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Josh Gibson becomes MLB career and season batting leader as Negro Leagues statistics incorporated
FOX 5 San Diego· 6 days agoNEW YORK (AP) — Josh Gibson became Major League Baseball’s career leader with a .372 batting...
Negro Leagues Statistics Incorporated Into MLB Record Books
KPVI· 5 days agoJosh Gibson has become the MLB’s career leader with a .372 batting average after the Negro Leagues...
Counting the Negro League Records Is About More Than Numbers
The Nation· 5 days agoIt has taken until 2024 for Major League Baseball to achieve what South Africa did in the early...
MLB integrates Negro League statistics into all-time record book with Josh Gibson now career batting...
KOMU Columbia· 5 days agoJosh Gibson, one of the greatest sluggers in the history of the Negro Leagues, is now listed as MLB...
MLB Incorporates Negro Leagues Stats: Top Leaderboard Changes
98.7 The Shark· 5 days agoIt’s been a long time coming and Major League Baseball (MLB) has finally incorporated the statistics of former Negro League players into its historical records on its website ...
Negro League accomplishments ‘are real,’ says Rangers manager Bruce Bochy
Fort Worth Star-Telegram· 5 days agoMLB records changed overnight when the league decided that stats from the Negro Leagues would be counted alongside their MLB counterparts as a part of a ...
MLB will integrate Negro Leagues statistics into record books & new leaders emerge
The Kansas City Star· 6 days agoStarting Wednesday, Major League Baseball will have a new record holder in several single-season and career categories. Legend and Hall of Famer Josh Gibson will take the top spot on lists such ...
‘The Black Lou Gehrig’ from North Carolina is finally recognized in the MLB record books
The News & Observer· 5 days agoAll his life, Walter “Buck” Leonard lived with the hard truth that his numbers didn’t count as much. As a Black star, his statistics topped a separate list, even when he joined the Baseball Hall of Fame as an elderly man.