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Granddaughter of Negro League baseball great 'stunned' by stats merger with MLB
ABC News· 17 hours agoJosh Gibson, for example, now holds the records for highest career batting average, with .372,...
Granddaughter of Negro League baseball great 'stunned' by stats merger with MLB
ABC News· 17 hours agoFrom the 1920s to the '50s, Negro League Baseball (NLB) was the home for Black players who were...
In black and white: Mixing Negro League, MLB stats reduces baseball history’s grey area
Dallas Morning News· 2 days agoIt’s been 53 years since the first Negro Leagues player was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame...
Satchel Paige, Oscar Charleston and 5 other Negro Leagues players who benefit most from MLB stats...
Sporting News· 2 days agoMajor League Baseball will announce the results of a more than three-year research endeavor into...
MLB to include historic Negro League stats
Lexington Clipper-Herald· 2 days agoMajor League Baseball has officially added statistics from seven 'Negro Leagues' to its official records. The change results in Josh Gibson becoming the...
Josh Gibson, Satchel Paige and the unsung baseball stars of the Negro Leagues now take center stage
NBC News via Yahoo Sports· 2 days agoThe all-time statistical leaders in baseball underwent a dramatic shake-up on Wednesday after MLB’s...
San Francisco Giants Legend Barry Bonds Set To Lose Two MLB Records
Sports Illustrated· 3 days agoMajor League Baseball is set to make a major move by making Negro Leagues statistics official in...
Perspective | No matter what MLB said, the Negro Leagues were never less than major
Washington Post· 5 hours agoA chapter inside the 1991 edition of “Total Baseball” written by sports scholar Jules Tygiel, whom I...
Move over Ruth and Cobb: MLB adds Negro League stats and Josh Gibson surpasses legends
LA Times via Yahoo Sports· 2 days agoMLB has integrated its official statistics with those from the Negro Leagues, meaning Josh Gibson...
Descendants of Negro League stars celebrate long-awaited MLB stat shift
New York Times· 1 day agoJoyce Stearnes Thompson spent Wednesday morning walking around a ballpark where her father once...