Under appreciated Hall of Famers

[skelly423]

It is a pretty common theme on this board that Stan Musial, Frank Robinson, Tris Speaker, Eddie Collins, etc are undervalued relative to their on-field accomplishments. Plenty of people collect these players with the hope/expectation that prices will eventually catch up to their on field accomplishments. As much as I understand the sentiment, I am skeptical the prices will ever jump substantially.

Can anyone think of a Hall of Fame player who was once under appreciated, saw a big jump in prices, and is no longer considered undervalued by the hobby?

[cgjackson222]

Jackie Robinson. He still may be underappreciated for on-field contributions, but his prices are in the stratosphere, surpassing almost all of his contemporaries with the exception of Mantle, and maybe Mays.

Five years ago, his '48 Leaf in PSA 7 was a $15K card. Now it is 10x that.

Similarly, his '47-'66 Exhibits card in PSA 5 sold for ~$50 5 years ago, and now goes for almost 10x that.

[rats60]

Roberto Clemente, Sandy Koufax and Satchel Paige as well as Jackie Robinson.

From age 28 to 37 Jackie Robinson had 63.8 WAR. From age 28 to 37 Roberto Clemente had 70.1 WAR.

[Peter_Spaeth]

I think Mays and Aaron have gained in stature over the years.

[Casey2296]

Sam Crawford & Napoleon Lajoie.

[Bigdaddy]

Rick Ferrell cards have been fire lately.

[conor912]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I think Mays and Aaron have gained in stature over the years.

+1

I think overall, left handed HOF pitchers in general (with the exception of maybe Koufax) don’t get the hobby love they deserve. Spahn, Carlton, Hubbell, Grove, Ford, etc. were the best of the best but still seem to be considered second tier HOFers in the hobby, at least in my experience.

[Johnny630]

I wouldn’t focus on The Who Could Be the Next Best Thing....I stay focused on the guys who got me there... Cobb, Ruth, Jackie, Mantle, and Mays.

[robw1959]

I think Rodgers Hornsby fits the description pretty well.

[cgjackson222]

Its' interesting how the OP actually posed a question in his post that he sought answers to in the responses "Can anyone think of a Hall of Fame player who was once under appreciated, saw a big jump in prices, and is no longer considered undervalued by the hobby?"

But since few people actually read the original post and go off the title of the post, the responses have morphed from addressing the original post, to just addressing the title of the post.

[RCMcKenzie]

I'm not good at staying on topic in person either, I read too much Joyce I guess.

I thought the OP sort of answered his own question, but I would add that a future movie could be made by a famous director, with a big budget, about Chief Bender or someone else from that era. Moonlight Graham type stuff.

Joe Jackson's e90-1's used to be pretty reasonable. In the last 25 years they have gone up, I guess because of the movies.

[ezez420]

Exactly Leon!


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