The All Underrated Team (not in the Hall of Fame)

[cgjackson222]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Kent was very unpopular with teammates and media if memory serves. I don't think he was under any PED cloud.

Yeah, its hard to believe that someone could be as unpopular as Barry Bonds, but Kent game him a run for his money in the disliked department.

Agreed that Kent's not getting in does not have to do w/ roids.

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I don't have a comprehensive list, but some candidates for all underrated in my mind would include Lou Whitaker, Ken Boyer, and Albert Belle.

Whitaker and Grich are pretty a much a tie in my book.

So are Berkman and Belle. I give the nod to Berkman because they both had OPS+ of 144, but Berkman had slightly more longevity (Berkman had over 1,000 more plate appearances) and was less of a liability in the field. Both were solid in the playoffs.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Speaking of Belle, the mid 90s Indians teams were insane. Take 1996. Thome. Murray. Manny. That's 3 500 HR hitters. Belle, the best player on the team probably. Vizquel. Julio Franco. Lofton.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Speaking of Belle, the mid 90s Indians teams were insane. Take 1996. Thome. Murray. Manny. That's 3 500 HR hitters. Belle, the best player on the team probably. Vizquel. Julio Franco. Lofton.

and people forget how amazing Carlos Baerga was for a few years

[KJA]

SP: Johan Santana
SP: Chuck Finley
SP: Frank Tanana
RP: Kent Tekulve
RP: Jesse Orosco
CP: Joe Nathan
C: Lance Parrish
1B: Carlos Delgado or Keith Hernandez
2B: Lou Whitaker or Bobby Grich
3B: Buddy Bell
SS: Dave Concepcion or Tony Hernandez
LF: Albert Belle
CF: Kenny Lofton
RF: Reggie Smith
DH: Hal McRae

[SAllen2556]

I could do this with just Tigers:

SP: Mickey Lolich / George Mullin
RP: John Hiller
C: Bill Freehan / Lance Parrish
1b: Darrell Evans / Norm Cash
2b: Lou Whitaker
SS: Harvey Kuenn / Donie Bush
3b: Tony Phillips
OF: Bobby Veach
OF: Chet Lemon
OF: Magglio Ordonez
DH: Rusty Staub / Kirk Gibson

[cgjackson222]

Originally Posted by KJA

SP: Johan Santana
SP: Chuck Finley
SP: Frank Tanana
RP: Kent Tekulve
RP: Jesse Orosco
CP: Joe Nathan
C: Lance Parrish
1B: Carlos Delgado or Keith Hernandez
2B: Lou Whitaker or Bobby Grich
3B: Buddy Bell
SS: Dave Concepcion or Tony Hernandez
LF: Albert Belle
CF: Kenny Lofton
RF: Reggie Smith
DH: Hal McRae

Nice list, I like how you've filled out the team with a DH, closer, etc.

If I were to do the same, I'd have:

SP: Luis Tiant
SP: Orel Hershiser
SP: David Cone
CP: Dan Quisenberry
C: Thurman Munson
1B: Keith Hernandez
2B: Bobby Grich or Lou Whitaker
3B: Ken Boyer
SS: Bill Dahlen
LF: Lance Berkman or Albert Belle
CF: Kenny Lofton
RF: Dwight Evans or Reggie Smith
DH: Brian Downing

Originally Posted by SAllen2556

I could do this with just Tigers:

SP: Mickey Lolich / George Mullin
RP: John Hiller
C: Bill Freehan / Lance Parrish
1b: Darrell Evans / Norm Cash
2b: Lou Whitaker
SS: Harvey Kuenn / Donie Bush
3b: Tony Phillips
OF: Bobby Veach
OF: Chet Lemon
OF: Magglio Ordonez
DH: Rusty Staub / Kirk Gibson

Yeah, Detroit as some really good players that didn't make the Hall and make a solid team just by themselves.
Dizzy Trout was also a really good pitcher, and Rocky Colavito had some really good years with Detroit as well.

[clydepepper]

Someone, not me, (I'm just sayin'), should add up the choices posted so far to see who has the most support on this.



(I'll do it if nobody else has by end of season).


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[sbfinley]

SP: Mickey Lolich
SP: Luis Tiant
SP: John Donaldson
SP: Tommy Bridges
SP: Roy Welmaker

RP: John Franco
RP: Tom Gordon
RP: Dan Quisenberry
RP: Francisco Rodriguez
RP: Joe Nathan

CP: Jonathan Papelbon

C: Thurman Munson
1B: Don Mattingly
2B: Artie Wilson
SS: Jigger Statz (Out of Position, but I didn’t want to leave him off)
3B: Ken Boyer
OF: Vada Pinson
CF: Alejandro Oms
OF: Lefty O’Doul
DH: Buzz Arlett

Bench: Jigger Statz
Bench: Dwight Evans
Bench: Lance Parrish
Bench: Willie Davis
Bench: Jim Gilliam

[cgjackson222]

Originally Posted by clydepepper

Someone, not me, (I'm just sayin'), should add up the choices posted so far to see who has the most support on this.



(I'll do it if nobody else has by end of season).


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We could maybe do polls for each position? Might be too much effort.