Talk:Ryan Howard

Years
I am going to change links to year pages to links to year_in_baseball pages. Unless anyone has any major objections, I would suggest that this be the new protocol followed when updating this page. Whizard 00:52, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

Home Run Distances
home run distances (for updating the 'notable home run' section) can be found at Hit Tracker

Whizard 23:36, 4 September 2006 (UTC)


 * What makes a home run "notable," anyway? That sounds suspiciously like original research. I doubt that half of Howard's most "notable" homers all came in the last two weeks. -Phoenixrod 00:53, 8 September 2006 (UTC)


 * I was wondering that myself. I added the section about a week ago, and included: first career HR, the two grand slams last yr (which both won ballgames), his first career multi-hr game, and his 48th to schmidt. Then, as he went on a tear last week, people added several more home runs to the list (I admit, I added his 54th this season, to be consistent with content already there [if his 53rd was notable, so was his 54th], although I don't consider all fo them to be 'notable') I am open to suggestions about what is appropriate there (and if the section is even appropriate) Whizard 21:53, 8 September 2006 (UTC)


 * I don't have much stake in it either way, but it strikes me that unless there's a source that claims these are the most notable homers, then the section is speculation and not encyclopedic. After all, a cursory glance at articles like Babe Ruth, Jim Thome, and Barry Bonds reveals no similar section in the articles about more prolific home run hitters. So my reaction is that the section should go (and knowing the work you've put in, Whizard, I'm sorry to say that!), but I'd be interested to hear other opinions. -Phoenixrod 02:18, 10 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Perhaps a solution would be to just list his mulit-HR games, his grand slams, and his walkoff HR without comment, as those are events that actually happened. Whizard 16:40, 11 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Now that there is a seperate page about this, I'm going to do that. Whizard 00:18, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

I have another notable HR to be added. You should add his HR on July 19, 2005 at home vs LA. It was his first (and only) walkoff HR. It was off the same pitcher as he hit the grand slam against in LA.


 * Thanks! Whizard 00:18, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

Almost every home run distance in this article is over-stated, some significantly, some greatly. The "505" foot home-run, if the date is correct, was a 460 foot shot off of Aaron Harang, the Ashburn Alley shot was around 445 feet (the sign at the back of the alley reads something like 483, I think, and he looped the ball over the last wall of the batters eye, some thirty feet shy of the sign, still a monster shot regardless) and his first third deck shot was 430 some odd feet. HitTracker, as mentioned above, goes into detail about his 3rd deck shot and has distances that are probably more accurate (although admittedly slightly less impressive) than the Phillies PR #'s. Howard has also hit 3 walk off shots, but none in the last two years. Here are some helpful links for his home runs. Baseball Reference just teamed up with SABR so the Homerun Encyclopedia is now online. - http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/event_hr.cgi?n1=howarry01&t=b - http://www.hittrackeronline.com/detail.php?id=2007_169&type=hitter (that's this season, there's a menu in the upper right to change seasons) --Mmatthias (talk) 17:44, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

POV / Notablility / Relevance

 * Can someone explain (I really mean this, I'm not being sarcastic or angry here) where the point of view is in mentioning who gave up Howard's first walk and the other phillies to win the rookie of the year? I must just be missing something, but I don't understand why it keeps being removed.

I would just like an explanation, so I can better understand every one else who is working on this project. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Whizard (talk • contribs) 26 September 2006.


 * Such information isn't POV, but is irrelevant for an encyclopedic entry, and inconsistent with virtually every other Wikipedia entry on MLB players. Who gave up the first walk to Babe Ruth? Or to Barry Bonds?  That information isn't here because it's not particularly notable.  Ryan Howard's entry has gotten bloated to the point of being simply unreadable. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.244.45.9 (talk • contribs) 28 September 2006.

Whizard 14:19, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
 * OK. Thanks!

Tables
Endless tables removed to be consistent with typical Wikipedia entry on MLB Baseball players. The tables provided consisted of well over half the length of the article. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 128.196.39.130 (talk • contribs) 10 November 2006.

status
i`m guessing he`s a single father, cause he had his son at the derby and on the phillies` player profile, it says he is single. is there any confirmation of this? --65.83.202.61 18:57, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Content
Are either of these claims true? If not, please remove them. Thanks xC | ☎  14:20, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
 * single father is unreferenced
 * an IP added that he died in 2006

"Golden Sombreros"
Is a table of "golden sombreros" any less necessary than a table of multi-homerun games in an article about a ball-player who simultaneously holds three homerun records and a strike-out record? Statistically speaking, Howard is well on his way to breaking Reggie Jackson's career record for 4+K games; Jackson has 23 in 2,820 games (once every 123 games), while Howard has ten in 483 games (once every 48 games). &mdash; Tonyfuchs1019 23:50, 18 June 2008
 * To be honest, no tables should be in this article unless they are career statistics. I didn't make the home-run table and don't have any specific attachment to it; this just happened to be the second table within a week or two that I've removed, and the last one was completely unnecessary. Chase Utley has the same table, and honestly, I don't know why they are there. KV5  •  Squawk box  •  Fight on!  12:42, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

Potential source - feature story from Matt Gelb
Can Ryan Howard be the player he once was?  Go  Phightins  !  14:02, 29 March 2014 (UTC)

Legacy
This article is going to be useful someday to populate a legacy section. Not today.  Go  Phightins  !  01:51, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

Personal life/2015 outlook source dump
Good article: http://m.phillies.mlb.com/news/article/111091960/phillies-slugger-ryan-howard-focused-on-nothing-but-positives

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