Talk:Mike Darr

Latest comment: 3 years ago by Usernameunique in topic GA Review

GA Review

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Reviewer: Usernameunique (talk · contribs) 10:51, 1 July 2021 (UTC)Reply


Lead

  • "Darr batted left-handed but threw right-handed." — Not mentioned in the body.
  • "Darr was a second-round draft pick of the Detroit Tigers in 1994" — Suggest "Darr was a second-round draft pick of the Detroit Tigers out of high school in 1994"
  • "(MLB)" — The acronym is used in only the infobox. Is it really needed here?
    • I just noticed that that was the second mention of Major League Baseball in the paragraph, so I moved the parenthetical abbreviation to after the first mention and changed the second mention to the abbreviation. Sanfranciscogiants17 (talk) 21:14, 1 July 2021 (UTC)Reply
  • "fellow Padre minor leaguer Duane Johnson" — Not mentioned in the body ("fellow Padre minor leaguer"). Also, I assume this is the same Duane Johnson that was his childhood friend? Worth mentioning.

Early life

  • Is the name of his mother known? What did his parents do?
    • Found an article that not only lists his mother's name, but also tells about his brother Ryan, who was a minor league baseball player. Can't find the mother's occupation; fact that father played professional baseball mentioned. Info added. Sanfranciscogiants17 (talk) 21:25, 1 July 2021 (UTC)Reply
  • How did he know Darrin Chiaverini/Duane Johnson? School? Sports?
    • As is mentioned in the article, they grew up together. They might have done school and sports together, but I don't know if that's how they knew each other or they knew each other and then they did those things together. The article's supposed to be more about Darr than about those two; I think to mention that they knew each other growing up is enough. Sanfranciscogiants17 (talk) 21:30, 1 July 2021 (UTC)Reply
  • Any word on why went to live with the Johnsons?
    • As I said in the article, he went to live with them when he was struggling with drug use. Presumably it was because of that, but the source doesn't get more definitive than to say this was when he went to live with them. Sanfranciscogiants17 (talk) 21:30, 1 July 2021 (UTC)Reply
  • There's no mention of his athletic involvement here, which was presumably a significant part of his life. Did he place baseball in high school? College? Were there any scouting reports? As a second-round pick, he must have made some noise.

Detroit Tigers organization (1994–96)

  • Each year of his career in this section gets little more than a sentence. Granted, it's the low minors, but is there anything else to say? Any profiles on him from the time? Was he ranked as a prospect?

Single-A advanced and Double-A (1997–98)

  • "This time, he hit 15 home runs" — Where did that rank in the league? Any explanation for the sudden upsurge in power?
    • With baseball players, this is typically due to muscle development, particularly for players drafted out of high school. None of the sources about Darr mentions this, though, which is why I have not. The home runs did not rank in the top 10, or I would have mentioned it. Sanfranciscogiants17 (talk) 21:46, 1 July 2021 (UTC)Reply
  • How many games did he play in per year?
  • Anything non-stat related from this time to say about him?

In the Minors and the Majors (1999–2000)

  • "was promoted to the Padres in May" — How was he playing before then?
    • I would assume well, but sources do not say. I couldn't find an article specifically about his promotion, just the games list showing he started to play in May. What I have done is listed his stats from his minor league season as a whole, information that is provided in the sources. Sanfranciscogiants17 (talk) 21:49, 1 July 2021 (UTC)Reply
  • "After making several starts for San Diego in right field" — Maybe "After making [number] starts for San Diego in right field and batting [average] ..."
  • "In 25 games for San Diego" — Assuming that includes his May/June games too?
  • "126 hits, nine home runs, 65 RBI" — Here and elsewhere, see comparable numbers guidance ("Comparable values should be all spelled out or all in figures ...")

Full season in the major leagues (2001)

Death

  • "The Padre fans hoped that Darr would be one of several young players who would help the franchise become a winner in the near future" — This is the first time since that anything is said how he was seen by fans/scouts/teams etc. Is there anything else to add?
  • "over the legal limit" — Any idea what it was?
  • This is the first time Johnson is mentioned since "Early life". Did they play together? Were they both in Arizona for spring training?
  • Anything to say about his legacy?

Hey Sanfranciscogiants17, a couple comments above, but generally looks good. Saw and then forgot about your talk-page message, else I would have returned to this earlier. --Usernameunique (talk) 05:36, 10 July 2021 (UTC)Reply

Passing now. --Usernameunique (talk) 21:33, 17 July 2021 (UTC)Reply