Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Johnnie Baggan

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The result was delete. Wizardman 16:46, 15 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Johnnie Baggan[edit]

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He may or may not be notable enough. His managerial career is not terribly notable, and his minor league career--well, that's up for you to decide. He had a long minor league career, but is it notable enough? Alex (talk) 07:44, 9 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Minor league players are not assumed to be inherently notable. But in my view, this guy's verified career stats strongly suggest notability (more as a player than a manager). Note I consider my argument to have been refuted. --Mkativerata (talk) 07:49, 9 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Can you lead us non-baseballers through the stats? If he's got some sort of record, it could be a viable article. Unfortunately, I can't make heads nor tails of the stats. - Mgm|^(talk) 11:31, 9 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - nothing I can see in the article even claims notability. Never called up or considered for the major leagues, and considering even major leaguers had off-season jobs well into the mid-20th century, being a minor league player was even less likely to confer notability in the early 20th century. I might be convinced if somebody found a reason to claim notability, but I don't see it right now. Frank | talk 11:51, 9 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete a long career in the minors is just that, a career in the minors. Stats are not proof of notability. They just show he played long enough to amass them. DarkAudit (talk) 15:40, 9 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Athletes-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 16:03, 9 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Baseball-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 16:03, 9 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. A single citation to a site that shows his statistics is not sufficient to establish notability of a minor league player. See WP:BASE/N and WP:NOTDIRECTORY. BRMo (talk) 03:39, 11 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.