Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of top home run hitters by birthplace


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The result was   delete. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 16:56, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

List of top home run hitters by birthplace

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What makes the birthplace of the home run hitter important enough to make a list dedicated to the subject?– Muboshgu (talk) 20:55, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
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 * Delete - As it stands now, almost entirely OR. Nor do I think that most home runs by state of birth is particularly notable.  I could be persuaded that the list of top home run hitters by country of birth is appropriate, if it could be properly sourced. Rlendog (talk) 21:10, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not terribly notable or encyclopedic.  --Coemgenus 01:09, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete - Dumb trivia, nothing more, nothing found to support the notability of winners by state/province/country. Tarc (talk) 13:04, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
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 * Very strong keep - Do you people really believe that it's "no big deal" to have the most career home runs for a player from a particular country, or from a particular state? There is nothing "trivial" about this.  As for sourcing of the greatest career home run hitters by country, state, province or territory, these results all come from www.baseball-reference.com, the preeminent source of baseball statistics on the Internet, which site allows you to see lists (with full career statistics) of all players born in each jurisdiction.  For example, here's the list of players born in Puerto Rico (click on "HR" and it liosts them by career home runs): http://www.baseball-reference.com/bio/P-R-_born.shtml  All a person needs to know to figure out what player born in Puerto Rico hit the most homers is to know that 473 is higher than 434 or 379 (and thus Carlos Delgado, not Juan Gonzalez or Orlando Cepeda, hit the most career home runs for a player born in Puerto Rico).  AuH2ORepublican (talk) 18:52, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
 * As Chris said in the AfD for wins leaders by birthplace, you have to demonstrate why we should synthesize this statistic with place of birth. – Muboshgu (talk) 13:45, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete as based on a nonencyclopedic cross-categorization (WP:NOTDIR #7). Deor (talk) 19:39, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
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