are undervalued in my opinion, to name just a few.
Also, why are we talking about Bobby Richardson in a thread about undervalued players? Ron Hansen was better than Richardson. Bobby Knoop was better than Richardson. Jim Landis was better than Richardson. Mark Belanger was way better than Richardson
If anything, Richardson is overvalued because he's a Yankee whose stats are superficially impressive because post-Stengel Yankee managers batted him leadoff for some inexplicable reason. Richardson received MVP votes six different years, including a second place finish in 1962, as a mediocre player. He was a very good fielder, but so were the others I've mentioned, and they were much better hitters than him.
Last edited by John1941; 10-23-2024 at 01:55 PM.
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