Category talk:College Baseball Stars

Nominate for elimination - too subjective. --Jeff 13:50, 31 August 2010 (EDT)

I think a category like this might be handy if it only covered notable players who never played pro ball - ex. Seiichi Shima. Also, if we eliminate the category, do we erase pages like Matt Nalutka for guys who never turned pro. - --Mischa 14:33, 31 August 2010 (EDT)

So should this category then be only for guys who never turned pro? --Jeff (talk) 20:31, 10 June 2016 (EDT)

I argue yes, because "college baseball star" otherwise is subjective. One can assume that if they turned pro, they had some level of stardom coming out of college. Alex (talk) 21:16, 10 June 2016 (EDT)

Well, not necessarily, as there were a few notoriously poor college performers who went on to have solid major league careers, but I agree with the proposal. Just like the "minor league stars" category which we eliminated, the star aspect is too subjective. Better to make it a category for notable persons who played college baseball but never turned pro for one reason or another. Notability would have to come from either significant achievements as a college player (the star part we currently have), or achievements in other fields (another sport, front-office work, amateur competitions, etc). --Philippe (talk) 03:00, 11 June 2016 (EDT)

Now that the category has been trimmed, for the remaining members of it, it could become "college baseball" and include the remaining players (as well as a whole bunch of college coaches who never played in the pros). --Philippe (talk) 02:23, 12 June 2016 (EDT)

Especially since we have a College baseball Hall of Fame category. The "stars" is so subjective. --Jeff (talk) 04:05, 12 June 2016 (EDT)

• I would say "College baseball players" as "college baseball" is too far-ranging. Alex (talk) 13:40, 12 June 2016 (EDT)

It can still be for players who were prominent in college (the guys here tend to have been All-American or amateur stars in Japan for instance) but never played pro ball. I changed the definition accordingly. - --Mischa (talk) 12:10, 14 June 2016 (EDT)