Playing for a Winner: How Baseball Teams' Success Raises Players' Reputations

"He never felt like a Hall of Famer." "You can't argue with championships." "If he was so good, why were his teams so bad?"

On talk shows and in sports bars, statements like these are often made about both underrated and overrated players. It's generally accepted that being in a bigger market or on a winning team can cause a player to be overrated, while the opposite can leave them underrated. Examining pennant races to show how much attention a team receives and which teams are getting th...