The Underrated Baseball Rookie Card Listby Joeyd011 - 286 cards (Last updated on Feb 6, 2020) |
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81. 1966 Topps #234 Yankees 1966 Rookie Stars (Rich Beck / Roy White)
Roy White - 1,803 Hits, 300 Doubles, 160 HR's, 758 RBI's, 233 SB's, 964 Runs Scored in 15 Seasons, 1,521 Games Played in Left Field, 15th All-Time, 2 Time All-Star, 2 WS Rings, Career New York Yankees. |
82. 1966 Topps #558 Red Sox 1966 Rookie Stars (Guido Grilli / Pete Magrini / George Scott)
George Scott - 1,992 Hits, 306 Doubles, 271 HR's, 1,051 RBI's, .268 Career Hitter, 8 Gold Gloves at First Base, 3 Time All-Star. |
83. 1966 Topps #424 Reds 1966 Rookie Stars (Lee May / Darrell Osteen)
Lee May - 2,031 Hits, 340 Doubles, 354 HR's, 1,244 RBI's, .267 Career Hitter, 3-Time All-Star. |
84. 1966 Topps #254 Phillies 1966 Rookie Stars (Ferguson Jenkins / Bill Sorrell)
Fergie Jenkins - HOF Career, 1971 NL CY Young Award, 284 Wins, 49 Shutouts, 3,192 SO's, 12th All-Time, 7 20+ Game Winning Seasons, 3.34 Career ERA, 3 Time All-Star. |
85. 1966 Topps #469 Yankees 1966 Rookie Stars (Bobby Murcer / Dooley Womack)
Bobby Murcer - 1,862 Hits, 285 Doubles, 252 HR's, 1,043 RBI's, .277 Career Hitter, 1 Gold Glove as Outfielder, 5 Time All-Star. |
86. 1967 Topps #314 Red Sox 1967 Rookie Stars (Mike Andrews / Reggie Smith)
Reggie Smith - 2,020 Hits, 363 Doubles, 314 HR's, 1,092 RBI's, .287 Career Hitter, 1 Gold Glove, 7 Time All-Star, 1 WS Ring. |
87. 1967 Topps #33 Athletics 1967 Rookie Stars (Sal Bando / Randy Schwartz)
Sal Bando - 1,790 Hits, 289 Doubles, 242 HR's, 1,039 RBI's, .254 Career Hitter, 16th All-Time in career WAR as Third Baseman, 4 Time All-Star, 3 WS Rings. |
88. 1967 Topps #185 Ken Holtzman
Ken Holtzman - 174 Wins, 31 Shutouts, 1,601 SO's, 3.49 Career ERA, 2 Time All-Star, 3 WS Rings. |
89. 1968 Topps #384 Reds 1968 Rookie Stars (Bill Henry / Hal McRae)
Hal McRae - 2,091 Hits, 484 Doubles, 1,097 RBI's, .290 Career Hitter, 3 Time All-Star, 1 WS Ring.
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90. 1969 Topps #82 Pirates 1969 Rookie Stars (Rich Hebner / Al Oliver)
Al Oliver - 2,743 Hits, 529 Doubles, 219 HR's, 1,326 RBI's, .303 Career Hitter, 7 Time All-Star, 1 WS Ring. |
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 |
