Talk:Lee Richmond's perfect game/GA1

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Reviewer: Kaiser matias (talk · contribs) 00:15, 27 October 2023 (UTC)

Will review this. Kaiser matias (talk) 00:15, 27 October 2023 (UTC)

Only a few comments:

• "Since 1876, there have been over 237,000 games..." As this number is rising by 2,430 games per year, it would be good to include a date there (something like "from 1876 to 2023" or the like), so that figure doesn't become obsolete or need updating on a yearly basis.

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• In the "Lee Richmond" section of "Background" it notes he joined Worcester in 1879, but doesn't specify from where. Later on it notes he waived his final year at Brown to play only for Worcester. Was he at Brown in 1879? If so it would be good to clarify that. Something like "In 1879, Lee Richmond, a student at Brown University, joined the Worcester Worcesters..."

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• "In 1879, Lee Richmond joined the Worcester Worcesters,[a] a mediocre team in the National Association." Mediocre in what way? Best to clarify (I see from the league page they finished 4th of 9 teams, is that roughly where they were when Richmond joined?).

So by the looks of it, I got confused when I initially read the SABR article. The Worcesters weren't exactly a bad team, it's just that they weren't popular until Richmond came along. I've updated the article to clarify that.

• "...Richmond signed a $2,400 contract." Any context to how good of a salary that was in relation to other players?

The SABR article sources the Toledo Blade, and that source claims it was a record setting contract. What record the contract broke, I have no idea. This SABR article seems to indicate that the average contract in 1880 was around $5000 or so (note that the chart at the bottom of the article is for individual year salaries, not the entire contract)

• John Montgomery Ward's perfect game has Perfect!: Biographies and Lifetime Statistics of 14 Pitchers of Perfect Baseball Games With Summaries and Boxscores" by Ronald Mayer as a source. Is there a reason you didn't include that as a source for this article?

While working on Ward's perfect game article, I found that the book in question was on the Internet Archive, and included some more information about Ward. However, it didn't include any new information about Richmond or his perfect game that wasn't already covered from the other sources I used, so I decided to not include it.

Once the above are addressed, will take a final review, but it should be good then. Kaiser matias (talk) 17:25, 28 October 2023 (UTC)

@Kaiser matias: Hi there! Thanks for taking the time to review this article. I've addressed all of your comments. Famous Hobo (talk) 01:20, 30 October 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick reply here. I'm happy with everything, and enjoyed reading the article. Well done. Kaiser matias (talk) 22:54, 30 October 2023 (UTC)