Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Fogarty (baseball)

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The result was redirect to St. Louis Maroons/Indianapolis Hoosiers all-time roster. Randykitty (talk) 15:52, 22 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

John Fogarty (baseball)[edit]

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Played once for a Major League Baseball team. Almost no Information the page, the databases have little else. Not notable, no refs that meet the GNG. JMWt (talk) 14:04, 15 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Sports, Baseball, and United States of America. JMWt (talk) 14:04, 15 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Sportspeople and Missouri. Shellwood (talk) 15:06, 15 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - at most this should be merged to his brother's page, since most mentions of him in old newspapers mention that he is the brother of Jim Fogarty. Rlendog (talk) 15:33, 15 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. For the reasons stated in the nomination. BoyTheKingCanDance (talk) 16:05, 15 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
He should have a biography on page 233 of The Rank and File of 19th Century Major League Baseball. BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:26, 15 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to St. Louis Maroons/Indianapolis Hoosiers all-time roster. Lacks WP:SIGCOV to warrant a standalone article (unfortunately, a WP:BEFORE of John Fogarty baseball is made more difficult due to having to go through the hits for similarly-named singer John Fogerty, known for "Center Field"). I prefer this redirect target to his brother Jim's page since there is no mention of John in Jim's page. Frank Anchor 16:34, 15 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete article fails WP:SPORTBASIC and doesn't appear to be a likely redirect title. The Wordsmith^{Talk to me} 02:29, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I disagree. Since this John Fogarty played baseball at the highest level, his name with “(baseball)” after it is a very reasonable search term. Frank Anchor 04:12, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to the page suggested by Frank Anchor per WP:ATDR - this was the best article I could find on newspapers.com after a quick search. Although I can't access the bio in "The Rank & File", its existence makes me think there is something that could be written about Fogarty on WP, even if it doesn't justify a separate article. Hatman31 (talk) 16:04, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to the page suggested by Frank Anchor. While the article fails WP:SPORTBASIC, I do not think it should be deleted entirely because there is a suitable target. InterstellarGamer12321 (talk | contribs) 19:25, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.