To be clear, I'm looking for two names, one player who is underrated despite a great career. Another guy who dominated for a couple of years, even if his career flamed out.
Feel free to leave different answers for pitchers and hitters.
2007-05-15 15:37:30 · 11 answers · asked by Anon28 4 in Sports ➔ Baseball
Jimmie Foxx. Hit over 500 home runs, won a triple crown, and had over 1,900 rbis. Unfortunately for him he did this in the midst of the great Babe Ruth who dominated baseball headlines during that time.
The other player is Frank Robinson who is never mentioned with the greats. This guy hit well over 500 home runs, won the triple crown and won league MVP in both leauges.
2007-05-15 16:43:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
In his prime I would say Roger Maris. Everyone knows about '61, but most people think he was a one year wonder. This isn't the case though...he actually won two MVP awards including 1961. He was a great player for a few years at the peak of his career. For an entire career there are a lot of good choices, but I would go with Frank Robinson. He's kind of the forgotten man among the top ten in home runs. I think this comes from the fact that he didn't play for any of the bigger market teams and he isn't a recent player (Sosa, Mac) I think the guy deserves more recognition than he gets.
2007-05-15 15:57:13 · answer #2 · answered by ajn4664_ksu 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Curt Flood. The St. Louis Cardinals outfielder had earned three All-Star appearances, seven Gold Gloves, and a pair of World Series championships. sued baseball for violating the 13th amendment (barring slavery) lost the case. pretty much made free agency because of this. all sports owe him for that. 1759 games played, .293 lifetime avg., 85 home runs, 636 rbi.
Don Mattingly-In 1987, Mattingly tied Dale Long's major league record by hitting home runs in eight consecutive games. hurt his back in 87 also and never really got over it. Awards
Gold Glove - '85-'89, '91-'94
American League MVP - 1985
Batting Champion - 1984
Hits Leader - 1984, 1986
RBI Leader - 1985
2007-05-15 21:34:01 · answer #3 · answered by jdkline_87 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dwight Evans, Jamie Moyer
2007-05-15 23:34:21 · answer #4 · answered by llk51 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eddie Murray
2007-05-15 16:19:36 · answer #5 · answered by Kevin B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hitters: Rafael Palmiero , Edgar Martinez , Bernie Williams , Tino Martinez , Graig Nettles , Don Mattingly
Pitchers: Jamie Moyer , John Lieber , Andy Pettite , Freddy Garcia , Jon Wetland (idk if his name was john , but he closed for the yankees in the 90;s)
2007-05-15 15:54:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tim Raines.
2007-05-15 17:48:19 · answer #7 · answered by Chipmaker Authentic 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Harold Baines..............
2007-05-15 18:01:45 · answer #8 · answered by Lefty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ricky henderson
2007-05-15 15:59:54 · answer #9 · answered by Hector T 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
will clark!!!
2007-05-15 15:39:55 · answer #10 · answered by jc 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋