Talk:Dave Winfield

Draft
Who is the other person drafted in three sports??? I thought Winfield was drafted by a hockey team as well. Would that make him the only person drafted in four sports? User: Abisai


 * Yeah... I'm wondering the same thing? Was it Bo Jackson, Deion Sanders, or maybe Michael Jordan?  Some guy from way back when?  David Bergan 04:24, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

The other three-sport draftee, in 1976, was the Cleveland Browns wide receiver Dave Logan, who had been a three-sport star at the University of Colorado and Wheat Ridge High School in the 1970s.

Paul 05:16, 10 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks Paul. That was bugging me.  David Bergan 19:41, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

It should be noted that Noel Jenke from the University of Minnesota (1968) was drafted in three sports by the Red Sox, Black Hawks and Vikings. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Detroitgopherfan (talk • contribs) 20:30, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

Induction & Bird
So was he inducted as a yankee or a padre? both are stated in article.

was he aiming at the bird that he hit? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.160.100.46 (talk • contribs) 08:06, 26 August 2006


 * The article now says "accidentally killed a seagull by throwing a ball at it" wording implies he was aiming at it? Source here says he wanted to "scare" it. Dunno but I'm taking out "accidentally" as it's not supported by any source. He threw a ball it hit a seagull. RomaC (talk) 08:59, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
 * ADDING: Have digged around and found another source in which Winfield says killing the gull was an accident. I think it's still prudent not to conclude "accidental" as a fact in the article though, or to say that Winfield's cap-doffing was "mocking" which also interprets intent. RomaC (talk) 09:27, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
 * added trumped up charge because Toronto Police were acting as homers in arresting an opposing player. If a Toronto player would have killed a bird, no chareges at all LaidOff (talk) 01:33, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

> I Can't find a video of him hitting the bird anywhere on the internet. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.59.207.188 (talk) 03:19, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

Yankees or Padres
should the colors be Yankees or Padres--Yankees10 03:07, 26 June 2007 (UTC)Yankees10


 * Since Winfield elected to go into the Hall of Fame as a Padre, I would have to say the page colors should be the Padres', though I personally came to admire him as a Yankee. Merkinmuffly 05:26, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

I like the idea of Padres. He's a HoF padre, he represent the Padres in the celebrity softball game, and something about "Mr. May" and Steinbrenner being banned from MLB that I don't agree with Yankees colors.Mghabmw 03:21, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

He played his ten best years as a Yankee but won a World Series as a Blue Jay. LaidOff (talk) 01:33, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

Padres' Cap in HOF
I removed the comment about the HOF deciding which cap Winfield wears on his Hall plaque. While it is technically true that the Hall can decide for a player, in Winfield's case they allowed him to choose for himself. This article on Padres Nation confirms:

"The Hall of Fame has the final choice of which logo will be on the plaque, but Winfield was allowed to choose because the majority of his career was split between the Padres (1,117 games) and Yankees (1,172)."

Merkinmuffly 05:24, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

They changed padre colors... should we, too? Mghabmw 23:45, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Dave's Picture
The picture is from the Hall of Fame induction and was added by request of Mr. Winfield. I didn't know how to tag it at first so it it was deleted.

Hotcop2 23:36, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

Winfield Foundation
I've added this section as this was not only very important to Mr. Winfield, it actually did inspire many of today's athletes (from all sports) to follow suit and, as one of the first, not only accomplished some pretty notable things, but set the standard for giving back in the world of sports. Hotcop2 14:19, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject class rating
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 05:56, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

Nice addition by Stnick00
Great table. Hotcop2 (talk) 00:18, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Probable mistake
Article said a 22 year career. I count 23. Oops, I goofed. He missed the entire 1989 season due to injury.

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1994 Season
The only reason I added that Winfield would have faced the Yankees in the 1994 postseason had the strike not occurred is because the Indians were leading the AL wild card and the Yankees had the best record in American League. News organizations said the same thing, that it would have been likely that it would have been the Yankees and the Indians in the postseason or Winfield making attempts to knock the Yankees out of the postseason in 1994. This would be revenge for Steinbrenner's reinstatement. SnoopyAndCharlieBrown202070 (talk) 17:59, 7 February 2024 (UTC)


 * You wrote Had the strike not occurred and the 1994 season finished, then he would have faced the Yankees in the inaugural ALDS in the Indians first postseason appearance since. But this is incorrect. Had the strike not occurred, there would have been another six weeks or so of the season, and the playoff qualifiers and seeding could have changed. I don't know what those references say, since you didn't provide links to them, but they likely said something like "had the season ended on August 12" or the like. There was no 1994 postseason and there's no need to speculate about whether or not Cleveland would have made the postseason that year, or who they would have played if there was one and they had made it. – Muboshgu (talk) 18:12, 7 February 2024 (UTC)