Is Stan "The Man" Musial the most underrated player of all-time?

Question

Cardinals slugger.

Because no one brings up his name in the discussion of all-time great ballplayers. Everybody talks about Ted Williams, Ruth/Gehrig/Dimaggio..

Answer 1

I totally agree with the point that you make. Musial is not bantered around much when best teams or best hitters are mentioned. He was also a player who excelled at 2 different positions. In his prime there was NOBODY who was better. Maybe as good, but not better.

Answer 2

Not exactly. He gets his due, and he was a very great player. Musial is a Hall of Famer and heralded as arguably the greatest player the Cardinals have had. (Pujols is getting there) Here are some really underrated players:
Jim Kaat, SP (16 Gold Gloves, 283 wins, and still no Hall of Fame plaque)

Tommy John, SP (paved way for future generations of pitchers w/ TJ surgery and won 286 games and multiple championships)

Ron Santo, 3B (multiple Gold Glove winner, good hitter and all-around player)

Ted Simmons, C (how is Rick Ferrell in the Hall of Fame and not this guy? 248 HR and 1389 RBI while playing primarily as a catcher, an 8-time All-Star with 2472 hits and he is on the outside looking in.)

Riggs Stephenson, OF (admittedly a horrible defender, but has a lifetime batting average of .336)

Joe Jackson, OF (I know he is ineligible for the Hall, but he was one of the greatest natural hitters ever-.356 lifetime average, 242 hits and .408 average rookie season)

Darrell Evans, 3B (solid defender w/414 career home runs)

Wes Ferrell, SP (most career HR hit by a pitcher, six 20-win seasons)

Lee Smith, CL (second most saves in MLB history)

Goose Gossage, CL (it just doesn't seem as if the BBWAA really appreciates just how dominant he was)

Answer 3

i do no longer think of he's underrated in any respect. "Stan the guy" is interior the corridor of recognition, so maximum baseball followers are attentive to his accomplishments. It does seem as though a number of of youthful baseball followers do no longer delight in the previous-time gamers, and once you hear of the best-ever greats, the communicate is incredibly plenty limited to Ruth, Mays, and Aaron. nonetheless, it fairly is been 40 5 years considering Musial performed, and maximum baseball followers basically pay interest to the gamers of the previous 20 years. i do no longer think of underrated is the be conscious, perchance "forgotten" suits a splash greater helpful through fact a number of of followers do no longer understand how great he replaced into. The steroid era has fairly stolen a number of of thunder from the older gamers, and it fairly is totally unhappy. Duke Snider, Eddie Matthews, and probably even Roberto Clements fall into this class.

Answer 4

He's in the Hall of Fame so He's hardly underrated. But he doesn't get mentioned often enough as being among the top hitters ever.

BTW, I was in Cooperstown for a Hall of Fame induction weekend 13-14 years ago and at one point I saw a man in a red sportcoat leading a crowd of people on the street in a chorus of "Take me out to the Ballgame".

It was Stan the Man in the red coat! That was quite a thrill.

Answer 5

I hate the cardinals as a royals fan, but Musial is the most underrated player of all time. I have him as the second greatest pure hitter of all time behind Ted Williams. Coming in second in the most underrated player of all-time would have to be Frank White, it is a joke that he is not in the hall of fame becuase he may be the greatest defensive second baseman of all-time

Answer 6

No.....he was great..one of the 10 best ever...and anyone with half a brain knows it..

The most under-rated player in history....well there are a couple off the top of my head..

Ron Santo...probably the 5th best 3rd baseman in history, and one of the true stars in the pitching dominated 60's...a true HOF type player..only they won't let him in..

Only Brett, Schmidt, Matthews, Boggs are clearly better

He is about the same as Home run Baker, better than Brooksie, Pie Traynor, Fred Lidstrom..

Bert Blyleven...again a truly great pitcher...now considered by many as just another .500 pitcher..

My personal fave...Bobby Grich...not an all time great to be sure...but a guy who was very good at everything, great at a few things, weak at nothing. He was a far more valuable player than you would think by looking at just the raw stats...

Answer 7

No one in the Hall is underrated.

But if one is looking for the greatest hitter ever, well, Stan is somewhere in the bottom half of the top ten. He was amazingly good but there have been a handful better, and that's just how it works out sometimes.

Answer 8

I dont think he's underrated at all. Those who saw him play always held him in the highest esteem. The problem is, in today's world, if the guy hasnt played on last year's world series team, he might as well never have existed. You have people underrating just about everybody today. No sense of history at all.

Answer 9

I was around when Musial played and he was always considered to be one of the elite players in the game. He even had a nickname (Stan "the man" Musial), you will have to explain to me why you believe he is under appreciated.

Answer 10

no frank robinson