The Most Underrated Hitter of the 2000s

He was one of the best pure hitters of a generation. If not for injuries during his prime, Magglio Ordóñez could have been one of the greatest players of the 21st century.
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00:00 Introduction
00:58 White Sox Days
03:36 Controversial Contract
06:35 Playoff Legend
08:00 The Batting Title
10:02 An Underrated Career
12:00 Today's Sponsor!
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[@jamesesterline]

Ordonez was a beast in Power Pros 2008, he was one of only two players with a perfect A contact rating (the other being Ichiro)

[@EpicWalrusFTW]

Bro, literally my first thought

[@ballsonyourmomschin1781]

Power pros was goated. Me and my brother used to always play NL all stars vs AL all stars and I would always be NL and go off with Ken Griffey jr and Albert pujols

[@Tswiz7]

What an amazing game lol just brought back so many memories

[@Daniel-mm7cx]

That 2008 Tigers Powerpros Lineup was wild! I’m pretty sure everyone had atleast BPower.

[@tommymullee4806]

The best memories are my dad and I playing power pros together. I’m 22 now laugh😂

[@FadedDolphin]

I'm from Michigan and when he sent us to the world series I was at a huge party and started crying I loved this guy

[@christianedwards6364]

Magglio is the type of player every fan wants on their team. Professional hitter. Hits for average, power, low strikeouts and better with runners in scoring position. I loved watching him hit even though he was never on my team.

[@davewills94]

I thought in 2007 he'd be a Hall of Famer. His 8 year peak was HOF worthy.

[@slaugmromni6743]

No. No no no no no no. No.

[@SaltoDaKid]

Fr he was so good and fun to watch dude was legit

[@GunnShotVisuals]

@@slaugmromni6743 NO ROIDS, HE SHOULD BE IN

[@chaowu5139]

Very good player but injuries robbed him. Great hitter but not a great defender. Doesn't have the stats to get in. .309 career batting average and a batting title are his biggest arguments to get in. But less than 2200 hits hurts him. If he was closer to 3k l, he'd have a stronger arguement. Also moving to Detroit robbed him of some more homeruns. He should have hit over 300 easy.

[@joshuascott3428]

@@chaowu5139 Honestly if Mattingly deserves to be in and he does than so does Ordonez. But yes he is borderline at best and trully needed a few more seasons of greatness ideally.

[@kevhead1525]

Ordonez,Thomas,Lee in the middle surrounded by the likes of Konerko,Valentin and Durham. Those 2000 white sox had mash overkill.

[@UrlacherBears54]

This was my childhood.

[@Pojko]

All that hitting and no pitching. Except Buehrle.

[@guyincognito320]

Jose Valentin is a strongly underrated SS. I think what hurt him was that he had his prime just before analytics, so this was a time when a guy who made a lot of errors would be dogged by the press even if he was actually pretty productive defensively, as he was. He just had a weird thing where he had to air-mail about 35 throws a year. I never remember him doing in in extra innings or in really tight spots in general. He'd just field a ground ball in the 3rd inning in Kansas City and throw it into the mezzanine level. But he was substantially better defensively than Jeter, and for a couple years not terribly worse offensively.

[@kimberlycastillo6726]

Needs to be added as a legend in MLB the show 23

[@TheProdigy_916]

This is exactly what needs to happen

[@epict1337]

Praying he'll be a surprise addition this year in MLB 24

[@matthewy.6120]

MLB Power Pros... I spent countless hours playing that gem 😁

[@evanoswald8997]

As a tigers fan, thanks for this vid. Needed it, been a pretty miserable season, only reason I enjoyed watching the games was because of riley greene now he’s injured.

[@StewieGriffin111]

I second this

[@harrisongarrett8122]

I third this

[@justingenow9778]

I fourth this

[@codyh9175]

I fifth this

[@wrathofkaneeighty8]

I sixth this

[@calbillmeyer6699]

Magglio was always my favorite growing up. Whenever he came to the plate with runners on in clutch situations you knew he would come through. Remember being so mad when he got second in mvp in 2007.

[@TheTEN24]

Poor Jolly we need to cleanse our minds of the Mets now too. MLB power pros >

[@Iansanity1995]

I'm glad that a spotlight is being put on a player that made a young kid like me really enjoy watching baseball in Detroit. Combination of him Polanco and my favorite player of all time Carlos Guillen. I'm a Tiger's lifer because of those teams

[@Karmy.]

Those teams were special

[@joekerUli]

As a toledoan who got into baseball in 05-06 when he was 11-12 because of the mud hens, and watching the 06 ALCS, I loved watching Maggz. I grew my hair out to be like him.

[@StewieGriffin111]

Me too man

[@isthatdave55]

Same here

[@bigbob7113]

DUDE GUILLEN WAS MY FAVORITE TOO. I still have a triple stitched jersey of his. He was baseball to me as a kid.

[@robertprueter3292]

Mags was a hall of fame caliber player who had a slow start and got robbed of prime years, it's unfortunate but that's baseball. Loved this trip down memory lane

[@nicholasd3990]

Die hard White Sox fan here and Maggs was my absolute favorite player growing up. I was just old enough to barely remember going to games when he was playing for the White Sox and it's funny looking back, because while he was a great player, I thought he was the greatest of all time. I genuinely though Frank Thomas and Konerko had nothing on his lmao. Miss those days! O-E-O! MAGGLIO!

[@Reavezz]

I didn’t scroll far enough first to see your comment but I essentially wrote a very similar one! I was 6-7 when I was taken to games to see Magglio and yet I still distinctly remember the way the fans chanted his name. Goosebumps 😂

[@kevin.skorupa]

I love this. As a tigers fan born in 2000, growing up watching guys like ordonez, granderson, Polanco, guillen, and Verlander was amazing. I saw this home run live as a six year old and remember going absolutely wild with excitement. The only baseball jersey I've owned to this day was an ordonez jersey. He was a tigers legend.

[@joehaas2598]

Real ones remember MLB Power Pros

[@dissipatedtaint]

There's something so strangely satisfying about name dropping random, forgotten MLB players from my childhood (which I've assumed lines up closely with Jolly's given his video content); it's even much more satisfying when said name drop happens to be a player who was/is criminally underrated. For the rest of my life, I will continue to name drop the Jason Schmidts and the Jim Edmonds of the world and I will always enjoy every second of it. That's what it feels like watchjng Jolly's videos and I truly say this with the intention of paying the highest compliment I can.

[@StewieGriffin111]

As a Tigers fan, Magglio was one of the reasons I loved baseball as a kid. Thank you for this jolly

[@evanp042]

Used to play a lot with the White Sox on MVP baseball 2003. Magglio hit lots of dingers

[@matterlichman8424]

Loved Magglio back in Chicago. Definitely a well deserved player to highlight

[@chrissbreaks1134]

Love it I grew up watching these guys man I'm 35 years old and I was able to seee some amazing players growing up

[@ryansthoughts3735]

I was there for Magglio’s walkoff! My dad scored tickets right along the first base line and took me to the game. I remember all the people carrying brooms for the sweep, and I even used to have one of those ALCS hoodies that my dad spent way too much on. The hoodie has since been lost during a cross country move (😩). I remember starting the “Magglio” chant in my section as he walked up. My dad joined in, then my uncle. Soon, there was a crowd of us, and it just spread through the stadium. I was 16 at the time, and I remember how excited I was when that no-doubter crack off his bat. That is still my favorite moment in sports history, and Mags is still my all time favorite baseball player.

[@epict1337]

I'd argue that Magg's walkoff homer isn't just one of the most iconic moments in Tigers history, but baseball history in general. I remember as a kid who grew up in Detroit, EVERYTHING Tigers related had something revolving around Dan Dickerson's radio call of that blast. Even now, almost 20 years later, I can still remember that exact call.

[@joshlewis575]

Chills every single time, DD is tremendous. Wish they'd get good again for some more calls like that

[@Banzai51]

I got a huge case of goosebumps in the LEADUP to the moment in the video. Such a great moment.

[@lysergicpillamyd483]

Dan Dickerson is the radio GOAT in broadcasting.

[@deandre7743]

One of my favorite players of all time! Love the Magglio spotlight, he’s so underrated

[@tyroilcoochie-wallace6710]

One of the top 10 Batting avgs of the 2000s

[@kamaltaylor3068]

Thank you for putting out a video on the player who was my favorite during my childhood. I knew how good he was in the moment, but man, looking back, he was even better than I remembered.

[@Karmy.]

Maggs rocked!

[@nlindenstruth]

Only GOATS played MLB Power Pros

[@ChrisIngenuous]

There are DOZENS of us lmao Jack Merluzzi for the super random win yo

[@sammyfaust1743]

as a kid i remember looking at his baseball card as saying “holy cow how have i never heard of this guy” i haven’t heard anyone mention him again til this video. Thanks Jolly :)

[@Hezzy_Baseball]

You beat me to it! I was just about to start working on this exact video idea. It’s crazy how when you browse through lists and leaders on baseball reference, Ordonez’ name pops up a surprising amount of times. He really was a great hitter.

[@downrighttt]

Hey Jolly! Tigers fan here! This video inspired me to go out and write a little piece about another Tiger of this era with a far different and much sadder story in Jeremy Bonderman. His career is really heartrending if you look at how rushed he was and how that impacted what should have been his prime years. Great stuff as always and I just want you to know you inspire people my guy 🤝

[@mahtinp]

This is a very solid video! Mags was a very good hitter who put up good, but not consistently eyepopping numbers, coming up in the heart of the steroid era for the White Sox, hitting behind both one of the most well-liked players of the era in Frank Thomas, and one of the most vilified in Albert Belle. Once Thomas retired and Belle left in free agency, Ordonez and Konerko were a formidable middle of the lineup duo, but Konerko, as somewhat more of a home run hitter, always got more of the attention. He then moved to Detroit, where he also, wasn't the biggest name. Comerica Park was also cavernous in its early seasons, meaning Mags hit more doubles than homers, further decreasing his HOF standing. On the contrary, growing up as a Cleveland fan myself, I think Mags should get more appreciation than he does, simply as someone you NEVER wanted to see up against you with RISP, but in an era where exorbitant run totals didn't get you past the Yankees, or Pedro Martinez. ** OF note: I watched this video before the Kenny Lofton video **

[@KenshinPlayz57]

I remember having a conversation about him, great hitter during the late 90's and 2000's for those White sox and Tigers

[@stevehull3928]

He was my favorite player growing up and the reason I grew my hair out in college

[@garrettclardy943]

Underrated player during his time, glad you decided to shine a light on his career. 👏🏼👏🏼

[@CarsonClaws]

Magglio was a beast. His walk off homer at comerica is the greatest moment in Detroit Sports History

[@Applefanatic1000]

Great video on a seriously underrated player! Also, that O’s hat 🔥 Let’s Go O’s!

[@jasonb5613]

Mags was my Tiger from day 1. Guy was absolutely amazing!! Great video!

[@alexcentofanti5939]

My all time favorite player!! Him and the 2006 Tigers made me fall in love with baseball

[@ChrisCherokee]

Extremely well done video and commentary!

[@thealternaters5006]

Thank you for bringing him some light. My favorite player of all time💯💯

[@EarthToBryce]

Never heard of this Magglio man, but I wish I did, I can agree he is underrated and in my opinion should have made the Hall Of Fame, he is insane

[@Mma-basement-215]

I remember him he was a great hitter the kid could raked

[@Reavezz]

Wow I’m so happy somebody very popular in the baseball KZbin space made a video about Magglio! I had his jersey as a 6-7 year old white Sox fan and I still remember the crowd would cheer his name when he came up to bat and it would go something like “MAAAAAG-LIOOOOHHHH” it seems silly spelled out in text but it gives me goosebumps and nostalgia to this day. Such an amazing and underrated player of the early 2000’s ❤

[@louies5988]

Thank you! This was an awesome video!

[@striker9124]

Magglio was my favorite player for years growing up as a young tigers fan, glad to see him getting some love

[@crf2fiddy250]

Man the amount of info in these videos is crazy. I'd love to see a behind the scenes of the creation of a video.

[@Zachharper1]

@jollyolive I truly enjoy all of your episodes and hopefully you can do a deep dive on the ‘01 Dbacks sometime. They were/are my childhood team and that World Series was one of the best moments of my life.

[@joshuamoreira1909]

Great video. I remember as a kid he was great on the White Sox, his clutch/bigger moments were with the tigers. Injuries and his last few years leaves him out of the HOF

[@donovanselph7346]

MLB power pros is the best baseball game ever will die on that hill 🙌

[@lucidxchrist2133]

From a Detroit fan. That was my tiger growing up, had the jersey and everything. And then once he retired it became that big fella that one the triple crown

[@Gnar_Dogg]

Everytime I watch one of your videos it reminds me of yet another great player I loved when I was 14 years old

[@tordcountry]

I have a whitesox magglio bobble head from my first Sox game in 2003. Thanks for the throw back Dx

[@rinehardt6837]

I was lucky enough to be from the small town Hickory North Carolina and got to watch Magglio Ordóñez play for the Hickory crawdads in single-A. By the time he made it to the majors I had moved to a different city and then we used to see around town in the mall sometimes always nice guy. And my friend called me I was living in a different city now and he said Magglio Ordóñez made it to the show.Magglio great player and seem to be a really nice person.

[@jpc0309]

It’s funny that you posted this cause earlier this morning I randomly looked up his walk off vs Oakland

[@ldsilver1952]

Love to see a video on my favorite player. I would’ve loved to see him in the Hall. Thank you Jolly, much needed as a tigers fan right now

[@fightforever]

Still one of my all time favorite players! That 06 homerun was a remember exactly where you were and what you were doing moment.

[@yosoysanchovilla7126]

Thank you for making this! One of my favorite sluggers as a kid and he was never the popular name to talk about in the dugout for whatever reason lol.

[@iblizzard7573]

I appreciate you making this video. Magglio is my favorite player. Thank you

[@aZebruh]

Bro you unlocked a crazy memory when you mentioned Power Pros 2008. MLB 2k8 and that game on Wii was maybe the best time in my whole life. And im 23

[@cdjhyoung]

Great Tigers memories from when they played Magglio and Miggie back to back in the batting line up.

[@ChrisIngenuous]

"Real ones know" Yes, we do know, my fucking guy! Another great KZbin effort, young man. I love this guy, one of Jomboy's best.

[@AgeofCraccadilliaassent]

Oh i loved thst buggy whip by maggs. Awesome bay speed

[@alexgogola7025]

Maggs is my favorite player all time, awesome video!!!!

[@Only1SamRaw]

Sucha smooth swingin righty with flare

[@minorbaconater]

MLB power pros, what a damn game. That and The Bigs are my childhood.

[@parkerramaker9391]

Jolly Olive...you nailed it.

[@ChairmanMeow1]

Its just cool that he came back from all those injuries. Its so rare to see a player regain his previous skill level.. and Maggs exceeded it!! Respect.

[@chimchu3232]

Magglio! Dont see many channels talking about him, but he was amazing when i was a kid

[@stolencbscontent3233]

Subscribed for the power pros mention

[@Aaaarrghhh]

Even Magglio was a Major of Puerto la Cruz - Venezuela.. Amazing guy..

[@phiten40]

He was maybe my favorite right handed hitter during those years. i batted and threw lefty so i didn't really have many right handed heroes. But Magglio had such an easy swing and flair for the clutch drama it was impossible to dislike him.

[@roblewis7186]

I met him once when I lived in Chicago. He was a super nice guy.

[@whenfatkillsfat803]

Loved it when he hit that walk off against Oakland in 2006 as a rival Angels fan. Had to root for St. Louis just for Spiezio, Eckstein and Edmonds, though. Plus, it was nice seeing Pujols getting a ring.

[@joshuapatrick682]

definitely a member of the Hall of Very Good....along with many many others. I cared about baseball as a young adult, but the 15 year window where I gave up on it coincided with detroit's WS run. in 06 I had checked out, but I still knew him of him as lethal.

[@Mr.CanMan3]

I remember having him on my Phillies team in mlb 2008 the show

[@concretebuilding]

The White Sox gave Minnie a ring for his contribution to the 2005 team, believing he was a key part in the creation of it. There are two other names I can think of that this applies to as well, and they are Frank Thomas and Magglio Ordonez. Konerko's home run during game 2 wasn't just that. The stadium vibrated because that was the culmination of a Thomas, Ordonez, Konerko-centered White Sox team. Even though they weren't there physically, they were felt to be. Konerko was just the delivery boy. Maggs should have gotten a ring.

[@bofameeksnuts1387]

JOLLY YOU GOTTA DO BEST MVP RUNNER UPS

[@kmd4742]

Still have my ticket stub from the 2006 ALCS walk off win... I was in left field... Probably the best day of my life.

[@ChrisC-jm3mm]

The one baseball jersey I had as a kid on the south side was a Mags jersey from the sports authority

[@ryanhammond6688]

He was my favorite player growing up in chicago

[@JBob08]

Awesome video

[@zxcKyle]

9:20 Unlocked a memory for me I was at that game with my elementary school and i completely forgot until i saw the highlight

[@Banzai51]

Glad someone else remembers how good Ordonez was. Once healthy, he always seemed to be clutch when the Tigers needed it. And hey Jolly, thanks for stepping back and letting that HR call ride.

[@SemperFenian03]

Absolutely was one of my favorite Sox players. It hurt to see him go to Detroit, but I couldn't agree with this video more. Vastly underappreaciated player.

[@LordJudgement1818]

Magglio Ordóñez was one of those guys in my teen years that i really enjoyed. I played a bunch of MLB 2K9 back in my college years and i loved playing as the tigers. Not only did you gave Magglio but Justin Verlander Rick Porcello Dontrelle Willis Miguel Cabrera etc etc. i miss that team and im not even a tigers fan.

[@Superfanofcolton]

My first favorite player ever. White Sox legend

[@hclaymore]

loved watching this guy growing up

[@rondavis221]

One of my first favorite players growing up watching the White Sox

[@LemonGlow99]

Oh my god I thought I was the only person who knew about Power Pros 2008 thanks Olive for the affirmation it was a real game that I played as a kid

[@Hooper1254]

This video was fn fire 🔥🔥🔥🔥 Jolly. One of your best yet. Great job bro TY

[@kerwinb18]

Amazing video! He was a beast!

[@bgmich9098]

Magglio was a beast. Everyone loves Cabrera in Detroit but watching Ordonez hit was something else

[@jluchette]

Oh, I remember. This was my fantasy heyday. I won my football & baseball leagues ($100 buy-ins) every year from 2007-2011, save for one 2nd place finish in football in 2011. My coworkers were Steelers’ fans taking Big Ben in the first round (eeeasy money) & only taking baseball players from major markets. These dudes didn’t even know who Miggy WAS. I was basically thrashing people trying to draft the entire Yankees & Red Sox rosters. Always play games you can beat, and if you know ANYTHING about a sport as a whole, playing fantasy with fans/homers is like printing money. I wanna thank all my opponents for the extra grand per year, and thanks to all the excellent players of the late ‘oughts & early 2010s who were crushing it on smaller market teams.

[@martelkapo]

Great video, but I will die on my MVP Baseball 2005 hill lol

[@stegosaurusbeats6649]

Was never a tigers or white Sox fan, actually a twins fan growing up. But Magglio was one of my favorites. I always imagined how cool it'd be if he was on the twins with hunter, Mauer, Morneau, and Santana and nathan. Never see anyone talk about him anymore but he was a beast.

[@TheProdigy_916]

Damn the AL Central was low key stacked back then

[@tomcruze7898]

Magglio was my favorite White Sox player when I was a kid, underated AF

[@tjm_tk]

he was my favorite player as a kid after the tigers signed him. crazy under rated.

[@jrand2148]

My all time favorite player

[@airprok8328]

great name! I forgot all about him, somehow. I’m a Yankees fan and he was definitely a good player! He always seemed to kill the yanks

[@swagsmokes1454]

Dude you’re in Super Mega Baseball 4, that’s sick!!

[@chrislajeunesse5089]

A comment you made got me thinking for a fun list video Best MVP runnerup seasons!