The Underrated Baseball Rookie Card Listby Joeyd011 - 286 cards (Last updated on Feb 6, 2020) |
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31. 1949 Bowman #100 Gil Hodges
Gil Hodges - 1,921 Hits, 295 Doubles, 370 HR's, 1,274 RBI's, .273 Career Hitter, 3 Gold Gloves at First, 8 Time All-Star 2 WS Rings. |
32. 1949 Bowman #70 Carl Furillo
Carl Furillo - 1953 NL Batting Title, 1,910 Hits, 324 Doubles, 192 HR's, 1,058 RBI's, .299 Career Hitter, 2 Time All-Star, 2 WS Rings, Career Brooklyn/L.A. Dodgers. |
33. 1949 Bowman #94 James "Mickey" Vernon
Mickey Vernon - 1946 & 1953 AL Batting Titles, 2,495 Hits, 490 Doubles, 172 HR's, 1,311 RBI's, .286 Career Hitter, 7 Time All-Star. |
34. 1950 Bowman #232 Al "Flip" Rosen
Al Rosen - 1953 AL MVP, 1,063 Hits, 165 Doubles, 192 HR's, 717 RBI's, .285 Career Hitter, 4 Time All-Star, 1 WS Ring.
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35. 1951 Bowman #40 Dave Bell
Dave 'Gus' Bell - 1,823 Hits, 311 Doubles, 206 HR's, 942 RBI's, 4 100+ RBI Seasons, .281 Career Hitter, 4 Time All-Star. |
36. 1951 Bowman #323 Joe Adcock
Joe Adcock - 1,832 Hits, 295 Doubles, 336 HR's, 1,122 RBI's, .277 Career Hitter, 2 Time All-Star, 1 WS Ring. |
37. 1952 Topps #195 Orestes Minoso
Minnie Minoso - 1,963 Hits, 336 Doubles, 186 HR's, 1,023 RBI's, 4 100+ RBI Seasons, 3 Gold Gloves as Left Fielder, .298 Career Hitter, 8 Time All-Star. |
38. 1952 Topps #369 Dick Groat
Dick Groat - 1960 NL MVP, 2,138 Hits, 352 Doubles, 707 RBI's, .286 Career Hitter, 5 Time All-Star, 2 WS Rings. |
39. 1952 Topps #407 Ed Mathews
Eddie Mathews - HOF Career, 2,315 Hits, 354 Doubles, 512 HR's, 1,453 RBI's, .271 Career Hitter, 2nd All-Time Career WAR at Third Base, 12 Time All-Star, 2 WS Rings.
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40. 1954 Topps #25 Harvey Kuenn
Harvey Kuenn - 1953 AL ROY, 1959 AL Batting Title, 2,092 Hits, 356 Doubles, 87 HR's, 671 RBI's, .303 Career Hitter, 10 Time All-Star. |
Comments
I swear I've commented on this excellent list in the past. Perhaps I'm confusing it with another. Anyway...outstanding work. I love a lot of your choices -- not sure how "underrated" the cards or players are in some cases, but great list, nonetheless. v3 | ||
Thanks Vvvergeer. Yes, you have definitely commented and made suggestions to this list in the past. I believe Rick Reuschel was one of them. Over the years I have made additions, used suggestions, and revamped the list overall. Part of the revamp work was cleaning up the statistical information, and doing some updating regarding the many little fun facts and/or thoughts on certain players. It has been a while since I've updated the list with new additions, and the previous comments made were from a few years ago (time flies)....so, I decided to continue with a fresh comment section. Thanks again for revisiting the list. Joe | ||
Cool list Joey. I want to go after some of these cards, especially some from the 70s. I would point out that Bernie Williams was ALCS MVP, not AL MVP, in 1996. | ||
Thanks for revisiting this list Switzr1. I corrected the Bernie Williams error, and will be adding more cards soon. | ||
How can you leave out the '88 Score Rookie/Traded & '88 Score Rookie/Traded Glossy of Roberto Alomar? They both sell for peanuts considering the print run. Best overall 2nd baseman of all time (offense and defense). Most Gold Gloves of any 2nd baseman in history. Would have reached 3,000 hits if he'd have had better seasons offensively during his 2 years in New York. But he faded fast after 2003. His mind was no longer in the game and he was ready to move on. | ||
That Young one is certainly interesting. Say, is Willians Astudillo eligible for this list yet, or too early in his career? | ||
DarkSide830, thanks for checking out this list. This particular list consists primarily of retired players, or players near the tail end of their career. An active player 'underrated rookie card' list is something that I have thought about doing, but haven't quite got around to it. It's a great idea that would definitely generate a whole lot of opinions, and constantly evolve I'm sure. But if you have any recommendations for this list that you can think of, I'd be glad to see what they are. Joe |
