Brandon Brown
Major League Baseball will officially incorporate Negro League statistics into MLB historical records on Wednesday, reports USA Today. MLB elevated the Negro Leagues to “Major League” status in 2020 and recognized the “statistics and records” of approximately 3,400 players who played in seven leagues between 1920-48. They are now part of the official record.
“We are proud that the official historical record now includes players from the Negro Leagues,” commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement to Yahoo Sports. “This initiative aims to ensure that future generations of fans have access to the statistics and milestones of all those who made the Negro Leagues possible. His achievements on the field will be a gateway to broader learning about this triumph in American history and the path that led to Jackie Robinson’s Dodger debut in 1947.”
As a result of Wednesday’s integration, Negro Leagues legend Josh Gibson is now the all-time leader in career batting average (.372, surpassing Ty Cobb’s .366), slugging percentage (.718, surpassing Babe Ruth’s .690) and OPS. (1.177, surpassing Ruth’s 1.164). Gibson is also the new single-season leader in those categories. The new single-season leaderboards:
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1. Josh Gibson: 0.446 in 1943 |
1. Josh Gibson: 0.974 in 1937 |
1. Josh Gibson: 1,474 in 1931 |
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two. Charles Smith: .451 in 1929 |
two. Mule Stuttes: 0.898 in 1927 |
two. Josh Gibson: 1,435 in 1943 |
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3. Hugh Duffy: .440 in 1898 |
3. Josh Gibson: 0.871 in 1943 |
3. Barry Bonds: 1,421 in 2004 |
“When you hear Josh Gibson’s name now, it’s not just because he was the greatest player in the Negro Leagues, but one of the greatest of all time. These aren’t just Negro League statistics. They’re major league baseball statistics, “Sean Gibson, great-grandson of Josh, told USA Today. “This means a lot not only to the Josh Gibson family, but also to represent the 2,300 men in the Negro Leagues who didn’t have the opportunity to play (in MLB).”
Gibson played for three Negro League teams – Memphis Red Sox, Pittsburgh Crawfords, Homestead Grays – from 1930-46 and finished his career as a .372/.458/.718 hitter with 166 home runs in 602 games. He was a 12-time All-Star and is widely considered one of the greatest catchers in the history of the sport. In 1972, Gibson became the second Negro League player inducted into the Hall of Fame, joining Satchel Paige.
Kenesaw Mountain Landis’ name was removed from the MVP trophy in 2020 after several Hall of Famers, including Barry Larkin and Mike Schmidt, expressed their discomfort. Landis, baseball’s first commissioner, played a major role in keeping baseball segregated during his time as commissioner from 1920-44. Gibson’s family hopes the MVP award will be renamed in his honor.
“How ironic it would be for Josh Gibson to replace the man who denied over 2,300 men the opportunity to play major league baseball,” Sean Gibson told USA Today. “Hopefully with these stats we can move him toward the Josh Gibson MVP award. These statistics make a great argument for it to be named in his honor.”
The Negro Leagues existed out of necessity, of course, arising from MLB’s racist and exclusionary practices that prohibited black players from competing in integrated leagues for more than 50 years.
MLB celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Negro Leagues during the 2020 season, with a league-wide celebration taking place on August 16.
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