Talk:Thurman Tucker

GA Review

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Reviewer: Albacore (talk • contribs • count) 17:25, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

Will review shortly. Albacore (talk) 17:25, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

Comments

• a DAB link

• Could replace some "he"s in the second paragraph of the lead for some "Thurman"s

• After retirement, he worked as a major league scout and insurance agent until his death in 1953. 1993?

• A Fair Use image would be nice.

• ...he was a three-sport athlete, playing baseball, where he was a second baseman, basketball, and track and field. perhaps use parentheses ...he was a three-sport athlete, playing baseball, (where he was a second baseman)...

• Just curious, where did you find the second reference? I tried searching for it on Google News and pqasb archiver but couldn't find it.

• After playing in 97 games, finishing with an average of .390, Tucker played for the Oklahoma City Indians playing in 40 games. overuse of "playing"

• ...the season ended, Chicago White Sox farm manager delink White Sox since it's linked earlier

• Tucker finished the season with a batting average of .287 and six triples delink batting average

• with a batting average of .288 and 20 doubles, both career highs. delink doubles

• in mid-June, the Padres sold his contract to the Oklahoma City Indians of the Texas League. Caps please

Issues fixed. I'll look for a good fair use image. I've held off on that because I feel like there has to be a free image out there somewhere, but I've come up empty in my usual searches. Until I find one I might as well add one in. As for Ref #2, I had access to the Sporting News archives for a while and was able to save my results for a few, including Tucker. They're the ones that have all the personal life info for most players of the era, so I use it as often as I can with the remaining players i have copies for. Thanks for the review. Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 18:45, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

Pre FAC questions

Just a few points I noticed on another read-through. I did a little more copyediting, feel free to revert anything.

• "In 701 career games, Tucker recorded a batting average of .255, had 24 triples, 9 home runs, and 179 runs batted in (RBI).": I think we need a verb before the triples etc. Maybe "In 701 career games, Tucker recorded a batting average of .255; he accumulated [or similar verb] 24 triples, 9 home runs, and 179 runs batted in (RBI)."
• "...but a back injury caused him to miss nearly the entire season.[2] Despite the injury, Tucker continued to progress through the minors, and spent the 1938 season..." Not sure about "despite" here as there is no indication that the injury continued into 1938 and I don't think it would prevent his progress unless it was really bad.
• He seems to suddenly play for Oklahoma. As I am ignorant of these things, I cannot tell if he signed for them as a completely different club or if they are in some way affiliated with one of his other teams.
• I think "season" may be overused. Are there any other words that may break it up a bit?
• "where he was coached by Hall of Famer Rogers Hornsby." Two links next to each other: may be better to separate them so they don't look like one long link.
• The 3rd paragraph of Chicago White Sox repeats batting average a little too much.
• "...in an attempt to halt his decline": May be worth saying how successful this was?
• "as a good fielder but a poor hitter": I still think it is worth making this point in his early career; it would be good to have this to explain his being in-and-out of the team and show what the team thought of him. Also, as his batting does not seem to have been amazing, it may be worth pointing out that he was a good fielder earlier.
• "He recovered in the second half of the season..." Maybe "his form" recovered as it looks like he was injured or ill if you use recovered like this.
• "split playing time with Philley": A little informal? Maybe "alternated between" or something similar?
• "Tucker and Allie Clark were both looking to make the Indians roster to begin the 1951 season, as the additions of Harry Simpson and Minnie Miñoso made it likely that one or both of them would be traded or released.": Not sure about "both looking" here: maybe "wanted"? And did they have to make the team for the start of the season to secure their position?
• "Tucker began to operate a taxicab in Texas": Employed by a firm or working on his own?
• "He retired from baseball during the 1953 season, and did not play with any professional team during that time." Ref?
• "He noted during his time there that the Hobbs Sports were the top team in heckling": This does not quite fit in here; in what context did he note this and was he criticising? But it comes across a little trivial.

Otherwise looking fairly good. I will watchlist this for a while if you want to reply here. --Sarastro1 (talk) 15:03, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

In progress on this finally, should be done in a couple days. Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 06:14, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

All concerns resolved. On the Clark point, the answer's yes, to realistically keep their spot they would have had to been on the roster from day one (that's not to say that couldn't stay in the minors and return, but it's an uphill battle). Both combined for four games played that year with Cleveland (Clark traded to Philly), so that ended up being accurate. Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 20:40, 11 February 2012 (UTC)