Re: Most Overrated Baseball Players of All-Time
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Nolan Ryan is, in all likelihood, the most overrated player of all time.
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OK, I've stayed out of this so far. You're a stat guy Jack, what are you basing this on? I do not claim he's the best ever, or anything like that.
If it's the fan voting from the Mastercard thing, then meh.
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Two players have been elected to the HOF by a 99% vote: Tom Seaver and Nolan Ryan.
Let's be reasonable. Nolan Ryan was unlike any other pitcher ever - but he was far inferior to many pitchers. Nolan's probably not even in the top 25 all time. Maybe he's in the top 50.
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I think top 50 could easily be argued. Top-25, yeah, that's tougher. But beating up Robin Ventura puts him in. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
The reason this argument is so futile, is because it's hard to compare eras of "overrated-ness" due to the media coverage. The primary reason Ryan is considered "overrated" in my opinion, is the fact that he just happened to set his career marks - 5000 k's, 6th and 7th no hitters - in a period where media coverage was much different than earlier in his career.
Anyway, I don't disagree he had his flaws. But he still rules in my book.
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