Template:Did you know nominations/Charlie Gray

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The result was: promoted by Bruxton (talk) 13:41, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

Charlie Gray

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• ... that Major League Baseball pitcher Charlie Gray was billed as his team's pitcher "of six fingers and six toed fame" and called "a freak" by the Sporting Life? Source: David Nemec (2012). The Rank and File of 19th Century Major League Baseball. McFarland. p. 40 ("SL noted that his new manager 'signed a freak for the club.' ...Gray was billed as the club's new pitcher 'of six fingers and six toed fame.' ... cited his main attribute as beng 'known as the six-fingered pitcher.'")
  • Reviewed: Missy Gray
  • Comment: This was an AfD rescue. The AfD will close shortly.

5x expanded by Cbl62 (talk). Self-nominated at 02:10, 25 August 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Charlie Gray; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

• I'll review this, but per WP:DYKCOMPLETE, only after the AFD is over. ミラP@Miraclepine 03:33, 25 August 2023 (UTC)

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Now that the AFD is over, I can finally review this. ミラP@Miraclepine 10:28, 26 August 2023 (UTC)

@Cbl62: I am trying to learn whether he had six fingers or it was just a nickname? I allso sectioned the article because it looked like a stub. Bruxton (talk) 13:41, 28 August 2023 (UTC)