Category talk:Serie A1 Players

Over 200 entries. - --Mischa 21:55, 12 April 2009 (EDT)

250. - --Mischa 14:00, 18 October 2009 (EDT)

Over 300. - --Mischa 12:46, 28 May 2010 (EDT)

350. - --Mischa 12:25, 18 April 2011 (EDT)

400 entries. About a hundred per year. - --Mischa 14:00, 1 February 2012 (EST)

Our 500th is Enzo Masci - --Mischa (talk) 16:18, 28 November 2013 (EST)

Aldo Koutsoyanopulos makes it 600 - --Mischa (talk) 19:41, 30 December 2018 (UTC)

Gianluca Cibati is the 700th. - Mischa (talk) 12:50, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

Possible Italian Serie A1 players

• Glen Cook; stats

I think this one is the same Glen Cook. Glen did not play in Organized Baseball in 1988-1989.

• Beiker Graterol; stats

Finished in OB in 2000. Sounds like the same guy. Found proof here CONFIRMED

• Drew Hall; stats

Possible. He spent some time in Buffalo in 1992 but 7 games in Italy sounds feasible. Yes - see here CONFIRMED

• Jeff Hamilton; stats

He played 127 games in Vero Beach in 1984, so while it's possible, I'd mark this one as unlikely.

• Kelly Heath; stats

Finished Organized Baseball in 1990, so Italy in 1991 sounds highly feasible. Also, he played 10 games for Milano in 1946; major leaguer Brian Giles played the other 26. I'm guessing one got hurt or left the country and was replaced by the other.

• Ubaldo Heredia; stats

1989 was his last year in OB, so this sounds probable.

• Wilson Heredia; stats

Out of OB after 2000, so sounds very possible. Same guy - see www.baseball.it/leggi_articolo.asp?id=6331 CONFIRMED

• Tim Ireland; stats

Finished OB in 1985, so sounds like it could very well be the same guy. Same guy - see www.baseball.it/leggi_articolo.asp?id=15342 CONFIRMED

• Danilo Leon; stats

Very possible. Leon played briefly in Mexico in 1991, but nowhere else in OB. Same guy - see http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19920614&slug=1497055 CONFIRMED

• Rich Murray; stats

Possible. Didn't play much in the US that year.

• Dave Nilsson; stats

Possible. Out of OB. Not exactly a common name. That's him - see this article CONFIRMED

• Chris Nyman; stats

Finished OB a year earlier so a strong possibility.

• Al Olmsted; stats

Wrapped up his OB career a year earlier. Likely.

• Roberto Rivera; stats

Wrong position. Looks like Roberto E. Rivera, who played in the minors from 1994-2001.

• Bill Robinson; stats

Could be. Didn't start in OB until the next year.

• Billy Smith; stats

A Billy Smith? Who knows?

• Greg Smith; stats

Wrong birthdate. This sounds Greg Lee Smith, a minor leaguer from 1978 through 1993 who had played 21 games in Mexico that year to conclude a six-year run there. Sounds like he went to Italy after washing out of Mexico. CONFIRMED

• Ken Smith; stats

Possible. Played briefly in Mexico in 1987 (last year in OB) so some time in Italy is feasible.

• Mark Souza; stats

OB career ended in 1991. Highly possible.

• Les Straker; stats

Out of OB in 1991-1992 so highly probable. CONFIRMED by 2010 Phillies Media Guide