Template:Did you know nominations/Jack Stivetts

Jack Stivetts

 * ... that on June 10, 1890, Jack Stivetts became the first Major League Baseball pitcher to hit two home runs in one game?

5x expanded by Neonblak (talk). Self nominated at 20:04, 24 April 2013 (UTC).
 * Reviewed - Template:Did you know nominations/Jonathan Gray (baseball)


 * The article states: "On June 10 (...) he became the first pitcher on record to hit two home runs in one game" (June 10 1890), but according to this source it happened on August 6 1891. Leszek Jańczuk (talk) 01:46, 26 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Looks like the SABR article missed Stivetts' game in 1890, my baseball-reference home run log and link to the newspaper box score of the game should be sufficient enough for proof. In fact, using the flawed SABR (not used to saying that), I could claim that Stivetts was the first AND second pitcher to accomplish the feat :)  Neonblak talk  -  03:30, 26 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Can you give another reference to this sentence, because actually it is unreferenced. Leszek Jańczuk (talk) 13:23, 26 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Actually, I've removed said statement from the article, as its is not even correct, Guy Hecker hit 3 in a game four years earlier. Proposing an alt. Neonblak talk  -  18:35, 26 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Actually, I've removed said statement from the article, as its is not even correct, Guy Hecker hit 3 in a game four years earlier. Proposing an alt. Neonblak talk  -  18:35, 26 April 2013 (UTC)


 * ALT 1 - ... that the seven home runs hit by Jack Stivetts as a pitcher in 1890, stood as the record until Wes Ferrell hit nine in 1931?
 * cited reference in article, but here is the link. Neonblak talk  -  18:35, 26 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Symbol question.svg Article expanded 5× from 498 characters on April 14th to 22,000+ characters presently. Sources are all reliable (mostly from old newspapers and archives), including ref 31 which supports the hook.  Hook is 122 characters (under 200 character limit) and interesting.  Image is free, since it's pre–1923 public domain.  However, a QPQ is still needed before I can give a green checkmark. —Bloom6132 (talk) 18:29, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Looks good to go! —Bloom6132 (talk) 22:22, 30 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Reverted promotion due to the use of the original hook when ALT 1 was the hook approved. Neonblak talk  -  09:36, 5 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: moved the above comment from Neonblak inside the template. Also pointing out that the nominator should never revert a promotion of their DYK submission. Requests for such should be made on the DYK talk page. BlueMoonset (talk) 02:15, 6 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Never? - comment left on BlueMooset's talk page. Thank you. Neonblak talk  -  04:35, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Not if it's yours. Further, please note that at the top of this template, when you view it, it says not to edit the template after it's been closed. This is the second time I've had to fix a misplaced comment that should not have been made here. If you must comment again, do it on this template's talk page or at WT:DYK. Explanation of why this is bad will be on my talk page, where you've just left a comment. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 05:45, 6 May 2013 (UTC)