Uncovering the Untold Legends Who Shaped Baseball Before the MLB Spotlight Shone

Uncovering the Untold Legends Who Shaped Baseball Before the MLB Spotlight Shone
A statue of Pittsburgh native Josh Gibson outside PNC Park, the Pirates’ home stadium, before the 2006 MLB All-Star Game. He played for Pittsburgh’s two Negro Leagues teams, the Homestead Grays and Pittsburgh Crawfords. (AP Photo)

Gibson also batted .466 in 1943, and baseball’s integration of Negro Leagues statistics beginning in 2024 makes it the highest all time in a single season (players with 125+ ABs). The same is now recognized with his .371 career BA.

Some called Gibson “the Black Babe Ruth,” but others who saw both players in action considered Ruth “the white Josh Gibson.” He was 35 when he died of a stroke in 1947.

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