Is Gabby Hartnett the most underrated hall of famer and catcher?

He’s got an MVP, played 1,800 games at catcher over 20 years, with nearly 2,000 hits, a great .858 OPS (126 OPS+) and a 56 WAR, which are fifth and ninth all time for catchers respectively.

A great defensive catcher too, who led the league in double plays 6x, fielding % 6x, and caught stealing %, again, 6 times. If gold gloves were around in his day he’d have any from 5-10.

But he once led the league in strikeouts with 77 in 1925 🤣

Lots of underrated catchers out there. Gene Tenace is SECOND all time for catchers in the majors with a 136 OPS+, behind only Piazza.