Re: Most Overrated Baseball Players of All-Time
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But how can a pitcher who is better than HOFers but not in the HOF be more overrated than they are?
The All-Overrated Team:
C: Ray Schalk
1B: Steve Garvey
2B: Pete Rose(have to put him somewhere)
SS: Derek Jeter
3B: Brooks Robinson
OF: Roberto Clemente
OF: Lou Brock
OF: Joe Carter
SP: Nolan Ryan
SP: Sandy Koufax
RP: Todd Jones? Struggling to think of a reliever who is thought of as an all-time great who doesn't deserve it, mostly because fulltime reliever is a relatively new invention.
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I'm not a big baseball fan... so can someone explain to me, why is Sandy Koufax on that list?
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he shouldn't be. he's on the short list of greatest pitchers ever, especially if you only consider peak years. however, his numbers need to be heavily adjusted due to his run environment and his home stadium...modern guys like Pedro and Maddux were better than him, but people point to his (and Bob Gibsons) ERA to try to prove that the opposite is true (and they are wrong imho).
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