First under appreciated player that pops into your head

[FrankWakefield]

I echo what 3 finger said, Ed Reulbach.


However, Spahn, as good as folks think he was, and knowing he's already in the Hall, I think he's still underrated. If you had to win one game, maybe you don't pick him. If you had to win a series or a season, maybe you pass on him. If you were picking knowing that you got his career, he was in rare air.

And I find myself seeing merit in Concepcion, Musial, Blair, F Robinson, and even K Hernandez. He was an amazing fielder, and he had his head in the game. I saw both Hernandez and Winfield in 1979, I'd pick Hernandez over Winfield, easily, that year.

Ed Reulbach was something else.

[Carter08]

Originally Posted by FrankWakefield

I echo what 3 finger said, Ed Reulbach.


However, Spahn, as good as folks think he was, and knowing he's already in the Hall, I think he's still underrated. If you had to win one game, maybe you don't pick him. If you had to win a series or a season, maybe you pass on him. If you were picking knowing that you got his career, he was in rare air.

And I find myself seeing merit in Concepcion, Musial, Blair, F Robinson, and even K Hernandez. He was an amazing fielder, and he had his head in the game. I saw both Hernandez and Winfield in 1979, I'd pick Hernandez over Winfield, easily, that year.

Ed Reulbach was something else.

I would take Spahn all day and twice on Sunday.

[jiw98]

Second basemen in Detroit seem to get overlooked a lot. Charlie Gehringer is a HOFer but gets very little recognition. He was a solid player both offensively and defensively. Then there is Lou Whitaker. Lou was also a solid player with a 75.1 WAR. Second basemen in Detroit get no respect.

[jingram058]

Originally Posted by jiw98

Second basemen in Detroit seem to get overlooked a lot. Charlie Gehringer is a HOFer but gets very little recognition. He was a solid player both offensively and defensively. Then there is Lou Whitaker. Lou was also a solid player with a 75.1 WAR. Second basemen in Detroit get no respect.

Yes, indeed, Charlie Gehringer, "the mechanical man". Wow. Now there's a guy who ought to come up in these discussions for sure. Definitely underappreciated.

[Robbie]

Originally Posted by jingram058

Yes, indeed, Charlie Gehringer, "the mechanical man". Wow. Now there's a guy who ought to come up in these discussions for sure. Definitely underappreciated.

I mentioned him for the first time in post #47... and nobody else mentioned his name until Jeff and you just brought him up. I believe Charlie Gehringer is a very under-valued and under-appreciated player of that great era.

[Ben Yourg]

Dummy Hoy
Even with his handicaps, and 19th century medical help,
he was a fantastic player!

[icollectDCsports]

We've had similar discussions here in the past, and the two names that always come to my mind first are Frank Robinson and Warren Spahn. Glad to see them both already get multiple mentions in this thread. As HOFers, certainly not overlooked, but definitely underappreciated. And I have to agree that Stan Musial deserves more credit as well. As for more recent players, Tony Gwynn never got the degree of recognition he deserved, And although Albert Pujols was celebrated during his last season as he surged toward and past 700 HRs, his years with the Angels took a bit of the shine off of his mind blowingly excellent years in St. Louis. Go ahead, take a look at those numbers and tell me you didn't sort of forget how great those were.

[Republicaninmass]

Ed Yost, averaged less than 50 strikeouts a season, averaged over 120 walks