Talk:Jim Abbott

Photo of Jim Abbott pitching
It'd be great to have a photo of Jim Abbott pitching (given that with one arm he had such a distinctive style).

Painful WikiWeakness
 • WikiWeakness #12 – contributions from a variety of authors are of varying degrees of rammatical competence and can create articles strewn with inconsistent style, spelling, punctuation, and syntax.

In the first paragraph the word, “despite,” is used twice in the same sentence. Wouldn’t a slightly higher standard of grammatical expertise benefit the page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.161.131.69 (talk)


 * Probably. Do you have a suggestion for where we can find more knowledgeable editors, He-Who-Cannot-Sign-Postings? David Spector (user/talk) 18:32, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

Hall of Fame
I don't understand why it's even mentioned that he could get in the hall of fame via the veteran's comittee. The chances of that are pretty much zero. Thedoorhinge 14:38, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Correction
"When preparing to pitch the ball, Abbott would rest a left-handed thrower's glove on the end of his right forearm."

I'll admit that this is confusing, but in fact, Abbott carried a right-handed thrower's glove on his right arm. A right-handed thrower's glove is one that you put your left hand into, which is what Abbott did after releasing the pitch. Abbott had to use his one good (left) hand for (1) throwing a pitch, then for (2) fielding a batted ball if indeed one was hit to him, and then (3) for throwing again after fielding. It couldn't have been easy, but he did it. So, basically he'd ask for a righthander's glove at the sporting goods shop, which makes him unique amongst historical southpaws. WHPratt (talk) 14:17, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

Article should mention how he lost his hand. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.147.38.85 (talk) 23:29, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

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When was he a minor league player
The article says "In 1989, he joined the Angels' starting rotation as a rookie without playing a single minor league game." So when was he with the Hickory Crawdads, and the other minor league teams he is in categories for? Did he play games with all these teams? If he did not play a game with a team, does it make sense to have him in the category for it? We really should not have categories that are not supported by the text. I am not seeing how they are supported by the external links, and have not seen anything in the references that support them. Categories really need to be supported by the article text.John Pack Lambert (talk) 13:54, 9 July 2024 (UTC)


 * Abbott didnt play in the minors until 1996. – Muboshgu (talk) 15:04, 9 July 2024 (UTC)


 * Please do not WP:FORUMSHOP. Discuss the matter at one place only, per WP:MULTI. I suggest Wikipedia talk:Categorization as that is fairly central, and has attracted three replies. -- Red rose64 &#x1f339; (talk) 15:58, 9 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Yes, forum shopping is bad. Sources for the info exist, we just need to expand the page. – Muboshgu (talk) 16:10, 9 July 2024 (UTC)