These MLB Players Were Too Good To Be Forgotten
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If you even get in the MLB u are GOATed
Why wouldn't you fix something so obvious near the very beginning?
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Mark Grace...more hits in the 90s most extra base hits in the 90s ..gold gloves ..very reliable ...consistent 300 hitter and played on the Cubs for almost entire career and when he finished in Arizona was clutch in the world series and got his ring
Amen. As a Cards fan in the 90s Grace was always a threat.
Aaaahh yes. The king pimp of slump busters. What an outstanding human.
@@TerryBollea1 huh
@@shawnafrederiksen907 sarcasm m8.
On Facebook there was a meme going around posting a guy's tweet that insisted Grace should be a Hall of Famer if Rolen was.
Its so great seeing Big Z get some recognition for being a quality starter his whole career and could hit any team today would love that
I agree.
He's y I clicked on the video lol. I wish I had the passion for anything like z does for baseball.
Also the reason I clicked on it as wel
my favorite pitcher as a kid, he gave that 08 cubs team hope
He just couldn't get that temper under control lol
Ellis Burks comes to mind. He came up with the Red Sox in the late 80s with the rare combination of speed, power, high batting average and great defense and the inevitable comparisons to Mays started. Then he started getting injured and missing games. Still had a solid career.
I haven’t thought about Ellis Burks in 30 years. Good example.
Carlos Zambrano is actually doing very well! He is currently a pastor at my church in Miami.
And some church members have told me hes been playing in a mexican baseball league and i get to see and say hi to him every now and then when hes at Sunday service
Dale Murphy of the early 80’s Braves. He was putting up nice offensive numbers for many years over there.
He said only two thousand players 😊
Most hits in the 1940s - Lou Boudreau - HOF
Most hits in the 1950s - Richie Ashburn - HOF
Most hits in the 1960s - Roberto Clemente - HOF
Most hits in the 1970s - Pete Rose - Banned for life, but Rod Carew was 2nd, he's a HOFer
Most hits in the 1980s - Robin Yount - HOF
Most hits in the 2000s - Ichiro Suzuki - Will be in the HOF on 1st ballot most likely
Who's missing?
Most hits in the 1990s - Mark Grace - 2,445 Career Hits, .303 Career Average, WS Ring, not in HOF
Wow excellent point I didn't know that...I think this is the best proof he has been snubbed
Kenny Lofton for sure! Got unfairly snubbed in his first year of HoF eligibility
Dude… Totally agree
Kenny so pure
Wheels & Defense 2nd to none
& Hit without juicing out
Never forget HoJo. He's still the only switch-hitter with multiple 30/30 Clubs, which he had 3 of. He's got similar numbers to Jackie Robinson.
Ima need more than HoJo to go off of
3B Howard Johnson
That Dude never got the respect He deserved
He could Play Ball
As someone who racked up a triple digit late fee of MLB 2K5, I feel I love Ben Sheets more than most players on my favorite team
He was their only major home grown pitching talent aside from Yovani Gallardo till the mid 2010s.
Still love that franchise mode all these years later.
i saw him make his AAA debut vs the PawSox in 02, i think it was.
2K5. There's some memories. For some weird reason I raked home runs only with guys named Todd. Especially Todd Hollandsworth. A guy who wasn't a slugger.
Big Z also had a no-hitter. He was a heck of a ball player.
Not just a no hitter, too. It was MLB’s first and, as of right now, only neutral site no hitter
In typical Zambrano fashion, it was one hit batsmen away from a perfect game too lol
I grew up in the 70's in Houston. Cesar Cedeno was a huge star in Houston, but largely unknown elsewhere. Glad to see him recognized here.
There’s a nice video of him when he played with the Cardinals and raked over .400.
Don't forget that he played half his games in Houston, the toughest park in baseball to hit homers.
@@shrapnel77 Yep the DOME ...
One other name, less of a player than Justice (who I already named in a prior comment), is JT Snow. This one is personal for me. I grew up going to see the AA Yankees team when they played near Albany NY from, if I'm remembering right, 87-94. JT Snow was on the team, and I remember him always taking the time to chat with the kids by the dugout, always signing stuff after the game. So I will always remember him, but I think everyone should. He won 6 straight gold gloves. I can't really make a statistical argument to remember him, but he was a fantastic defender and a solid(ish) hitter. .268 avg, career OPS+ of 105. In the post season though, he raked. In his one World Series, his slash was .407/.448/.556 with an OPS of 1.004
For his career in the playoffs he slashed .327/.383/.480 with an OPS of .863 in 28 games.
To top it all off, he made the play of the 2002 World Series when he crossed home plate and snatched up Dusty Bakers son who was the bat boy and about to be caught up in a potential play at the plate. If you never saw it, I'm sure it could be found just by typing JT Snow in the CZcams search. It is easily the thing he was most famously known for a couple decades ago.
Snow is a good one. That Angels team was full of good-but-not-HOF guys like Darrin Erstad and JT Snow.
@@jgray2718 ? Huh JT was on San Fran
@@travisp5747 snow started his career with the Angels, Giants got him in 97’ I believe.
He couldn't carry Mark Grace's water jug
@@shawnafrederiksen907Mark Grace was really good, a lot of guys were. I just brought up a couple, with one being someone I had some small personal connection to. But I remember being psyched when I got his rookie card in a pack. I really liked him and Will the Thrill back in the late 80s to early 90s.
Jimmy Wynn, John Olerud, and Cecil Fielder
Just a heads up: Appier is pronounced APE ear with a long A.
Kenny Lofton. Career .299 hitter that was always on competitive teeams, despite being shopped around in the last third of his career. Lead the league constantly in stolen bases and could cover more than almost everyone in Center. Such a great player and was massively snubbed by the HoF committee since he was being judged by his home run count despite being an on-base guy.
I think George foster could maybe considered as a hall of very very good player
Juan Pierre and jeff kent come in my mind
Ted Lilly too. Solid under the radar guy that was quietly one of the top guys in the league for a while. Not an ace, buy a solid #3 for a good amount of time.
True that.
I remember him as a Blue Jay. Solid for 12 wins a year and a 3.50 ERA.
David Justice. O.878 OPS and 129 OPS+ for his career.
His 162 game avg is 93 runs, 31 HR and 103 RBI with 4.1 WAR. He played on 2 MLB champions, 6 pennant winners. In his 14 seasons he was in the LCS 8 times.
In the long history of baseball, he has the 99th best AB/HR ration ever. I know top 100 doesn't seem like much, but when you're talking about roughly 12,000 or so position players in history, it is pretty impressive.
He also won an ALCS MVP and had two top 5 finishes in MVP. I think he got less than 1% of the votes and was one and done on the ballot. Don't be me wrong, he isn't a hall of famer, but he was way too good to be forgotten.
And he was married to mid 90s Halle Berry
Justice is 1 of My All Time Favorites
Good looks
Griffey Jr is that Dude & ever 1 loves Him
But if No Griff then My Favorite players
Barry Larkin & Dave Justice
I really Love Daryl Strawberry too
But Larkin & Justice are My Dudes
Salute to You Brother for Shouting out
RF David Christopher Justice
from Cincinnati, Ohio .
@@joemixon834 who he was accused of commiting DV against
Some Braves fans hated that cost cutting trade they did with the Indians after 1996 and longtime Atlanta columnist Terrence Moore thinks that was the downfall of pennant winning for the Braves because they lost swagger without him.
@@SamtheBravesFan understood, I think it was when Wohlers decides to get cute and throw a slider to Leyritz instead of 100 mph heat he could not hit
A very small thing from someone who watches a lot of baseball in the 90s. Troy Glaus pronounces his last name like “gloss”. Just wanted to let you know. Nice vid
These players aren’t even remotely as forgotten as the Negro League Hall of Famers not named Satchel Paige or, to a lesser extent, Josh Gibson. Consider Buck Leonard, the “Black Lou Gehrig, John Henry Lloyd, the “Black Horus Wagner” for whom Wagner appreciated the comparison and Babe Ruth declared the best baseball player, Oscar Charleston who people felt was better than Willie Mays, Cool Papa Bell, Martin Dihigo, a player so versatile that he played all positions and could play them well, or Rube Foster that taught Christy Mathewson his famous “Fadeaway” pitch which was the progenitor of the screwball.
You should do a video about them. Also, if you don’t know who they are, learn about them.
Finally, someone who actually gets it. Disregarding the great Negro League players isn't just a disservice to yourself as a baseball fan, it's a disservice to the players who were literally barred from playing in the MLB simply because of their race. Bullet Rogan, Turkey Stearnes, Dobie Moore, Bill Foster, all some of the most underlooked players of all time.
You’re right. They don’t get enough credit. It’s a shame we didn’t get to see them play in the mlb.
The Indianapolis clowns..
Cool mascot..
Id rock a shirt..
Darrel Evans name comes to mind when I think of players too good to be forgotten. Just off the top of my head I believe he hit over 400 home runs and played gold glove caliber defense over a long career.
Lou Whitaker
Should be in the hall of fame
Gary Sheffield. That guy was one of the best hitters in baseball from his 2nd season in the majors until his last. He should have been first ballot HoF, instead, he was during the steroids era, and only those extremely liked by the media get in (Jeter, Ortiz, Chipper, Thome)
Sheffield won’t be forgotten, largely because he is in the 500 home run club. But he’s also trending towards Hall of Fame enshrinement next year. Also, you should know that Thome wasn’t liked by the media, not because he was aggressive to them, but because he was so humble they never got a chance to interview him. It got to the point where some actually assumed, despite his insane home run numbers, that he wouldn’t be a first-ballot pick, but thankfully he was.
3 of his 4 seasons with Brewers were terrible. He wasn't really considered a good hitter until he left Milwaukee after his 4th season.
PEDs
Sheffield has the ped tag. If he didn’t he’d be in.
How about Cedeno's teammate Jose Cruz or Hrbek in Min? Nice list but, for a hardcore baseball fan like me, these dudes will never be forgotten. This video could be many hours long lol.
Ellis Burks. Similar to Cedeno, he had rare mix of great CF defense, decent pop, good speed and good average early on. He went mostly unnoticed until he went to Colorado and started hitting large amounts of home runs (Including a 40 HR/32 SB yr in 96), not just there, but with San Fran and Cleveland as well.
His problem was he was injury prone. In the 10 seasons before that 40+ HR season with the Rockies that you mentioned (1987-96) he only had over 500 plate appearances like 4 or 5 times. In the early 90's, in one of his few full seasons with the Red Sox, he was an all-star, won silver slugger and gold glove awards, and got mvp votes. He got plenty of attention before he started hitting tons of HR's, the problem was he wasn't usually healthy enough to warrant a whole lot of attention.
He was one of my favorite players when he was in Cleveland.
Bill Freehan was an elite catcher who no one hardly remembers today
YES HE WAS 👏
But I do 👍
That video brought back some memories! Personally, I'm a bit of a weirdo, my alltime favorite player is Willie McGee because he was a speedy, switch-hitting centerfielder with a great glove. I love any player who fits that criteria, but McGee was almost as skinny as my scrawny ass (a former coworker who was born and raised in Somalia said I was the skinniest MF he had ever seen!) and I appreciated that deeply lol. He might not have necessarily been a HOF'er if it wasn't for the injuries, but his 85 season was insane .353 BA, 10 HR, 82 RBI, 56 SB, 26 2B, 18 3B MVP GG AS. The injuries came the next year in 86 and derailed what could have been an amazing career and it happened to my fav football player in 86 too. It was a shitty year.
Everyone report that spam account above this.
Not including Dave Stieb on this list (who has a higher war than the players listed) is criminal.
Reggie Smith, played 1966-1982:
64.6 bWAR, 137 career OPS+ is #4 all-time for switch hitters behind only Mantle, Chipper and Berkman, 7x AS, GG, '81 WS, 2020 H, 314 HR
Got no HOF consideration, I have'nt even heard anything about the Veteran committee considering him.... WTH
Agree, Reggie Smith is a hidden gem. Reggie Smith, Dwight Evans, Buddy Bell, worth another look at their careers
Troy Tulowitski in his prime looked like the next coming of Derek Jeter. We went from yelling "Jeter!" during a jump through to "Tulo!" He is one of the best rockies and definitely our best shortstop in history. (Second maybe only to Story)
César Cedeño was phenomenal. Lifelong Astros fan, here. I still remember the roar from the stands for José Cruz and the annoucer's José "Cruuuuuuuuuuuuuz!"
These days it's "Air" Yordan Álvarez, Kyle "King Tuck" Tucker, Jose "Mighty Mite" Altuve, etc...
The "Killer Bees" were a fun nickname for all of the Astros' players with last names starting with 'B' some years back.
HEY!!! Baseball is super cool and super fun!!
Bobby Abreu...career .291 avg (over .300 6 times) 1363 RBIs (over 100 8 times), 574 doubles, stole 400 bases in 18 seasons, even snuck in a GG!!! And only a 2x all-star?? Dude was real good!!!
I'm late, but yes! One of my favourite players.
Mike Cameron - 46.7 BWAR and but only 1 all-star appearance. Traded for Griffey and then outplayed him. Once hit 4 HR in a game. Came pretty close to 300/300 club.
Further on Carlos Zambrano, he is one of 63 pitchers since 1900 to maintain an ERA+ of 140 or more over four consecutive qualifying seasons and one of 51 in the same period to maintain an ERA+ of 130 or more over seven consecutive qualifying seasons. Sure, in both cases he's near the bottom of the pack -- surrounded by both literal legends (Dizzy Dean, Warren Spahn) and other "hey, it's that guy"s (Mort Cooper, Hippo Vaughn) -- but he's on the list regardless.
Kevin Appier is even on a tier above that -- one of 35 with an ERA+ of 150 over four straight and one of 29 with a 140 over seven straight.
13:30 I believe that's Hall of Fame Monte Irvin.
As a HUGE Astros fan, I love Cesar Cedeño
Everyone report that spam account above this.
He's still playing and IMO has had one of the most productive careers in terms of longevity and that's Anibal Sanchez
Cecil Copper. On top of some amazing offensive numbers in the late 70s and early 80s, also had 2 Gold Gloves. Totally forgotten because of Yount and Molitor, but shouldn’t be!
add in Oglivie and Thomas, Gantner too
@@shaughnziech2193 All three of them were great, but Cooper was at a different level, and why I think he fits in the category of this video. A career .298 hitter, more than 2100 hits and 1100 RBIs. Lead the league in RBIs and doubles twice. Oh, and hit .352 in 1980, but that was the year Brett hit .390!
Give him three more tears like he had in 1982 or 1983, and Cooper would be a borderline Hall of Fame player, I think. He was a fine player.
@@DaDitka I agree. Even though his numbers are better than many who made it into the Hall, he's still not there. I just thought he was a perfect example for the subject of this video, since he was more than a solid player, but virtually no one remembers him.
Kevin brown was way too good ti be forgotten, his problem was that he played everywhere during his career but was lights out for most of the 90s
Also bc of the high level of pitching during that time especially with the braves rotation and Pedro and Johnson and Schilling
@@jaredpalencia5067 He also had a bit of a problem in high leverage situations. The Yankees pretty much ruined him in '98.
Big Z was my favorite player as a kid and it kind of irks me people only remember him for his outbursts. I remember him for being a great switch hitting pitcher!
John Olerud is a worthy inclusion on this list, so would Howard Johnson.
I still have a stack of Olerud rookie cards if you’re interested….
Olerud probably should have won the MVP in 1993, as much of a fan of Frank Thomas as I am. But yes, he is one that shouldn't be forgotten. He was quality.
Cesar Cedeno was the most graceful CF I ever saw. Cesar was also a CF that could get to the exact spot where the ball he was chasing would land and wait under the ball, Waiting confidently for the ball to come down, he would wait till the last second to flip his H-Web Rawlings up and catch the ball like a boss. The balls Cesar would be waiting under would not be made by most other CFs of the day as they were not as swift as "The Czar" nor did they take the perfect angle to the ball like he did. Great at stealing bases and even hitting. Cesar will forever be my favorite Outfielder. I was lucky to grow up in Houston Tx and watch Cesar play many times. ..... I loved his style . I played CF at Bellaire High School for 3 seasons and then again at Rice University for 4 seasons. I was finally able to wear #28 at RU and tried every day to play like The Czar. He was the best in my book and should not simply vanish. Liked the Vid
I don't remember if he had the yips, or his performance declined because of his delivery but I think you should look in to Dontrelle Willis.
Yes! He was such a promising pitcher a d had great talent, and then just lost it.
Eric Davis was great
Byron Buxton reminds me of Eric Davis. 5 tool talent centerfielder but cannot stay healthy for a full season to save his life.
Man, Zambrano really was a fireball. The guy got angry. A LOT.
Also, at one point the Cubs had Zambrano, Mark Prior, Kerry Wood, and Greg Maddux in the SAME starting rotation.
Just a question, did you actually listen to anyone pronounce these players names before you recorded this? You mispronounced Knoblauch, Appier and Cedeno wrong.
And Glaus
Dude I was commenting on this before he even got to Cedeno and then he butchered that too🤣
Zambrano needs to be in The Show soon. Also throw in some swearing on the mound animations. 🧐
As a Braves fan.. my number 1 memory of Zambrano.. Jason Heywards 1st swing HR to RF
Dante Bichette. During a 6 year span from 1993 to 98, Bichette hit over .300 every year while slugging 167 home runs, in 96 to 98, he had at least 118 RBI in those 4 seasons, and an OPS of at least .825 for those 6 seasons, AND the following 2 as well. He loses points in people’s eyes for doing that in Colorado, and for being protected in the lineup with hall of camera Larry Walker and Andres Galarraga. He still shouldn’t be forgotten.
96 97 98 🤔 4 seasons
Had to have just hit the wrong button 🤔
Would love to see a continued series of this, great idea to shine the spotlight on some "forgotten" players
Troy glaus was a very good player with the 2000's he was one of my favorite angels of all times
3:19 Troy Glaus played for the Anaheim Angels. They are NOT of or from LA, no matter what anyone says.
love the video!!!
willie mcgee, torii hunter, sandy koufax, eric chavez, yoenis cespedes, grady sizemore, albert belle, lou brock, satchel paige, joe mauer, ryan howard, chris davis, rafael furcal, shane victorino, jacoby ellsbury, kenny lofton, hanley ramirez, curtis granderson, david wright, carlos beltran, mike schmidt, juan pierre, jay buhner, gary sheffield
Tony Phillips play just about every position and did it well. Got on base very often too, the ultimate utility guy with career 50 WAR
Josh Hamilton
John Olerud he walked more times, and he struck out and he had a 300 batting average for most of his career so I think he should be in Cooperstown
I’ll never forget when Big Z took it out on the Gatorade machine
Fred Lynn and Dwight Evans. Lynn, MVP and Rookie of the year, only duplicated by Ichiro. 306 bombs, 1111 rbi's while playing stellar defense. His penchant for slamming into walls hustling cost him. Dwight Evans, one of the most consistent hitters of the 80's, 385 bombs, 1,384 rbi's, 1,470 runs scored and drew 1,391 walks. Played stellar defense along with Lynn and had a cannon for an arm. Big time clutch hitter who drove in 9 and hit two bombs in the 86' world series.
Well don’t know if he was necessarily forgotten, but maybe overlooked as a great player was Keith Hernandez. With his Seinfeld appearance, his broadcasting career, and his books he has remained in the limelight but I think people don’t remember what a really good and knowledgeable player he was!
If the HOF valued the way Keith redefined first base defense, he'd have been in long ago.
OG Cubs fans will never forget Carlos Zambrano!
Kevin Brown not being in the hall of fame is a crime. Dude was a cy young contender throughout the second half of his career (and arguably should have won the award in 1996), holds two era titles, recorded well over 2000 K's, 211 career wins, 6 all star appearances, and he won the 1997 world series with the Marlins. Arguably the biggest (non steroid) snub in MLB history.
Troy Glaus and Carlos Zambrano were nice.
True that.
Just think what Cesar Cedeno and Glenn Davis could have did if those 2 guys could have had the short left field wall in left at the juice box.OMG
Kevin Appier was an elite ace on a terrible team and even worse franchise at that time. Especially with how the media covered the MLB wether it be on a local or national scale, he had top 3 stuff for several years during his prime. We mentioned the 14-11 season where he wasnt even talked about... 14 wins on the team he played for was abnormal. If he was on the Braves, Mariners, or Yankees during his prime... He would have been close to a 30W guy
1:05 To be fair, that's another reason we still keep up baseball encyclopedias, online and off. For better or worse, we at least have numerical data on literally thousands of players even if we don't have a face to some of them. The numbers are their record and those aren't forgotten.
I’ll never forget Glaus coming in clutch for the Braves in 2010 when he filled in for an injured chipper jones
Dale Murphy. He lead all offensive categories throughout the decade of the 80's Except home runs, Total Bases, and Stolen bases. He is 1 of 2 back-to-back MVP award winners not in the HOF. Roger Marris is the other. Murphy won multiple gold gloves and is a multiple time member of the 30 for 30 club.
Oh, man, if he could have just put together one or two more seasons like he did in 1983 or 1985, I have NO doubt he would be in the Hall. None. He missed it just by [----] that much.
Cedeno helped rescue St. Louis in 1985 when Jack Clark was hurt, I think the number was .434 BA, the also lost many home runs playing in the Astrodome which was dead air, btw, I think the name is pronounced Sa-Day-neo
As a Lebanon resident & friend of the channel, I’m dying to know why you chose Lebanon for the opening reference haha can confirm small town vibes. Can also confirm I couldn’t tell you anyone’s name 😂
Al Oliver, George Foster, and Jim Rice
I guarantee people will forget about Aramis Ramirez, he was a very dangerous bat and a decent fielder.
3:18 Troy Glaus played for ANAHEIM ANGELS.
PLEASE Eric Chavez, for the love of God please. I can't find anything remarkable of clips of his defense and I'm hoping you can work your magic. He's the best 3rd basemen I've seen with my own two eyes
Ellis Burks was a great player that seems to be forgotten.
Mo Vaughn was way better
My favorite overlooked player is Curt Flood who not only had a great career but had it cut short because he took MLB and the reserve clause all the way to the Supreme Court so other players could make the millions they do today. The players should honor more
Vern Stephens. He wad an OUTSTANDING shortstop for the Browns and Red Sox back in the 1940s and 1950s who could do it all.
Dan Quisenberry. One of the best closers to ever play the game, had a sudden drop in saves after 1985 despite putting up solid overall numbers (give him two more seasons like he had in 1985 and I wager he is in the Hall).
Willie McGee. Solid hitter with two batting titles, an MVP award, and played on several championship teams. Good defense.
Frank Howard. One of the top power hitters of the 1960s who would have easily, and I mean EASILY, hit well over 500 homers if he had played in a different ballpark.
Bob Boone. Not a great hitter but at one time he held the career record for games played at catcher. Good defensive player and not terrible at the bat.
Lymon Bostock. He was an up and coming outfielder for Minnesota and, I believe California, before being murdered in Gary, Indiana. Check out his numbers, he wad a fine player.
Ron Kittle. This one is a bit controversial so let me explain- this man broke his back when he was 18 years old, and was injured a lot during his career from 1983-1990. But I firmly believe that if he could have been healthy and had a good back, he would.have easily hit well over 400 home runs. He won the Rookie of the Year award in 1983 (although I think Mike Boddicker should have won it) and helped the White Sox to a division title that year. He was one of the strongest players I have ever seen.
Take this for what it's worth. But I think they deserve to be remembered.
Jim Edmonds, Marty Marion, Boog Powell, Joe Adcock, Jeff Kent
E. Burks, Cedeno, F. Lynn, Bobby Bonds, Vada Pinson, Brian Downing, Darrell Evans, Joe Mauer, all similar offensive WAR for career. Dwight Evans even higher than those mentioned.
Matt Holliday is quite underrated in my opinion
Dennis Martinez- perfect game
Most wins for a Latino
20x years in the big leagues
World Series champ
It was really cemented how much Appier has been forgotten when you showed the few rare clips you could find, and they are basically all clips of someone else hitting a homer off him. Sad. I remember him, and he was such a group at pitcher. Royals were REALLY good at developing pitchers for a while there.
When Appier was on, the ball seemed to do things you can't do with a baseball. His fastball had rise to it. His breaking stuff was in its own class. There should be a separate Hall of Fame wing for some of those 80s and 90s pitchers who really got stiffed by HOF voters. Hell, the Royals can make up a significant part of that with Appier and Bret Saberhagen, right behind the king of this class, Dave Stieb.
@@ChristopherBowenSuperbus I mean, I liked them but they aren’t hall worthy to me. They didn’t have the career or a peak that was good AND long enough. They deserve to be remembered though.
Wally Joyner
WAR
35.8
AB
7127
H
2060
HR
204
BA
.289
R
973
RBI
1106
SB
60
OBP
.362
SLG
.440
OPS
.802
OPS+
117
No Kevin brown mention esp when talking bout great pitchers of the 90s
Kevin Brown’s steroid usage is the nail in the coffin for him, and the fact that his teammates hated his bad temper doesn’t help.
@@Gemnist98 fair
Paul Konerko needs to be in this list. He will never make it to the Hall because he wasn't even in the top 10 of his peers, but there are many reasons why his number is retired. A lot of people nowadays say Rizzo, Schwarber or Baez as MLB favorites because of what they contributed to the Cubs. The white sox have (besides Frank Thomas and Mark Buehrle) Paul Konerko and Jermaine Dye for similar reasons.
Glaus was definitely underrated, though I did notice one of the highlights you showed was of Tim Salmon taking one deep. 😁
Glaus did some good work in ATL
I still have a HR ball hit by Zambrano. He was so good at the plate compared to any other pitcher in the league.
I was hoping youd have Mike Modecai and Jose Oliva on here but that might be based on ESPN Baseball on my computer in the 90s
Very good video 👍
Although on the hof pallet I'm afraid gary sheffield will be forgotten eventually.
Roids
“There have been 2,272 mlb players so far”
There should be a three floor tier of baseball greats , 3rd floor for players that had 4 to 5 good seasons ... 2nd floor for great ball players that had good and excellent seasons mixed in for 12 years or less .... 1st floor for the elite, for the HOFer ..... yeah there should be a three floor baseball Gallery for pro stars that were once top notch so that they will never, ever be forgotten 🌟 🌟 🌟
Jermaine Dye may not make the HOF but easily one of the greatest baseball players I’ve ever seen.
Mark Langston, Dave Steib, Charlie Hough, Mike Scott...
This is SUCH a quality idea for a video.
You know a lot of these guys that aren’t in the HOF you can play as them and have some fun in MLB The Show! It’s such a great game❤
The picture showed at 13:30 while talking about Cedeno was actually Monte Irvin, not Willie Mays.
Early 2000s was the time for baseball. Miss those days
I sure don’t. I hated the steroid era. I still do. And it’s sad they had to ruin it in order to save it.
Dave Concepcion, perennial All-Star, defensive wizard. A light hitter for a modern SS, but if Ozzie Smith is in the HOF, Dave should be too. Very similar plate stats.
You showed a picture of monte irvin when you talked about willie mays