Template:Did you know nominations/Martin Powell (baseball)

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The result was: promoted by  — Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:59, 24 June 2014 (UTC)

Martin Powell (baseball) edit

  • ... that rookie baseball player Martin Powell finished second to Cap Anson for the 1881 batting title, but retired three years later and died of "consumption" at age 31?

5x expanded by Cbl62 (talk). Self nominated at 04:21, 10 June 2014 (UTC).

  • This is a five-fold expansion and is new enough and long enough. The hook is sourced, QPQ has been done and I detected no policy issues. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 19:44, 13 June 2014 (UTC)