The All Underrated Team

[Rad_Hazard]

I found it too negative to call players overrated and had a tough time even coming up with names (outside of Jeter and Anson, yes Anson. Not even the best 1B of the 19th century - see Brouthers, Dan).

I can, however, come up with a list of underrated players all day long. Let's see your All Underrated Team!

SP - Tom Glavine - Overshadowed by Maddux and Smoltz for most of his impressive career.
C - Charlie Bennett - The best defensive catcher of the 19th century by a long shot!
1B - John Olerud - One of the best pure hitters of the 90's, but didn't get the recognition because he wasn't a power hitter.
2B - Jeff Kent - Got caught up in the whirlwind that is Bonds and it's almost a footnote that he is the all time leader in HR for 2B.
SS - Barry Larkin - Better than Jeter and gets half the respect.
3B - Robin Ventura - Getting beat up by a 46 year old when you are 26 doesn't help, but Ventura was crazy good.
LF - Ralph Kiner - There are a lot of what-ifs with Kiner due to his injury shortened career, but during his brief run he was absolutely dominant!
CF - Kenny Lofton - The man is a HOFer, and it's not even close.
RF - Bobby Abreu - Speed and power. Very underrated and a top 20 all time RF in my opinion.

[BobbyStrawberry]

Nice list... now I think we need a "properly rated" team thread...

[rats60]

Most underrated Hofer at each position since the other thread was non Hofers.

P Sandy Koufax
C Roy Campanella
1b Johnny Mize
2b Bill Mazeroski
SS Arky Vaughan
3b Pie Traynor
LF Ralph Kiner
CF Kirby Puckett
RF Roberto Clemente

[Peter_Spaeth]

Oy we now have two all underrated threads.

[cgjackson222]

If we are making this the All Underrated Hall of Famer list (sorry if we are hijacking the thread) then:

P: Pete Alexander
C: Gary Carter
1B: Johnny Mize
2nd: Eddie Collins
SS: Arky Vaughn
3B: Wade Boggs
LF: Tim Raines
CF: Tris Speaker
RF: Mel Ott

There are some real close ones: Al Simmons in LF, Larry Doby in CF, Al Kaline in RF to name a few.