Most underappreciated/undercollected players

[WahooSam]

Larry Doby, Hank Thompson, Willard Brown and Dan Bankhead. Jackie, Campy and Satchel get all the attention.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Frank Robinson.
To some extent, Stan Musial.

[Fred]

Indian Bob Johnson

[tmw2ward]

Mickey Charles Mantel

[rats60]

Originally Posted by tmw2ward

Mickey Charles Mantel

I have a 1955 Armour coin of him.

[aloondilana]

For a 6 year period Hornsby was better than anyone in the game.
He put up Cobb numbers but with power.

Jimmie Foxx to me, is by far the most undervalued in the hobby.
Just take a good look at his career stats.
He deserves so much better than this hobby gives demand for his cards.

[mechanicalman]

Lefty Grove, Bill Terry, Al Simmons

[The Nasty Nati]

Jimmie Foxx.

You could argue he was the greatest player of the 1930s. And yes, possibly better than Lou Gehrig during that era.

[riggs336]

Kid Nichols.

[rats60]

Originally Posted by The Nasty Nati

Jimmie Foxx.

You could argue he was the greatest player of the 1930s. And yes, possibly better than Lou Gehrig during that era.

Not really WAR from 1930-1938

Gehrig 73.3
Foxx 65.9
Ott 63.0
Gehringer 56.2
Arky Vaughan 48.0

Now if you want to add in Foxx's 39 season, it looks closer because Gehrig was fighting ASK, but it is Gehrig and it isn't close.

I will throw out Arky Vaughan. He comes in at #5 and he wasn't in the majors in 1930 & 1931 (age 18-19). Bill James has him as the #2 SS all time with a 136 OPS + which is unreal for the position. However, he is collected as a low level Hofer.

Eddie Collins and GC Alexander for the pre- Goudey era. For Post WAR Ted Williams, Stan Musial, Willie Mays, Tom Seaver and Johnny Bench are underappreciated to me.

[fairport4]

If anyone in the vintage collecting community can identify a Jim Shaw autograph (signed cut, government card, album page) of the Senators ("Grunting" Jim Shaw" 1913-1921) out there it would be appreciated.. they seem to be almost non-existent although Shaw lived to 1962.. let me know if you have one in your collection..thank you

Billy Hamilton (sliding Billy Hamilton) is obviously a rare Hall of Fame autograph and was part of dead ball era (he died in 1940) but given his involvement in business and real estate in Mass. there must be some autographs out there or a signed letter or official document..

[olecow]

Eddie Mathews and Warren Spahn

[bbcard1]

Prewar: Billy Sunday
Postwar: Bill White / Curt Flood

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by olecow

Eddie Mathews and Warren Spahn

I agree with Eddie Mathews. Being a Mathews collector I like it though. Now if his rookie wasn't a hi # 52 Topps.

[ls7plus]

Originally Posted by olecow

Eddie Mathews and Warren Spahn

+1 as to post-war: the second best (only to Schmidt) third baseman of all time and a 363 game winner with 13 20-win seasons (after all, that's what a pitcher is supposed to do for his team is win, isn't it?).

Pre-war, I'd have to go with Foxx and Hornsby, although RATS 60 is right that Foxx is behind Gehrig by all rational sabermetric measures. But Hornsby--three .400 seasons with good to great power, .358 lifetime BA and two triple crowns (yes I know that NL league batting averages were .280 or better during Hornsby's rein as the NL's best hitter, but still)!!!

Best holiday wishes to all,

Larry

[Bram99]

Harold Baines?

Just kidding.

Early 1900’s: Hornsby, Alexander.Chase
1930’s: Dean, Gehringer and Greenberg
Golden age 40’s-50’s: Doby, Allie Reynolds,
1980’s: Golden and Fernando
1990’s: Visquel
All Martinez team: Edgar, Pedro
All Morris team: Jack
Flashes in the pan: Karl Spooner and Herb Score (due to injury)