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Originally Posted by Lukas Berger
Roberto Alomar is another one that has a great reputation but that the game does not particularly 'like' based on the numbers. Jeter too, as mentioned above, but of course even his real-life reputation as a defender is pretty mixed.
Off the top of my head, Omar Vizquel, Jimmy Rollins, Bobby Richardson, Robin Ventura and Andre Dawson would be a few others where we tend to be lower on them than their reputations would indicate.
Like I said, that's just off the top of my head, so I'm sure I'm missing a few guys and might even be wrong about some of the above.
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In my replay of the '75 season, Dave Parker's arm rating was a shocking 30/80. This, in a season where he led the league's RFs in Total Zone Outfield Arm Runs Above Avg. Consequently, his overall defensive rating was poor (40/80, IIRC) - again, despite leading the NL's RFs in Total Zone Runs (second among all OFs). After using my commish powers to fix Dave's arm (rating of 70/80), his overall rating increased as well.