Your underrated Angels

[Tank]

Sandy Alomar

Bobby Knoop

Willie Mays Aitken, who left Anaheim way too soon

Jim Spencer

[T.G.]

58 minutes ago, happybat4 said:

I think people actually exaggerate how bad he was. Was he great? No, but he wasn't a negative WAR pitcher. 

He just got trotted out there way too often by Mike Scioscia for my liking.  He was that one guy that I hated to see come out of the bullpen all the freakin' time.

[Stax]

Rudy May did not get much run support

[Dtwncbad]

Most underrated Angel of all time is. . .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cheryl Ladd.

[Torridd]

4 hours ago, AngeLifer said:

Orlando Palmiero?

Excellent! That's him!

[Make Angels Great Again]

I always felt Juan Rivera was under appreciated. Dude had a cannon for an arm and was a solid hitter mostly

[Chico]

I always loved Kendrys Morales' swing.

[oldguy]

1 hour ago, Stax said:

Rudy May did not get much run support

and went on to have many good years after we traded him for CASH!

[oldguy]

Ed Figueroa

Lee Stanton would have made the Fregosi trade a success, even without Nolan Ryan.

Jerry Remy

Dan Ford

[RenoHalo]

Stew Cliburn, Rick Miller, Dick Schofield just to name a few.

[johndw52]

RIP Don Baylor, Brendan Donnelly, 

[Torridd]

Scott Spiezio!

[johndw52]

Hey younger guys, guess who this sexy starlet dated. No googling now. A.O. need not apply. He also dated: Ann Margret, Tina Louise, Connie Stevens.

[Angelsfan1984]

20 hours ago, well_red said:

Always had a soft spot for Maicer Izturis, had several solid dependable years and covered many positions.  

You mean the Maicer Izturis that was drafted 1 spot ahead of Albert Pujols!?

[Angels 1961]

21 hours ago, Chuckster70 said:

This guy too. 

 

1986 could not get runner home from third with 1 out in 9th inn. game was tied 5th game of playoffs vs Boston. We all know what happened after that. 

[Angels 1961]

Albie Pearson, he called halos to draft him in 1960. He was last player picked in that draft. Second for me was Leon Wagner "Daddy Wags"

[Stax]

George Brunet

[ten ocho recon scout]

I'm late to this, and too tired to think right now. I'm sure all the ones I can think of already got mentioned.

Are we talking underrated by baseball fans, or by Angel fans? 

First one that pops in my head is Finley. I think, aside from diegard fans, he's been pretty forgotten. And I think it's because he was pre-2002. And for most fans the history is "I don't know, Ryan?" era to "Autrey, Reggie and Carew and .... Donnie Moore" era to "I stopped paying any attention" era to "World Series!, and then lots of playoffs era" to "Trout and out by July" era. More or less.

Finley was part of the "I really wasn't paying attention" era, and it's too bad, because he was a very good pitcher on a very mediocre team(s). 

And as an Angel fan, that picture of him, Abbot and Langston all doing their delivery at different stages is still really cool.

[AngelStew43]

Downing, Baylor, Rudi, Grich, Lynn

[Angels 1961]

Rick Reichardt, he changed baseball.

[happybat4]

Bobby Abreu, he was almost as good as Tony Gwynn. 

[Stradling]

20 minutes ago, happybat4 said:

Bobby Abreu, he was almost as good as Tony Gwynn. 

Offensively, yes. 

[Stradling]

Grich and Abreu are very underrated by HOF voters. 

[happybat4]

1 minute ago, Stradling said:

Offensively, yes. 

They were both pretty bad defensively. Abreu -10 BWAR, Gwynn was -7 BWAR. 

[Angels 1961]

MOOSE