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The list was promoted by The Rambling Man 07:28, 9 June 2010 [1].

List of Major League Baseball batting champions[edit]

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Nominator(s): Staxringold talkcontribs 19:01, 23 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The final of the non-lead articles for the Triple Crown topic. I think it's all good, lemme know if you think any more images should be added. Also, TRM, KV and I are going to work up the Triple Crown article as one merged topic as we really feel that's the appropriate style (but that's a discussion for that eventual FLC). Also, do you guys think the 02 and 10 disputed titles should include the 2 players involved in the table (so you at least know who are the candidates for the championship without jumping to the note)? Staxringold talkcontribs 19:01, 23 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • My support is given to an article I believe to be quite excellent. The standard nitpicks will be left on the talk page of the article soon. NW (Talk) 19:26, 23 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from KV5
Comments from KV5
  • "In Major League Baseball (MLB) it is calculated by dividing a player's hits by his at bats (AB)." - comma after "MLB", and is this calculated differently in some other league?
  • This is an MLB article, so all that matters is the MLB calculation. Who knows, some league could try to account for walks, treat sacrifices as official ABs, etc, etc. Heck, look at the batting average article, if nothing else needs to be separated from the cricket batting average. Staxringold talkcontribs 20:24, 23 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Under current rules" - comma after
  • "highest batting average" - comma after
  • "they win the title" - he wins the title, agreement of singular/plural
  • "(159 hits in 455 ABs)" - comma after
  • "Barnes hit a .429 batting average" - would be better as Barnes batted .429
  • "established in 1901" - comma after
  • "second-most titles" - comma after
  • "with the 1910 title" - comma after
  • "holds the most consecutive titles " - should probably be won the most consecutive titles, and comma after
  • "Without the 1910 title" - comma after
  • "from 1911-1915" - per MOS, from... to constructions should not use dashes; this happens five times.
  • "Under the 3.1 PA qualification" - comma after
  • "Since Williams' 1941" - comma after, and might be better as Since Williams in 1941
  • Now that you re-worded it, no comma is necessary. — KV5 • Talk • 02:07, 26 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • "to ever lead" - ever to lead, rm split infinitive
  • "at .365 in the AL" - commas around
  • Check diacritics throughout; Hanley Ramírez was the first I found
  • comma after Ramírez
  • "by just .00009", "by just .00016 points" - rm "just" in both instances
  • "1902 American League title" - comma after
  • "1882 and 1885" - comma after
  • Have there been ties? If not, remove "(s)" from "Winner(s)" and "Runner(s)-up" in tables and key

Good work. — KV5 • Talk • 20:12, 23 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • One more comma needed: after "With the modern scarcity of .400 hitters". That's all. — KV5 • Talk • 02:07, 26 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Support — KV5 • Talk • 18:21, 26 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from The Rambling Man (talk) 19:56, 2 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
  • "a contentious race" I'm not clear what this means I'm afraid.
  • Shouldn't 162 game season be hyphenated?
  • "[9][4]" can I be awfully rude and ask you to place these in numerical order?
  • Is there a reason why the first and second para treat the batting average to 3 decimal places, while subsequently we move to four?
  • Any reason why Pujols isn't linked in the lead?
  • Terrorists did it. :p
  • "Ross Barnes' season leading average of .429 in the NL's inaugural season set a single-season record that stood for a decade." how many times can you fit the word "season" into a single-sentence caption?!
  • "and won 4 consecutive titles" -> four.

Otherwise, typically excellent, well done. The Rambling Man (talk) 09:48, 2 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • Support done deal. I wish all lists arrived here in this condition. Good stuff Stax. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:56, 2 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comments Support –
    • Could move the at bat link to the first sentence, though it's not the most vital thing in the world.
    • We still have the four decimal place averages in the second paragraph. Is that intentional?
  • Yes. Preciseness is key, particularly when dealing with records of that level or single season marks. Staxringold talkcontribs 21:53, 2 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]


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