First under appreciated player that pops into your head

[Yoda]

George Sisler.

[Johnny630]

Eddie Murray

[Robbie]

The "Mechanical Man"

[D. Bergin]

Frank Robinson was the 1st one to pop into my head, as the question suggested. Don’t know if it’s the right answer, but it’s the honest one.

[JollyElm]

Jeff frickin' Kent. Come on now!!

[Bigdaddy]

Al Oliver. Man could rake.

[Fred]

I'll keep this in the 20th century. Bob Johnson is the first player when I think of as under appreciated, well, at least from a hobby stand point. Four points higher on his lifetime BA (.296) and he might be in the HOF with his 8 x 100 RBI seasons with 7 of those consecutive and 2 other 90+ RBI seasons and a greater than .500 slugging percentage (.506). He had over 1200 RBIs and runs lifetime.


I can't help myself, for the 19th century, Bobby Mathews with 297 wins. Just 3 more W's and he'd most likely be in. There were probably other pitchers more deserving in the 19th century that were overall statistically better, but 3 wins shy of that magic number.

[UKCardGuy]

Stan Musial

One of the greatest but seldom gets the recognition he deserves.

[chjh]

Stan Musial

[Jcosta19]

Originally Posted by UKCardGuy

Stan Musial

One of the greatest but seldom gets the recognition he deserves.

Originally Posted by chjh

Stan Musial

Agree 100%

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[Writehooks]

AL: Roger Maris.
NL: Dale Murphy

[VintageVinnie]

+1 on Al Oliver. Career .303 hitter over 17 seasons and just a few hundred hits shy of 3,000.

[rhettyeakley]

First random names that pop in my head…

Eddie Collins
Tony Mullane
Dick Allen
Curt Flood
Frank Robinson

[texmrsport]

Dick Allen

[Rad_Hazard]

Kenny Lofton - A sure-fire HOFer by every metric and only gets 3.2% on the first ballot then never sees the vote again.

[BioCRN]

Originally Posted by Rad_Hazard

Kenny Lofton - A sure-fire HOFer by every metric and only gets 3.2% on the first ballot then never sees the vote again.

Strong agree. Plus he did it in the heart of the roid-era with extremely little suspicion of him taking part in it (very outspoken about it, too).

Beyond the numbers, he was fun to watch. His defensive highlights in the 90s and early 00s were all over the sportscasts.

His biggest knock was being oft-injured and working 130-ish games a year most of the time. Still, he put in 16 "full" seasons and a 20-game rookie season for 17 seasons of great production when he was playing those games.

[abothebear]

I like the Mel Ott suggestions because when I saw them I thought, “oh yeah, I forget about Mel Ott.”

But to answer the question of the OP, oddly, Troy Glaus was the first name to come to mind. But after a minute of thinking, Lance Parrish. So many guys are great for not quite long enough, and then they get sort of erased from memory.

[mrreality68]

Hornsby
Collins
Murray

[GeoPoto]

I picked two HoFers off the top of my head, both playing 162-game seasons, to compare to Eddie Yost, who played 154-seasons:

Eddie Yost Tony Gwynn Rod Carew

Home Runs 139 135 92

Times on Base* 3,576 3,955 4,096

*Hits, Walks, and HBP

https://www.net54baseball.com/attach...1&d=1671367488

[esd10]

I'll go with a under appreciated owner August herrmann father of the world series and brought peace between the nl and al. For a player jake daubert the best first basemen of his era in my opinion.

[Flintboy]

Bill Freehan
11X All Star
5X Gold Glove
Worlde Series Championship

Not saying he’s a HOF but definitely underrated.

[tombocombo]

Dwight Evans

[kkkkandp]

Local hero at the New Jersey shore...

https://www.baseball-reference.com/p...ramedo01.shtml

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

Will White.

[pclpads]

Max Patkin

[5-Tool Player]

Vada Pinson

[leaflover]

Dick groat

[JCM2009]

Dominic Dimaggio.

[sphere and ash]

Al Reach, Mike Donlin, Jimmy Archer

[823dek]

I know Dave Concepcion but who did Trent King play for ?