The S3F all-underrated team: First Basemen

[Fishercat]

Every baseball fan has their opinion on underrated players. A lot of the times, underrated gets thrown around by fans who think a player on their team is underrated due to a lack of positive attention on ESPN or by other fans. Sometimes, the label is warranted as certain players do not get attention for fabulous seasons (say, Jhonny Peralta in 2005), and sometimes it is simply pure bias in the sense that the player simply is not good or the attention is there (say, Garret Anderson in every even-numbered year).

I'll make a series of these topics as the year closes down to forum the S3F all-underrated team. I'll give a few days for each poll to be answered. I'll give a few suggestions based purely off of 2005 statistics, but they are not your only choices and the 2005 stats do not have to be your criteria. It could be anything from career stats to pure bias. I'll supply a link to the poll at the bottom.

Current Team
Catcher: Bengie Molina (Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim)

Player: Chris Shelton
Team: Detroit Tigers
AB: 271
BA: .314
OBP: .377
SLG: .524
HR: 12
R: 47
RBI: 44
BB: 27
K: 62

Player: Dan Johnson
Team: Oakland A's
AB: 256
BA: .305
OBP: .385
SLG: .500
HR: 11
R: 42
RBI: 39
BB: 38
K: 32

Player: Matt Stairs
Team: Kansas City Royals
AB: 310
BA: .265
OBP: .366
SLG: .442
HR: 11
R: 43
RBI: 50
BB: 48
K: 54

Player: Tony Clark
Team: Arizona Diamondbacks
AB: 265
BA: .313
OBP: .363
SLG: .645
HR: 22
R: 33
RBI: 68
BB: 22
K: 63

Player: Nick Johnson
Team: Washington Nationals
AB: 369
BA: .293
OBP: .406
SLG: .482
HR: 12
R: 53
RBI: 57
BB: 62
K: 72

Player: Chad Tracy
Team: Arizona Diamondbacks
AB: 389
BA: .293
OBP: .344
SLG: .519
HR: 19
R: 54
RBI: 47
BB: 26
K: 56

Player: Mark Sweeney
Team: San Diego Padres
AB: 179
BA: .324
OBP: .425
SLG: .531
HR: 8
R: 27
RBI: 33
BB: 33
K: 45

Player: Olmedo Saenz
Team: Los Angeles Dodgers
AB: 253
BA: .285
OBP: .344
SLG: .518
HR: 13
R: 33
RBI: 57
BB: 21
K: 47

The link is in the polls subforum of the articles board, link upcoming.

[Fishercat]

http://www.strike3forums.com/forums/...ead.php?t=5992
There is the link to the topic with the poll in it!