Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Was Willie Randolph Underrated?

This question came up recently in the Bill James mailbox. It got discussed at Baseball Think Factory.

I have tried to figure out who were the most underrated players ever by comparing their WAR to mvp votes and Hall of Fame votes. Willie Randolph usually is near the top. That is, he seemed to not get as many votes as his WAR would indicate in comparison to what other players got

Was Willie Mays The Most Underrated Player In History? Or Was It Wade Boggs? Is Albert Pujols The Most Overrated? (Revised)

Using A Player's WAR To Predict First Year Hall Of Fame Vote Percentage (and possibly estimate "underratedness") 

Was Willie Mays The Most Underrated Player In History? Or Was It Wade Boggs? Is Albert Pujols The Most Overrated?

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