Talk:Choo-Choo Coleman

Date of Birth?

There is some dispute about Coleman's birthdate. Official baseball records have it as August 25, 1937, but in his obituary in The Times and Democrat (Orangeburg, South Carolina), his niece said that Coleman was actually born on August 18, 1935.

Mad Thinker (talk) 17:15, 16 August 2016 (UTC)

@Mad Thinker, Yankees10, Go Phightins!, Spanneraol, and Buster7: Thanks for the input, MT. In the past I have corresponded with baseball-reference.com concerning conflicting dates of birth between them and mlb.com. B-r also uses census reports to back up their DOBs. I have also found that obituaries may not always have accurate information although in this case, the niece is stating one thing and the obituary (not necessarily) the niece is quoting b-r.com. In my opinion, take a deep breath, wait, and see if b-r.com and/or mlb.com make any changes in the next couple of weeks. I'm open to other opinions. Bob305 (talk) 23:06, 16 August 2016 (UTC)

Tricky one here (sorry for the delayed reply). I'm inclined to agree with Bob ... obituaries are probably not the best source. Go Phightins! 16:20, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

After a "cooling off" period of almost 4 weeks ... baseball-reference.com is now listing his DOB as August 25, 1935 (2 years earlier, but not the exact date as listed in the obituary); mlb.com is still listing the DOB as August 25, 1937. I'll update the hidden note in the article. Bob305 (talk) 18:55, 11 September 2016 (UTC)

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DOB

Guys I understand that you have used the date of birth on MLB.com but majority of other sources - Baseball Reference, SABR, Retrosheet, and obituaries - lists it as 1935. I think we should go with the majority consensus rather than what is appears to be a mistake by MLB's website. But I'd like to get some feedback first. -- Omnis Scientia (talk) 13:59, 22 October 2023 (UTC)