Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Thurman Tucker

Thurman Tucker
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 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/April 14, 2013 by BencherliteTalk 19:26, 6 April 2013‎ (UTC)



Thurman Tucker (1917–93) was an American center fielder in Major League Baseball who played for nine seasons in the American League with the Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians. In 701 career games, Tucker recorded a batting average of .255 and accumulated 24 triples, 9 home runs, and 179 runs batted in. He was nicknamed "Joe E." Tucker because of his resemblance to comedian Joe E. Brown. Born and raised in Texas, Tucker first played professionally with the Siloam Springs Travelers. After gradually progressing through minor league baseball, he was signed by the Chicago White Sox before the 1941 season. His major league debut came the following year and he spent two years as the White Sox's starting center fielder until he enlisted in the armed forces during World War II. Upon his return, Tucker played two more seasons for the White Sox. Subsequently, he was traded to the Cleveland Indians, for whom he played four years, and continued to play minor league baseball throughout the 1950s. After his retirement, he became a major league scout and insurance agent.

2 points (3 points for May 7): 1 point for March 2012 promotion and one for anniversary of professional debut. (this Article would get 3 points on May 7 on the 20-year anniversary of his death).
 * Support as nominator.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 14:17, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Blurb given a minor copy edit (no full names, non-breaking spaces after numbers etc). It's also a little short and an extra 100 characters (including spaces) would be good to help keep the balance of the main page consistent. BencherliteTalk 15:14, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Apologies. I am nominating this on behalf of WP:CHICAGO. I merely submitted the WP:LEAD as the blurb.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 16:37, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
 * When was last baseball/sportsperson? Johnbod (talk) 15:35, 30 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Nikita Filatov March 14.--Chimino (talk) 21:37, 3 April 2013 (UTC)