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Conflicting year of birth
editMLB.com shows his year of birth as 1954. However, baseball-reference.com as well has his obituary list the year as 1953. Bob305 (talk) 00:11, 15 August 2014 (UTC)
I don't hold the obituary as a wholly reliable source as it also states that he played in the Majors for the Detroit Tigers. Bob305 (talk) 00:19, 15 August 2014 (UTC)
date of death
editI removed the following unsourced statement as I could not find a reliable source to verify, and secondly, did he collapse on the 12th and die on the 13? Baseball-reference.com as well has his obituary list the day of death as the 13th. I have my reservations about the obituary (as stated in the previous section), but b-r would be considered a reliable source.
- "On June 12, 2014, Pittman was working a construction job in Freeport, Texas, when he suddenly collapsed and died. Immediate attempts to revive him were unsuccessful."
- I applied the [original research?] tag this evening because of the revert and comments found at User talk:Downsmith#Joe Pittman. Bob305 (talk) 04:03, 23 August 2014 (UTC)
Current Data Online
editb. January 1, 1953 / d. June 13, 2014 (in Lake Jackson, Texas) – According to MLB, Legacy, Baseball Reference and Retrosheet, among other reliable resources with capacity to make periodic corrections. MusiCitizen (talk) 13:49, 26 February 2018 (UTC)
- @MusiCitizen: Thanks! Thanks for checking back to these other reliable sources for updates. As spring and summer approach I hope to get back to editing more baseball-related articles. Bob305 (talk) 17:33, 17 March 2018 (UTC)