Oscar Charleston
Oscar Charleston
Who are the most overrated/underrated players in baseball’s history?
Pete Rose, Nolan Ryan, Ozzie Smith, and Reggie Jackson deserve my vote.
As for underrated, I’m going with Frank Baker, Oscar Charleston, and Honus Wagner. Tim Raines, Cristoble Torriente, and Dan Brouthers also recieve honorable mention.
I agree nobody in the Hall is underrated, but I wasn’t exactly thinking that way. I was sort of talking about guys that are usually
A) Underrated because of their standard stats, but when compared to peers are very, very good
B) Not mentioned, or even thought of, by a lot fans when speaking of guys who did really good.
I agree Mazeroski is overrated, especially on offense, but you’ve got to face it, he’s by far the best defensive second baseman in the history of baseball. That, right there, gives him his hall spot.
The single most overrates baseball player of all time is one, Josh Gibson. Before the “no nothings” who invade this website start giving me thumbs down, do your freakin’ home work. The true history of Josh Gibson is one of alcohol, drugs and under achievement. He never did 99.9% of the things he seems to always get credit for. And that’s a fact!
The most underrated in my book is Dwight “Dewey” Evans. One of the 5 greatest defensive right fielders to ever play the game. He should be in the hall of fame. It’s a crime that he is not!
Hall of fame baseball: Philies vs Marlins game 4, 04/08/08