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Negro Leagues Statistics Are Now Integrated Into the MLB Record Books

Brett Taylor Brett Taylor
May 29, 2024
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After announcing a few years ago that MLB would officially recognize the Negro Leagues as a “Major League” and part of Major League Baseball, the league is now incorporating the statistics as part of the official MLB record:

Superstar Josh Gibson now finds himself the MLB leader in a variety of categories, and properly recognized as one of the best ever to play the sport at the highest level:

Over his 14-year career with the Pittsburgh Crawfords and Homestead Grays, Gibson hit a ridiculous .374/.458/.720 for his career, good for a 202 wRC+ when compared against the rest of the players in the Negro Leagues at the time (i.e., 102% better than the average player). For context, Babe Ruth was at 192 for his career, Ted Williams was at 187, and Barry Bonds was at 173.

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Brett Taylor is the Lead Cubs Writer at Bleacher Nation, and you can find him on Twitter at @BleacherNation and on LinkedIn here. Brett is also the founder of Bleacher Nation, which opened up shop in 2008 as an independent blog about the Chicago Cubs. Later growing to incorporate coverage of other Chicago sports, Bleacher Nation is now one of the largest regional sports blogs on the web.

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