Tell me what under valued players or cards you feel need to rise in price

[Samsdaddy]

Frank Robinson.

[jason.1969]

Originally Posted by Samsdaddy

Frank Robinson.

Yep!!

[Samsdaddy]

I will add this about Robinson. For the longest time he was fourth on the all time home run list. ROY, two time MVP, one in each league including the 1966 Triple Crown and the first black manager in baseball. I just feel his cards are undervalued as compared to his contemporaries.

[Rookiemonster]

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[pokerplyr80]

I agree with MattyC on the 25 Gehrig, and also feel the 55 Koufax is undervalued, especially with the recent run up on the 55 Clemente.

Despite the recent rise I still feel the 51 Bowman Mantle will continue to climb.

[Gr8Beldini]

Agree with Frank Robinson, who I think is an inner circle Hall of Famer. Another inner circle HoFer whose cards are much cheaper than they should be is Stan Musial. Particularly his 1959 - 1963 Topps cards. For a guy of his stature, those cards are very reasonable.

[Daveyc]

I think key o pee chee baseball rookies like ryan, schmidt, brett, yount etc are greatly undervalued compared to the regular topps version. They are much more rare. I also think that some key error/variations are seriously undervalued like the Herrera and the nnof frank thomas. Especially the thomas. You have a popular hof player with a seriously rare rookie card. Some think between 2-400 examples and few of those are in high grade. Just my thoughts.

[Samsdaddy]

Originally Posted by Rookiemonster

Samsdaddy just dropped a bomb ! Nice see I like this pick because sometime when trying to determine something like this people use there hearts .

I forgot to include the fact Frank Robinson as a player was a winner. Two World Series wins, several divisional titles. I believe he was the main reason the Orioles became the dominant team of the mid 60s to early 70s.

Granted, they did have some other excellent players including a guy named Brooks Robinson but it wasn't until Frank was traded to the Orioles, after the Reds thought he was an old 31 year old player, that the Orioles stepped it up and were the team to beat in the AL for several years after.

[jason.1969]

From what I think of baseball's "Greatest Generation," the four great sluggers who also hit for average were Mantle, Mays, Aaron, and Robinson. Here are their slash lines, WS wins/appearances, and MVPs--

Mantle - 298/421/557 + 7/12 WS + 3 MVP
Mays - 302/384/557 + 1/4 WS + 2 MVP
Aaron - 305/374/555 + 1/2 WS + 1 MVP
Robinson - 294/389/537 + 2/5 WS + 2 MVP

Over the course of a single game or even seven-game series, these lines are all essentially identical in terms of expected performance (e.g., if you were on FanDuel, you wouldn't care which player you got). Of course, Aaron had the HR record; Mays had the glove, speed, and flair; and Mantle was a Yankee and perennial WS fixture. But most importantly, from a card value perspective, I've never met a single person whose favorite player was Frank Robinson, whereas I've met many who would say Mantle, Mays, or Aaron.

[toppcat]

Originally Posted by jason.1969

I've never met a single person whose favorite player was Frank Robinson, whereas I've met many who would say Mantle, Mays, or Aaron.

I wonder if the league/team switch in '66 is one of the reasons why.