What If Negro League Legends Had the Stats to Rewrite Baseball History?
While names like Hank Aaron, Ernie Banks and Satchel Paige – former Negro League players who became MLB stars – have been recognized by baseball fans for decades, figures such as Josh Gibson, Oscar Charleston and Jud Wilson are finally receiving the reverent attention they deserve.
It’s necessary to consider these performances the same way we view AL or NL feats because, by most accounts, the talent level of the pitchers they faced in the Negro Leagues was no worse than the pitchers of those leagues. Given the opportunity, most Negro League stars would’ve been stars in the AL or NL.



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