First under appreciated player that pops into your head

[riggs336]

Lefty Grove

[G1911]

Roger Bresnahan

[packs]

Mel Ott. Gets very little attention for such a beast in his time. Similar to Foxx.

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by packs

Mel Ott. Gets very little attention for such a beast in his time. Similar to Foxx.

Good call on Ott, super under appreciated for the first National Leaguer to hit 500 home runs. and every thread needs a card.
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[Al C.risafulli]

Frank Robinson. Always Frank Robinson.

-Al

[Jason19th]

Firpo Marberry- first great reliever

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by Jason19th

Firpo Marberry- first great reliever

Good call on the tall Texan. Some serious history-making there but pretty much unknown outside of Nats buffs and even though tied in closely with Walter Johnson, Bucky Harris, and their back-to-back pennants in 1924-25..

[alywa]

Frank Robinson for me as well.

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[carlsonjok]

Maybe it is just me, but I struggle with players like Jimmie Foxx and Frank Robinson being underrated. But, I get that there is a difference between an absolute and relative scale. Those two are certainly underrated *relative* to some of their contemporaries, but are widely considered greats of the game (an absolute scale.)

I like the suggestion of Paul Blair, mainly because I have a Blair player collection. But, as someone who grew up rooting for the late '70s Yankees, I'd consider guys like Willie Randolph (65.9 WAR) and Graig Nettles (68.0 WAR) as not getting near enough love.