User:Whiteguru/Baseball

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Baseball
Significant coverage is likely to exist for baseball figures if they
 * 1) Are a member of a major Hall of Fame, such as the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum or the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame.

Some minor league players receive some coverage from reliable sources, but not enough to satisfy the notability criteria for an independent article. In these cases, it may be appropriate to write a short, stub-length bio as a section within the article on the franchise's minor league players (for example, Minnesota Twins minor league players). Such mini-bios should cite reliable sources and conform with Wikipedia policies such as WP:BLP. 

Suggested Leagues

 * Mexican League
 * Dominican Professional Baseball League
 * Liga Paralela de Béisbol en Venezuela
 * Mexican Pacific League
 * Puerto Rico Baseball League
 * Venezuelan Professional Baseball League
 * Colombian Professional Baseball League
 * Nicaraguan Professional Baseball League
 * Panamanian Professional Baseball League
 * Veracruz Winter League
 * Australian Baseball League
 * Italian Baseball League
 * Honkbal Hoofdklasse
 * Bundesliga (baseball)
 * Division Élite
 * Greek Baseball League
 * Interlyga
 * Irish Baseball League
 * Israel Baseball League
 * Italian Baseball League
 * Latvian Baseball League
 * División de Honor de Béisbol
 * Elitserien (baseball)
 * Chinese Professional Baseball League (Taiwan)
 * China National Baseball League (mainland China) (professional)



Earlier Baseball Notability
Significant coverage is likely to exist for baseball figures if they Players and other figures who do not meet the criteria above are not presumed by this guideline to meet Wikipedia's standards for notability. To establish that one of these is notable, the article must cite published secondary source material which is reliable, intellectually independent, and independent of the subject. Fan sites and blogs are generally not regarded as reliable sources, and team sites are generally not regarded as independent of the subject. Although statistics sites may be reliable sources, they are not sufficient by themselves to establish notability.
 * 1) Are a member of a major Hall of Fame, such as the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum or the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame.
 * 2) Have appeared in at least one game in any one of the following active major leagues: Major League Baseball, Nippon Professional Baseball, KBO League, or have participated in a major international competition (such as the World Baseball Classic or the Baseball World Cup) as a member of a national team.
 * 3) Have appeared in at least one game in any of the following defunct leagues: All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, American Association, Cuban League, Federal League, Japanese Baseball League, National Association of Professional Base Ball Players, Negro major leagues, Players' League, Union Association.
 * 4) Have served as a commissioner, president, general manager, owner, coach, or manager in one of the above-mentioned leagues.
 * 5) Have served as a Major League Baseball umpire on a regular league staff.

Some minor league players receive some coverage from reliable sources, but not enough to satisfy the notability criteria for an independent article. In these cases, it may be appropriate to write a short, stub-length bio as a section within the article on the franchise's minor league players (for example, Minnesota Twins minor league players). Such mini-bios should cite reliable sources and conform with Wikipedia policies such as WP:BLP. [fn]

[fn] Articles that are not sourced to published material providing significant coverage of the subject (not just statistics sites) may be nominated for deletion.

