# Talk:Buster Posey

I was going to re-add the "unreferenced" tag, then just decided to list the references myself and forgot to remove the tag.  --Wolfer68 (talk) 23:52, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Thank you; you’re awesome. The “[citation needed]” tag is basically just an excuse for laziness, ignorance, and making Wikipedia look more cluttered. —Wiki Wikardo 02:02, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

This article doesn’t mention Posey’s time pitching, nor his playing third. Could we include a list of every position he’s played in college or pro ball? —Wiki Wikardo 02:02, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Going forward, Posey will most likely only be catching for the Giants, so I'm not sure how useful a list of all the positions he's played will be. It could be worked into already existing sections, but creating a section solely for the positions he's played seems unnecessary. Acordova (talk) 21:36, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

This article needs to be updated to include his recent season-ending injury. Tad Lincoln (talk) 07:08, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

It was. Some well-thinking person deleted everything. Thanx for the heads up.--Reedmalloy (talk) 10:42, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Buster Posey's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "reference":
From George Gore: "George Gore's career statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
From Guillermo Mota: "Guillermo Mota". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 3, 2011.
From Zack Wheat: "Zack Wheat's Stats". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2008-04-19.
From Pat Burrell: "Pat Burrell Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
From Dan Brouthers: "Dan Brouthers career stats". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2008-06-15.
From Ramón Ramírez (Dominican pitcher): "Ramon Ramirez Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2012-01-24.

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT⚡ 13:52, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

So much for "AI"--Reedmalloy (talk) 06:17, 9 February 2013 (UTC)

This review is transcluded from Talk:Buster Posey/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.
Reviewer: EricEnfermero (talk · contribs) 06:14, 8 February 2013 (UTC)
I will be glad to review this article. In the next few days I'll carefully read through the article and leave some initial feedback. Thanks! EricEnfermero Howdy! 06:14, 8 February 2013 (UTC)
Good job on an article that reflects a great deal of research. My comments are mostly related to ensuring that the language is clear and concise. The issues should be pretty easy to sort out.


### Lead
Looks good; just keep in mind that the lead should summarize the information in each section of the body. It lacks anything from the Early years section and the very short Personal life section. Having a sentence about high school will give some context to the statement that he began playing catcher in college.  Done
For conciseness, change "first came up" to "came up".  Done
Same thing for "every single inning" - "every inning".  Done
It sounds more encyclopedic to say that he was injured in a collision with Scott Cousins, rather than saying that Cousins severely injured him.  Done
The "He became the seventh Giants..." sentence is a little hard to follow at first. The part about being the seventh Giant isn't covered in the body, so I'd take it out.  Done


### Early years
For better readability, take out "along with baseball" since that is clarified at the end of the sentence.  Done
"Meanwhile" starts two consecutive sentences; both are probably unnecessary.  Done


### College career
It says that he began his freshman year at shortstop. It might be less confusing to say he played shortstop as a freshman and then say he moved to catcher as a sophomore.  Done
"After just one season..." - might change to "After his first season of..." to make it sound more neutral.


### Professional career
Spring training is usually not capitalized on WP, even though it is in the giants.mlb.com sources.  Done
Same thing for major league when not referring expressly to the Major League Baseball organization.  Done
Class A advanced affliate - capitalize Advanced (Class A Advanced is separate from A ball)  Done
2010 (Rookie Season) heading - lower case for season  Done
In the third paragraph of the same section, clarify the feat that it refers to. A game-winning HR? An eighth-inning game-winning HR?  Done
"taking 20 first place votes" - not sure about the grammar  Done
In the 2011 section, probably no need to link ankle as it is a common word.  Done
2012 (MVP Season) - lower case for season  Done
"he asked Major League Baseball (MLB) to rule himself ineligible" - just use MLB and change to "rule him ineligible"  Done
Consider adding something about the recent multimillion dollar contract he signed.
Posey did not sign a multimillion dollar contract recently. Sanfranciscogiants17 (talk) 21:22, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
One year, $8,000,000 - reported by the SF Chronicle around January 18, unless I'm misreading something. EricEnfermero Howdy! 22:53, 10 February 2013 (UTC)


### Personal life
The semicolon is out of place before the baby names.  Done


### Further reading
This section is usually found after Notes or References (see WP:LAYOUT). See WP:CITESHORT for a better way to list references that will be referred to with short citations.


### References
All refs seem to be reliable sources. Only one issue on spot checks of references: The Baseball Reference ref (currently #45) doesn't refer to Posey's backup (Whiteside) as far as I can tell.
If you look at the gamelogs, you will see that Posey played every inning of every playoff game. Because of this, Whiteside could not have made a single appearance. However, if you would like, I could always add a link to Whiteside's stats as a ref. Whatever you prefer. Sanfranciscogiants17 (talk) 21:22, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
I would just leave out the info on the backup as redundant. EricEnfermero Howdy! 22:55, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

Once these are addressed, I'll run through the GA Checklist to make sure that we're good to go. I may also make a few copyedits for things that are beyond the Good Article criteria. Again, great work here. I'm looking forward to passing this soon. EricEnfermero Howdy! 00:59, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

Changes addressed; thanks for the review! Sanfranciscogiants17 (talk) 21:22, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
Next changes addressed. Sanfranciscogiants17 (talk) 12:47, 11 February 2013 (UTC)


### Checklist
Thanks for a good read. Promoting to Good Article status. EricEnfermero Howdy! 00:56, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

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There seems to be some back and forth (not involving me, I hasten to add) regarding the years in the infobox, between "(2009–present)" and "(2009–2019, 2021–present)". It is true that Posey didn't play for the Giants in 2020, yet he didn't retire and he didn't go to another team, he simply opted out of playing. Why is this considered two separate periods, not one? Surely he was still under contract as a Giant in 2020, even if he didn't play? --Jameboy (talk) 20:28, 3 April 2021 (UTC)

I was told this is WP:BASEBALL project consensus when I raised a similar issue over at Zack Wheeler. So long as they remain under contract in a period when they are injured or otherwise don't play, it seems to me to make the most sense to include. Go Phightins! 21:31, 3 April 2021 (UTC)
Players who miss a season because they're injured are one argument to make that I don't feel strongly about one way or another. But Buster opted out of 2020, and I do agree it should not be listed as one of his playing years, because unlike Zack Wheeler, who missed the year due to an injury he couldn't control, Buster made a choice. As a comparison, consider how we handle players who fought in World War II, where some volunteered and others were drafted. Joe DiMaggio's infobox reads New York Yankees (1936–1942, 1946–1951) – Muboshgu (talk) 21:56, 3 April 2021 (UTC)
That's' a fair point as a comparison to WWII for those who opted out. I don't feel particularly strongly about the injury bit either; it just strikes me as a little odd / unnecessarily cumbersome. Go Phightins! 22:04, 3 April 2021 (UTC)
When I saw "2009–present", I assumed it meant "first called up by the Giants in 2009 and still playing for the Giants", whereas it seems to mean "first called up by the Giants in 2009 and has played at least one game in every season since" (or at least was on the major league roster), thus emphasising continuity of service. I can see arguments for both and I wouldn't feel inclined to argue against existing consensus either way. Thanks for the responses. --Jameboy (talk) 23:04, 3 April 2021 (UTC)

It has been a while since this article has been reviewed, so I took another look at it and noticed the following:

2018-2020 sections are very short. Should these be merged and expanded?
There's lots of uncited text post-2013 which is especially bad because this is a BLP
Should this article go to WP:GAR? Z1720 (talk) 02:05, 6 May 2025 (UTC)


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