Survey: Most overated pitcher (pre-1930)

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Posted By: Darren J. Duet

Previous surveys have prompted me to do some intense studying of the early game -- I haven't done this much reading on baseball since I was a kid. By the way, Thank you everyone for this board -- I feel welcome here and have enjoyed reading your stories, responding to your questions, and assisting some of you with your collecting.

These days when I review a player's bio and stats I judge with a much more discerning eye than I did when I was a catcher for a little league team. Back then a 20 win season was a 20 win season. I now judge a 20 win season based on a multitude of factors as most adults in-the-know should. The same goes for all batting and pitching stats. It was simple back then to see how great Reggie Jackson was(in the eyes of a kid that is), but today I wouldn't want a Adam Dunn on my team. With this in mind and along the same line as recent surveys, Who do you feel has been an overrated pitcher in the pre-1930 era?

My vote-

Waite Hoyt & Herb Pennock

These guys pitched for Muderer's row and posted at best good numbers, there careers with other teams were fair to poor. Overrated? Very much so -- THEY'RE IN THE HALL OF FAME. I could of made the HOF pitching for the 1920's Yankees -- I'm sure of it!