Talk:Buck O'Neil

message: There was a request to move this page to Buck O'Neil - however there was no proper template/request on this page - so for this particular move I'll hold off until next time. Feel free to refile:). Ryan Norton T | @ | C 01:32, 15 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Move

message: The claim that Buck O'Neil is the oldest man to play professional baseball is incorrect, and sourced information to that effect keeps being removed from the page. Ted "Double-Duty" Radcliffe made an appearance in a Northern League game seven years before Buck (1999 vs. 2006) and was nearly two years older than Buck (96 to 94) at the time. The information is listed on the Schaumburg Flyers website and can be verified. This does NOT constitute negative information, merely correcting the record.
Except the Schaumburg Flyers are not a pro team associated with the MLB.  They are independent.  Buck played in a minor league all star game which may be just a dubious but at least it is connected to the MLB.  Read the SI obit listed below. 00:34, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: NOT The Oldest Pro-Player

message: Except that the Schaumburg Flyers are a professional team, playing in the non-affiliated Northern League.  Buck O'Neil played in the Northern League All-Star game, which is to say, he played a game in the same league that Radcliffe did seven years earlier.  If someone wants to dispute Radcliffe's appearance in a regular-season Northern League contest as "not being associated with the MLB", then they must also dispute Buck's appearance in a Northern League All-Star game for the same reason.
Honestly, the designation is "professional", not "officially affiliated with MLB".  Buck was the oldest player to have a plate appearance in a professional game, but Double Duty was the oldest player ever to appear in a game.
:What is a plate appearance? --Gbleem 12:11, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: A "plate appearance" is exactly what it sounds like, a time at the plate.  It can be an at bat (making a hit, out, or reaching on error), a walk, a sacrifice bunt, a sacrifice fly, a time hit by pitcher, or reaching on catcher's interference.  The latter five are not charged as At Bats, but are plate appearances.  Buck was intentionally walked both times to the plate, so he had two plate appearances with no at-bats.Couillaud 12:33, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: STILL not the oldest pro player

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message: I removed a statement saying that O'Neil was the first African American scout in Major League history when hired by the Cubs in 1955.  John Donaldson was the first, having been hired by the White Sox in 1949. -- Couillaud 15:05, 10 February 2017 (UTC)
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