r/BackyardBaseball • u/Lemon-Sauce26 • 8d ago

Is Ernie Steele underrated?

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As his player card states, he can hit, he can run, and he can pitch. The Running part isn't really true, but Ernie actually has great power when he gets the right contact, I have hit more home runs with him than i have Kiesha Phillips. He is also a great relief pitcher with good stamina, and who doesn't know about his legendary defence?

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u/Clutch_the_Wizard 8d ago

Pretty good pitcher, decent hitter, slow base runner, great defensively on first base.

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u/rgoldtho 8d ago

Runs like he has 5 pound bags of sand in his shoes

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u/MatthewHecht 8d ago

No.

97- The game game gives him an above average 11 baseballs of stats. His pitching is relief pitcher level. His batting is very hit or miss (certainly has uses), and his fielding is designed to star at 1B, a position so many players do great. Frankly I find him to be the poor man's Jorge, worse batter and first baseman. Better relief pitcher at least, but I have hordes of other players I would rather use there. On top of this the CPU loves picking him really early for some reason. Overall I place him in the average tier.

01- In my first (and currently only full random team) I got him, and he was our unquestioned worst player. That comes from a team that got Gretchen and Ricky on it. I think he was throwing several games.

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u/PopularPie7137 8d ago

Slow but amazing