User:Kelapstick/Minor League Baseball

This is a list of Minor League Baseball players (initially the list was made up by articles created by User:Gjr rodriguez, but it has expanded since then) that may or may not:

1. Pass the general notability guidelines
2. Pass an interpretation of WP:ATHLETE that Minor League Baseball players are not "fully professional" (and therefore are not inherently notable)
3. Pass the guidelines at Wikipedia:WikiProject Baseball/Notability guidelines

This is a list to show the status of each article, it is not an endorsement for the articles deletion, nor is it an endorsement of its being kept.

Update: 8 December 2012. In its original format this list was made up of several sub-groups based on if the player had reached a certain level or received a certain amount of coverage. Given the fluid nature of players changing teams/leagues this is no longer feasible, so they are just broken down into "deleted or not". Also over the last 2+ years various articles on this list that were deleted were recreated on their own merits, deleted from lack thereof, or redirected because that's how Wikipedia rolls. As stated above this page is not an endorsement for keeping or deleting, it is more of a holding pen to see what the status of the articles are. More of a "why is this link blue/red". I envision revisiting this page periodically to move pages within appropriately, or nominate for deletion if warranted. The blue links will probably separate again.

Update: 16 April 2014. This list has mainly been sorted, there are a few players with articles that still have not made it to the Majors, and have been retained because consensus at AfD was they meet the General Notability Guidelines. This effectively draws to an end of this project.

Note the original comments from the original scope of this project are included beside the player's name. I would like to thank the following users who helped add to and maintain this list, including (but not limited to):

• Muboshgu (talk · contribs)
• Fabrictramp (talk · contribs)
• Giants27 (talk · contribs)
• HJ Mitchell (talk · contribs)
• Spanneraol (talk · contribs)

Current article status

Deleted

Deleted items

Ryan Doolittle Alfredo Gonzalez (baseball)→ Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alfredo Gonzalez (baseball player) - OK Joe Bateman - OK Jesús López and Jesus Lopez (redirect) - OK Collin DeLome → Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Collin DeLome - OK Julio Cesar Pimentel - Julio Pimentel Dayton Buller - Redirect Manny Ayala - OK Aaron Rifkin→ Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Aaron Rifkin - OK Beau Jones - OK Mike Paulk - single A all-star, some cleanup done Greg Atencio Justin Murray (baseball) Nate Sutton Casey Hudspeth Andy Locke Marco Albano Stephen Farris should be Stephen Faris Joe Dickerson Dan Cevette Mitch Einertson Josh Flores William Harris (baseball) Paul Estrada Brian Thomas Walker Juan Sandoval (baseball) prod Josh Alley Jose Lopez (catcher) -- might be out of baseball. Not on current rosters, but trying to track down Jose Lopez in baseball is worse than looking for a Joe Smith. Christopher Salamida Paul Kometani Chris Hayes (baseball) John D. Banister Doug Brandt- very shakey notability, but there is something there. Also tagged as orphan. Darin Holcomb - see Talk:Darin Holcomb Sam Carter (baseball) search (with quotes) turns up a reasonable amount of coverage from CSTV, erring on the side of caution. Felix Molina - borderline, but probably would survive an AfD. Jason Fernandez - borderline, but might survive an AfD. There is a pitcher with the same name pitching at UNM the same years this one was in college, so be careful with sourcing. Lou Santangelo Daniel Carte Ryan Harvey (baseball) Rowdy Hardy Blake Johnson - article cleaned up. Notability borderline; it would be a coin toss at AfD Brad Furnish Brian Joseph Snyder Francisco Lizarraga→ Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Francisco Lizarraga Myron Leslie→ Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Myron Leslie Kendy Batista → Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kendy Batista J.B. Diaz→ Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/J.B. Diaz Kendy Batista→ Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kendy Batista Juan Richardson→ Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Juan Richardson Josh Johnson (infielder)→ Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Josh Johnson (infielder) Jared Hyatt - recreated at Jared Hyatt (baseball)→ Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jared Hyatt Antonio DeJesus→ Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Antonio DeJesus Kristhiam Linares→ Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kristhiam Linares Tommy Baumgardner→ Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tommy Baumgardner Matt Knighinyzky→ Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Matt Kniginyzky Mark Ori→ Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mark Ori Kenneth Maiques→ Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kenneth Maiques Johnny Bowden→ Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Johnny Bowden Jhon Florentino→ Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jhon Florentino Elvis Hernandez→ Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Elvis Hernandez Erick Abreu→ Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Erick Abreu Douglas Arguello→ Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Douglas Arguello Adam Zornes→ Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Adam Zornes Chad Wagler→ Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chad Wagler Chris McConnell→ Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chris McConnell Rob Semerano→ Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rob Semerano Robert Perry (baseball)→ Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robert Perry (baseball) Brennan Garr→ Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brennan Garr Marcus Nettles→ Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Marcus Nettles Derek McDaid→ Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Derek McDaid Gabe DeHoyos Joe George Expired prod Eli Iorg Speedy deletion Seth Johnston Speedy deletion Wladimir Sutil Speedy deletion Mike DeMark Speedy deletion Giuseppe Norrito prod Lou Palmisano prod Brian Munhall prod Michael Megrew prod Alec Zumwalt prod Jared Camp prod Brian McFall Brian Walker (baseball) Mike Madsen - redirects to Oakland Athletics minor league players Steve Sharpe Jeff Howell (baseball) Kurt Mertins (baseball) Jed Morris Cody Strait Tyler Norrick Matt Teague Chris Blazek - currently in AAA on disabled list. Once he's playing, notability might come quickly, so keep an eye on this one. Amalio Diaz Gabe DeHoyos - currently playing at AAA. Not enough refs to pass GNG, but an good argument can be made he passes WP:ATHLETE. Article has been cleaned up. Ben Johnson (catcher) - notability borderline, but has had two all star appearances. Article has been cleaned up. Craig Cooper (baseball) - cleaned up, notability not established Mike Folli - cleaned up, notability is iffy Tyler Herron Kyle Mura Kiel Thibault Keith Weiser Justin Fiske Thomas Fairchild (baseball) Ryan McKeller Ole Sheldon Neil Jamison Mike Collins (baseball) Marc Maddox Gilbert De La Vara Fernando Rodriguez Jr Evan Englebrook Carlos Sencion Kyle Crist Henry Barerra - Has not played MLB Brandon Buckman - RfD Todd Donovan - RfD Jose Lugo→ Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jose Lugo - Redirected Daniel Mayora→ Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Daniel Mayora - Redirect Francisco Samuel looks like reasnoable coverage in a couple articles here Andrew Johnston (baseball) - Paying AA - on inactive list as of 2013 Chris Farley (baseball) - RfD James Simmons (baseball) - Redirect Coby Smith - RfD Anthony Jackson (baseball) - Hasn't played MLB, released by the Dodgers in 2012 Brad James (baseball) as indicated here Andy Graham (baseball)→ Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Andy Graham (baseball) - RfD failure when merging Will Ortiz - To be sent to RfD Peter Parise -RfD failure when merging Jeff Kindel - To be sent to RfD James Rapoport Trey Hearne→ Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Trey Hearne - OK Jordan Parraz - Has Article, looks like reasonable coverage - AfD speedy merge Matt Buschmann - Recreated

Played some higher level

Not likely to be nominated for deletion

John Suomi - cleaned up. Not enough refs in the article to pass GNG, but there's a lot of stories primarily about him behind paywalls. Probably needs some dead tree sourcing. - World baseball classic Cody Clark (baseball) - currently playing at AAA. Not enough refs to pass GNG, but an good argument can be made he passes WP:ATHLETE. Article has been cleaned up. Andrew Bailey (baseball) - has played MLB Travis Denker - has played MLB Shane Lindsay - has played MLB Mark Trumbo - has played MLB Esmil Rogers - has played MLB Chris Nelson (baseball) - has played MLB Derek Holland (baseball) - has played MLB Polin Trinidad - has not played MLB Cesar Carillo - misspelled, redirected to existing article Cesar Carrillo. 1st round draft pick for SDP, has played MLB, sources added to pass GNG. Daniel Davidson - has played MLB Eric Sogard- has played MLB Kyle Blanks - has played mlb Trevor Cahill Played for USA at 2008 Olympics T. J. Burton - Played for Canada at 2008 Olympics Jhoulys Chacin - Plays MLB Daniel Descalso - MLB Bud Norris - MLB Neftali Feliz - MLB Hank Conger - MLB Cedric Hunter (baseball) - MLB Andrew Carignan - MLB Tommy Everidge → Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tommy Everidge - MLB Cole Garner→ Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cole Garner - MLB Greg Holland (baseball)→ Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Greg Holland (baseball) - MLB Michael McKenry→ Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael McKenry - MLB Adrian Cardenas→ Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Adrian Cardenas - MLB Jean Machi→ Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jean Machi - MLB Evan Scribner→ Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Evan Scribner - MLB Michael Joseph Baxter moved to Mike Baxter (baseball) Billy Hart (baseball) - Wild Card - Played MLB in the 1890s Anthony Recker - MLB Irving Falu - MLB Samuel Deduno→ Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Samuel Deduno - MLB Barret Browning - MLB Brandon Gomes - 17th round draft pick for SDP - MLB Alan Johnson (baseball) - currently in AAA. Added refs, although most are not independent. May well pass WP:ATHLETE. Article has been cleaned up. - MLB Chad Huffman - currently playing at AAA. Notability hinges on AAA and all star appearances. Article has been cleaned up. - MLB Brandon Dickson - cleaned up and sourced; borderline notability - MLB Chris Pettit - MLB Victor Marte - MLB Tony Cruz (baseball) - MLB Steve Garrison - MLB Steven Hill (baseball) - MLB Lance Zawadzki - MLB James Van Orstrand - MLB Greg Burke → Greg Burke (baseball) - MLB Francisco Rodriguez Murillo - MLB Donovan Solano - MLB T. J. McFarland Currently AAA for Cleveland - Check again in 2013 Adam Bright→ Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Adam Bright - OK - Actually the world baseball classic Chaz Roe Luis Durango - OK Dan Cortes - OK Clayton Hamilton (baseball)→ Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Clayton Hamilton (baseball) - OK - All Nippon league Mario Lisson - Currently playing AA (2012) - OK World baseball classic Sergio Contreras→ Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sergio Contreras - OK - Baseball world cup Kasey Kiker→ Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kasey Kiker - Review - Baseball reference lists him as playing for the Rockford Riverhawks, but not listed in article - Baseball world cup Sean Doolittle - currently in AAA, sources added, article cleaned up. Jose Diaz (baseball)→ Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jose Diaz (baseball player) Sergio Perez (baseball) → Deleted by PROD, then later recreated under a different name, played in World Baseball Classic for Spain Guilder Rodriguez - Redirect

Now about another person

1. David Austen → Was deleted - now about a crickter.
2. Jonathan Ellis → Retargeted to DAB page
3. Rex Rundgren → Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rex Rundgren - Merged and redirected to his father's page
4. Chad Spann → Now a football player
5. Chris Nicoll → Now about a radio station owner/operator.

Review at a later date

1. Mitch Canham - OK - Seems like some reasonable GNG coverage (NYT Article)

At AfD

None

Passed AfD April 2014

1. Aaron Herr→ Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Aaron Herr - OK
2. Daryl Jones (baseball)

In addition

Using rdcheck to review all Minor League player redirects in Major League team articles. Process:

• Check rdcheck to find invalid targeted redirects.
• Search Wikipedia to see if the name is brought up in any other team articles.
• Search for variations of the name (i.e. Tom vs. Tommy).
• Search baseball reference to see the last year in which they played, and if they are currently playing for another team.
• Nominate for RfD as requierd.

Complete

• San Francisco Giants minor league players
• Detroit Tigers minor league players
• Baltimore Orioles minor league players