Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Major League Baseball hitters with three home runs in one game


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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 00:38, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

List of Major League Baseball hitters with three home runs in one game

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Cites no references or sources and does not meet even the most basic level of serious outside coverage. 3 HR games are certainly notable and mentioned because they are a good night, but so are 5 double nights. Or 2 triples. Etc, etc. The FOUR home run list is different, as that is both rare enough and an MLB record so garners significant coverage. This just falls completely short. Staxringold talkcontribs 01:21, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
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 * Keep "3 HR games are certainly notable" OK, if the nominator admits that the subject is notable, this is an invalid nomination. You also claim there are no references. The reference that covers just about every hitter through 2006 is clearly mentioned at the bottom. Vodello (talk) 22:23, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
 * It's also notable when I eat a tuna melt, it's a rare event. List of times Staxringold eats a tuna melt would fail GNG, however. What you have cited there is a stat-site which does not go towards the RS requirement for GNG (otherwise every minor leaguer could be listed with Baseball-Reference and some other stat site as it's two sources). 4 HRs in a game are a ML record with a limited list that garners significant coverage both as a list and an individual event. A 3 HR game is a very good offensive performance that gets mentioned in the game summaries, but so does 2 2B and a HR, or a triple and 2 2B, or 2 HR and 3 singles in a day going 5-5. Etc, etc. WP:NOT. Staxringold talkcontribs 23:02, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
 * It's also notable when I eat a tuna melt, it's a rare event. List of times Staxringold eats a tuna melt would fail GNG, however. What you have cited there is a stat-site which does not go towards the RS requirement for GNG (otherwise every minor leaguer could be listed with Baseball-Reference and some other stat site as it's two sources). 4 HRs in a game are a ML record with a limited list that garners significant coverage both as a list and an individual event. A 3 HR game is a very good offensive performance that gets mentioned in the game summaries, but so does 2 2B and a HR, or a triple and 2 2B, or 2 HR and 3 singles in a day going 5-5. Etc, etc. WP:NOT. Staxringold talkcontribs 23:02, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, -- Cirt (talk) 03:32, 12 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. It is like having all the people who scored hat-tricks in Premier League, or even in the UEFA Champions League (and in soccer there about as many goals as there are home runs in a baseball game, but the number of games per year is probably significantly smaller). There are simply way too many entries to have an article. If there was a list with all the people who hit 3-rs more than one time (which seems to be at around 100) I would be ok with it; but having a list with all the entires with all the 345 people who did it, and increasing at about 10 per year is just too much. Having a list only with playoffs could be ok also. List of FIFA World Cup hat-tricks exists firstly because it is under 50 entries long, secondly because it is every 4-years, and thirdly, it is a worldwide event. Having something as selective as that would be appropriate. Nergaal (talk) 22:34, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Prune. The stat site is a good reference, as mentioned by Vodello, but it does not establish notability, so Staxringold's fear is unfounded.  But I'm still opposed to keeping the article in its present form, as the length of the list suggest that the feat is not notable.  Perhaps a shorter article with some of the more interesting subsets, such as the 20 people who have done it three or more times (or those who did it twice in a year), the 11 times it happened twice in one day, in the postseason, etc. would be worth keeping.  But not as it is, where it exceeds (barely for now) even the notorious List of top 500 Major League Baseball home run hitters. Matchups 00:39, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete WP:NOT, not really a rare category Secret account 17:58, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Delete - given that this achievement is quite common, there is no point in having this per WP:NOT— Chris! c / t 04:15, 12 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete Nice accomplishment, done fairly regularly but not for wikipedia. More suited for a baseball wiki. --MrRadioGuy P T C E 11:21, 12 September 2010 (UTC)
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