# Undervalued athletes

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/undervalued-athletes/991955>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [October 23, 2023, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/undervalued-athletes/991955 "2023-10-23T13:57:46Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/undervalued-athletes/991955/11 "2023-10-23T15:52:34Z")

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Wade Boggs won or nearly won 5 consecutive batting titles in the minors before the Red Sox begrudgingly let him replace Carney Lansford and Dave Stapleton on the MLB roster. He went on to collect 91.4 WAR over his career (leading the league 3 consecutive years), yet didn’t earn a single first place vote for MVP.

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