Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Baseball

If you have an opinion, please join. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 16:21, 28 February 2026 (UTC)

Cloesed as merge, if someone feels like doing that. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 13:03, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

Or if someone would like to challenge the merge, which seems to, at most, be no consensus. Randy Kryn (talk) 13:12, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

I disagree with that reading, but WP:MERGEREVIEW is available to those who want to do that. Talk to the closer first, then WP:AN if you're not satisfied. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 13:25, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

Btw, I just noticed "... refers to the group of batters ...". There is no such group of batters. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 13:28, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

Have edited that sentence so it hopefully is better, thanks for pointing that out. Randy Kryn (talk) 14:23, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

And have left a note at the closer's talk page asking for either a reopening or a change to 'no consensus'. The uniqueness of this event deserves, in some editor's opinions, the stand-alone page, and this opinion is well-represented in the discussion. Why should 50-50 be merged to 40-40, and what would the new article title be? Randy Kryn (talk) 14:59, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

And for the joy of all, that 8-week merge discussion just re-opened. Come one, come all, please. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 16:29, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

Just notifying members of this project that there is a Conflict of Interest edit request relevant to this WikiProject at the Justin Adam article. DrThneed (talk) 23:01, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

Is Adam even notable? An unremarkable former minor league player who I guess made some short films that played at some minor film festivals.. most sourcing seems to go to film festival websites... how did he even get an article? Spanneraol (talk) 02:36, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

One thing I have wanted to discuss for a while, and I am sure this has been discussed before, but I honestly strongly disagree with the openings of many players for Nationality. I don't agree with having dual nationality for Baseball players who are Naturalized Citizens of the United States, unless they like played for Team USA, intended to play for Team USA, or it is a big part of their notability. There are so many players with dual nationality in the lead which may be a breach of MOS:NATIONALITY. There are several players, mostly Dominican and Venezuelan, which I should not need to mention because there are so many MLB players from the Dominican Republic and Venezuela. Names such as Albert Pujols, Salvador Perez, David Ortiz, Robinson Canó, Fernando Rodney, Carlos Santana (baseball), Nelson Cruz Elvis Andrus, Hanley Ramírez, Yasiel Puig, Félix Hernández, Pablo Sandoval, José Quintana, Bartolo Colón, so mostly Dominican, some Venezuela, and one Cuban and one Colombian. So now, let's just talk about the reasons, because it would be way too tedious of me to list all the players. I disagree primarily based on MOS:NATIONALITY. Although it doesn't say anything on Naturlized Citizenship, the opening part does say The opening paragraph should usually provide context for that which made the person notable.. Sure, these players did make a name for themselves in the United States, MOS:NATIONALITY does say In most modern-day cases, this will be the country, region, or territory where the person is currently a national or permanent resident; or, if the person is notable mainly for past events, where the person was such when they became notable.. Sure, they may have become notable in the United States, but I do not think that these players being Naturlized Citizens of the United States has anything to do with their notability. These are players from Nations considered the Global South, and Global South, and according to the USCIS, and I am sorry we have to do WP:SYNTH to make a point on where Naturalized Citizens come from, although I do think it is exempt from discussions, and applies mainly to articles, but most of these come from the Global South, as it is seen as a better quality of life in the United States compared to their home countries, but most of these players continue to represent their home nations on the World Stage. So I propose an update to player style, or wherever we can put it that says that this should not be in the short description or opening of Baseball players. I think it would be much better to generally leave the Naturalized Citizenship Status in the Personal life section of articles on Baseball players, unless their Naturalized country actually contributes to their notability (Otto Lopez could be an example of this) I think we should have a long discussion on this, and it should last until it gets closed, regardless of whether a consensus is reached or not. I would also welcome more perspectives on this. Anyways, what are your thoughts of my thoughts, and do you have your own thoughts, because I would like to hear them, and it shouldn't be a straightforward yes or no discussion. Because I would love to see different ideas as well, and if you have a perspective, definitely share it, because I might end up viewing it as better. Anyways, let's discuss this. Servite et contribuere (talk) 21:02, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

• Related discussion from March 2023: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Baseball/Archive 49#Nationalities for International baseball players. Rgrds. --BX (talk) 21:45, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

  BX Do note this is primarily about Naturalized Citizens of the United States and not players ancestry like Tommy Edman. But thanks for that anyways. Servite et contribuere (talk) 21:51, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

I find it relevant that a player is also a citizen of the country they work in, in this case MLB players who become naturalized in the US. I don't necessarily believe we should list nationalities in the lead sentence merely because it is true. For example, basketball player Steve Nash is technically British too, but it's not in his lead sentence. —Bagumba (talk) 22:48, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

Why do we have the following pages? -

• 1946 Major League Baseball postseason
• 1951 Major League Baseball postseason
• 1959 Major League Baseball postseason
• 1962 Major League Baseball postseason

Don't we already have 'tie-breaker' & 'world series' pages, covering these years? GoodDay (talk) 16:33, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

Why do we have the following pages? Simple, on March 9, 2026, User:SportsGamer257 created them. You already asked them, they didn't have a good answer. Do you have a proposal in mind? Rgrds. --BX (talk) 16:54, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

Those articles should be deleted. GoodDay (talk) 16:55, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

Oh hey there. I originally thought about making them because I saw that the NFL playoff had similar pages for seasons where one conference ended with a one-game playoff to decide who went on to play for the NFL championship that season (eg: 1952, 1957, 1965).

If you think that they should be removed, I personally don’t have an issue with it. It was just an idea I had is all.

Hope that clarifies things a bit. SportsGamer257 (talk) 16:58, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

Maybe just redirect them to the WS pages as an alternative to deletion, since the tie-breakers are technically part of the regular season. It doesn't look like the creator objects. Rgrds. --BX (talk) 17:03, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

Those four articles seem to include a "National League Championship" tiebreaker round. This round is NOT discussed in the corresponding World Series article. Thus I think I favor keeping the postseason articles. PK-WIKI (talk) 18:44, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

See 1946 National League tie-breaker series, etc. The tie-breaker games have stand-alone articles and are not considered "post-season" by MLB as the stats for the teams and individual players are counted for the regular season. Technically, they should not have been included in the "postseason" articles in the first place. Rgrds. --BX (talk) 18:51, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

1946 World Series does not currently link to 1946 National League tie-breaker series at all. It should. PK-WIKI (talk) 18:56, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

I agree, I did a quick fix, but it probably can be better incorporated into the article. Rgrds. --BX (talk) 19:16, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

Note - The tie-breakers are regular season games, not postseason. GoodDay (talk) 01:09, 24 March 2026 (UTC)

Disclosure: I represent Robert K. Fitts and am inquiring about whether he meets Wikipedia's notability criteria. Robert K. Fitts is the author of eleven books on Japanese baseball published by noted academic and trade presses (University of Nebraska Press, McFarland, Rowman & Littlefield). He is the founder of SABR's Asian Baseball Committee and currently serves as a curatorial consultant for the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Fitts holds a PhD in Archeology from Brown University.

Jgekizian (talk) 19:33, 24 March 2026 (UTC)He has received the following awards from the Society for American Baseball Research:

• 2025 Henry Chadwick Award
• 2013 Seymour Medal for Best Baseball Book of 2012 (Banzai Babe Ruth: Baseball, Espionage, and Assassination during the 1934 Tour of Japan)
• 2019 and 2023 McFarland-SABR Baseball Research Awards
• 2012 Doug Pappas Award for best oral research presentation
• 2006, 2021, and 2023 SABR Research Awards

He has also been a two-time finalist for Spitball's Casey Award and a two-time silver medalist at the Independent Publisher Book Awards.

His most recent book, In the Japanese Ballpark: Behind the Scenes of Nippon Professional Baseball, was published by University of Nebraska Press in November 2025.

Given his sustained scholarly contributions to baseball literature, Hall of Fame role, and receipt of SABR's highest honor (the Chadwick Award), I believe he may meet WP:AUTHOR and WP:CREATIVE notability guidelines. Would any editors be interested in evaluating whether an article is warranted?

I can provide sources and publication details if helpful. Jgekizian (talk) 19:33, 24 March 2026 (UTC)John G. Ekizian. ~2026-18369-17 (talk) 19:18, 24 March 2026 (UTC)

Alec Bohm has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 21:30, 24 March 2026 (UTC)