Major League Baseball (MLB) will officially incorporate statistics from the Negro Leagues into its historical records on Wednesday, marking a significant milestone in baseball history. This integration will include the records of over 2,300 players from the seven iterations of the Negro Leagues that operated between 1920 and 1948. As a result, legendary Negro Leagues player Josh Gibson will become the MLB record holder in multiple categories. Gibson will now hold the single-season records for batting average (.466 in 1943), slugging percentage (.974 in 1937), and OPS (1.474 in 1937). Additionally, he will lead in career batting average (.372), slugging percentage (.718), OPS (1.177), and home runs (962), surpassing previous record holders such as Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth. This decision follows a three-year research project aimed at ensuring the accomplishments of Negro Leagues players are recognized in the official MLB database. The move is seen as a long-overdue acknowledgment of the contributions and talents of Negro Leagues players, addressing a historical oversight in baseball's record-keeping.
Major leaguers praise inclusion of Negro Leagues statistics into official baseball records https://t.co/ANNgQLrOdK https://t.co/bjSvtxBpak
Josh Gibson, who died just three months before the baseball's colour barrier was broken, is now the holder of multiple Major League Baseball records. It's the result of a three-year effort to integrate Negro League accomplishments. https://t.co/Z61Mp1CWUN .
Josh Gibson dethrones Ty Cobb as baseball's lifetime batting average champ after Negro League stats added to MLB stats https://t.co/3iGBjeEMCW https://t.co/fPTe5Uk19t
MLB will announce on Wednesday the results of a newly integrated statistical database covering records from Negro Leagues. How will the plate appearance minimums work? @tylerkepner on the committee's standards ⤵️ https://t.co/akOrjCo7yd https://t.co/vcKprKZDdb
Negro Leagues stats update by MLB a sobering reminder of challenge to maintain Black history from @clintonyates https://t.co/vPAxh6FUgK
Home Run King Josh Gibson https://t.co/85IkvzFF72
"This was a league that was very important to baseball history.. You have to tell the complete story and the Negro Leagues stats will officially be part of MLB's historical record" ~ @Russ_Dorsey1 #PMSLive https://t.co/LhniMoEh79 https://t.co/iBFHzJr6A7
We commend @MLB’s overdue but necessary incorporation of the Negro League’s records into baseball’s official record book Of special merit: Hall of Famer & 12-time All-Star Josh Gibson who won 2 Negro League World Series with the Homestead Grays—who played most home games in DC https://t.co/6Rf4umd7lk
"This is an important day in the history of baseball.. You can't tell the story of baseball without the Negro Leagues" ~ @Russ_Dorsey1 #PMSLive https://t.co/JD36GCH7S1 https://t.co/tiBhUNEzej
Josh Gibson became Major League Baseball’s career leader with a .372 batting average. https://t.co/cYVnys8KFP
Josh Gibson has become MLB’s career and season batting leader as Negro Leagues records for more than 2,300 players were incorporated after a three-year research project. https://t.co/WpMtMPJH8E
MLB officially incorporates statistics of former Negro Leagues players https://t.co/TsMPsTeIt2 https://t.co/50qTDppR7G
He died at just 35 in 1947. Now Josh Gibson is baseball's batting average champ https://t.co/d0o94D0vuz
Josh Gibson becomes MLB career batting leader as Negro Leagues statistics incorporated. https://t.co/C4buviXU4t https://t.co/TD3DyHRDCm
It was announced last night that the stats of over 2,300 Negro League players were integrated into the MLB record books. This morning I spoke with Pirates manager Derek Shelton to get his thoughts on the news. Read what he had to say here: https://t.co/QPpGzY6ui3
The real reason Negro League stats are being added. Ty Cobb. https://t.co/9NLo2NytW5
With MLB officially adding Negro Leagues stats to their record books, Josh Gibson is the new leader for some major categories. 🔥🔥 https://t.co/ClQnnUL7Am https://t.co/7RSWzmbSs0
MLB is officially incorporating Negro Leagues statistics of more than 2,300 players.. Several Major League records are now held by Josh Gibson #PMSLive https://t.co/1A2MmRYKas
I commend the @MLB for its recognition of Negro League players and the records they set for league and beyond. Representation matters. This is American history. https://t.co/BeBeTepqfi
Negro League stats are officially being recognized by MLB and @Jared_Carrabis is one step closer to erasing Babe Ruth from the record books. -Negro League Stats -Ángel Hernández Retires -Dodgers Biggest Threat -Skenes/Jones -AL Cy Young Listen Here: https://t.co/MnO0Ox8MJQ https://t.co/UToszii8tQ
Josh Gibson becomes Major League Baseball’s career leader with .372 batting average, surpassing Ty Cobb’s .367 Negro Leagues records for more than 2,300 players were incorporated after three-year research project https://t.co/OxU0UEIB8L
It's our honor and privilege to sit on the Negro Leagues Statistical Review Committee and to support MLB in entering statistics for more than 2,300 Negro League players into the official database and record books. Please join us in celebrating a truly historic day for baseball. https://t.co/xJu1cVZUiy
ICYMI: There’s a new home run leader in Major League Baseball 🚨 Josh Gibson is credited with 962 total home runs over his 17-year career after the league officially incorporates Negro League statistics. Gibson passes Barry Bonds’ 762 and Hank Aaron’s 755. https://t.co/I4endyII8o
Negro Leagues legends such as Josh Gibson, Oscar Charleston, Buck Leonard, Charlie “Chino” Smith, Turkey Stearnes, and Mule Suttles have joined all-time and single-season Major League leaderboards. https://t.co/xCVOEkdRBT
Only Negro Leagues stats from box scores that have been found (72% and counting) are incorporated. Josh Gibson hit 4 HRs in a game but no box score for now, so not counted. Willie Mays 2 HRs in 1948 (vs. Cleveland Buckeyes, NY Cubans) but no box scores. He's still at 660 for now. https://t.co/az7sMPJ6iK
MLB integrates Negro League statistics into all-time record book with Josh Gibson now career batting average leader https://t.co/sBAQ2ZgK54
Josh Gibson became Major League Baseball’s career leader with a .372 batting average, surpassing Ty Cobb’s .367, when Negro Leagues records for more than 2,300 players were incorporated. https://t.co/fs4pySfaFC
From @TheAthletic: The Negro League star Josh Gibson has long been called one of the best hitters in baseball history, but his numbers never appeared in MLB’s official record. Until now. It is the culmination of decades of research. https://t.co/PIaBlgXHcW
Was curious how MLB was going to implement the merging of Negro League stats, given that they use a 5,000-AB minimum for their leaderboards and Negro Leaguers don't have that many recorded ABs. I guess they've just ditched that for Negro Leaguers but kept it for AL/NL players?
This is really incredible and overdue. Josh Gibson, known as “the black Babe Ruth” now baseball’s all time batting leader, leap-frogging ... Ty Cobb. Wow. https://t.co/U6RaacNJ4z
MLB adds Negro Leagues stats to official record books. 👏 https://t.co/ClQnnULFpU https://t.co/YYnY0nbixT
"Baseball history will change forever Wednesday." Josh Gibson will dominate MLB’s record book as Negro Leagues stats are added https://t.co/yMfyYuGdhi
MLB adds Negro Leagues stats to record books, making Josh Gibson all-time leader in batting average, more https://t.co/NZAY6LKCna
now that the MLB has incorporated Negro league stats into their overall category leaders, it’s a worthy question, who faced tougher competition, Josh Gibson, or Barry Bonds? also is this move wack, woke, or worthwhile?
Several Major League records are now held by Josh Gibson as he and other Negro Leagues legends officially join the all-time leaderboards. The statistics of more than 2,300 Negro Leagues players launch today in a newly integrated https://t.co/Z3s2EpgF39 database that presents… https://t.co/UyvCu0pSzi
"To deny the best Black players of the era their rightful place among all-time leaders would be a double penalty." "Every fan should welcome this statistical restitution towards social reparation.” How MLB now counts Negro Leagues stats: https://t.co/qa2hRBy6yC via @sfchronicle
I’m seeing a lot of handwringing over Negro Leagues statistics being incorporated into MLB historical records. Well, to me there’s a lot more validity of Josh Gibson’s slugging percentage than there is in steroid-inflated slugging percentages and home-run totals.
Josh Gibson becomes MLB career and season batting leader as Negro Leagues statistics incorporated (from @AP) https://t.co/K5Tn6Mrzyk
Now, finally, the Negro League stats will be included in Major League Baseball stats. Next on @undisputed
Negro Leagues statistics are officially becoming part of MLB history today. Here's a story I did on the announcement back in 2020. https://t.co/67PAwcXZqn
MLB records change as Negro League stats are integrated, but it’s a complicated shift https://t.co/IkthYzcXzX
"Even though the stats are great, we’re still not finished." ... Caught up with Sean Gibson to talk about Josh Gibson, MLB incorporating Negro Leagues stats and where this all could go: https://t.co/TFPK6jMnUI
Today, stats from more than 2,300 Negro League players will officially be integrated into the Major League Baseball database. Josh Gibson will become the MLB record-holder in multiple categories, including: • Batting average (.372) • Slugging percentage (.718) • OPS (1.177) https://t.co/ESDZcYuwdq
"This initiative is focused on ensuring that future generations of fans have access to the statistics and milestones of all those who made the Negro Leagues possible," MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement provided to The Associated Press. https://t.co/H1jGV6ckbG
Major League Baseball formally adopted statistics from the racially segregated Negro Leagues into its official history on Wednesday, rewriting the record books at a stroke in a landmark move which confronts the sport's racist past ⬇️ https://t.co/bvIAKbBxBo #AFPSports
Adding the Negro League's statistics to the official MLB record will help educate baseball fans. @tylerkepner has nine takeaways from the flood of newly certified data, including info on the ageless Satchel Paige ⤵️ https://t.co/cVAjlrumZG https://t.co/sjkdDzIsQr
Josh Gibson last played pro baseball in 1946. But this week he became #MLB's all-time leader in batting average, slugging percentage and OPS. The incorporation of Negro Leagues records is finally giving legends like Gibson their due. FULL STORY: https://t.co/DVI5VCpAKh
Gibson passes Cobb as MLB career batting leader after Negro Leagues baseball records incorporated https://t.co/4epHe0zTiY
5 MLB records that will change with Negro Leagues stats being incorporated, including Josh Gibson passing Ty Cobb https://t.co/tbWNEHAEXS https://t.co/WPOi5l4797
Josh Gibson to break records as MLB integrates Negro League stats, per report https://t.co/qJpE06unET
A few years back, we dove into the complex task that MLB faced when it set out to bring the statistics of the Negro Leagues into its official record. It wound up taking 3 1/2 years and it required working through obstacles. But today, it becomes official. https://t.co/XiILa8n25K
A few years back, we dove into complex task that MLB faced when it set out to bring the statistics of the Negro Leagues into its official record. It wound up taking 3 1/2 years and it required working through obstacles. But today, it becomes official. https://t.co/XiILa8n25K
Negro Leagues stats now formally part of MLB history. https://t.co/rRUOGCzZPa? https://t.co/HE6X7lTSOd
Inside Wednesday’s Yahoo Sports AM ☀️🧵 Negro Leagues statistics will become part of MLB history, with more than 2,300 players from the seven iterations of the Negro Leagues (1920-1948) being officially added to the record books. https://t.co/1q63YcPg2k
In a milestone decision, the MLB announced Tuesday that it is now incorporating statistics of Negro Leagues that operated in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s into its record books. https://t.co/jedT53sZe7
MLB recognizing Negro League has Josh Gibson (.372) supplanting Ty Cobb (.367) in career hitting, and Oscar Charleston (.348) moving into Top 10. I went looking for the grave of Indianapolis’ baseball great in 2015. Found it. And a shame. And a murderer. https://t.co/HUhKrG3gTL
The MLB confirmed that Negro Leagues statistics will officially become a part of MLB's historical record. The move opens door for 2,300 Negro Leagues players to have their accomplishments entered into the league’s official database. https://t.co/dlgYExCOV8
MLB incorporates Negro Leagues statistics, shakes up record books https://t.co/4hSOylMG9c https://t.co/9a2KgdYlTP
In a milestone decision decades in the making, MLB will now incorporate statistics of Negro League players, meaning that Josh Gibson will take multiple records from the likes of Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth. https://t.co/ve6neqgCBQ
USA Today: MLB incorporating Negro League statistics, meaning Josh Gibson is career batting average leader over Ty Cobb https://t.co/2p6NcjJXLD
The MLB will officially integrate Negro League statistics into its record books. @DeMarcoReports has more on this historic change. https://t.co/MJ7kCZu6Mx
Josh Gibson became Major League Baseball’s career leader with a .372 batting average, surpassing Ty Cobb’s .367, when Negro Leagues records for more than 2,300 players were incorporated Tuesday after a three-year research project. https://t.co/FzLsLwOLbB
Josh Gibson now MLB’s all-time hitting champion as Negro League stats are officially integrated into MLB record books https://t.co/DS31I2ByKB
In a milestone decision decades in the making, Major League Baseball announced Tuesday that it will incorporate the statistics of Negro Leagues that operated in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s into its record books. https://t.co/uohzH4mPTE
Negro Leagues statistics will become part of the official Major League historical record today, making Josh Gibson the all-time record holder for batting average, slugging percentage, and OPS. https://t.co/NRpzlVKdoJ
MLB will announce it will add stats from the Negro Leagues in its historical record. This means it could get new all-time records held by some Negro League players — barred during segregation but called the greatest of all time by those who saw them. https://t.co/Or5waBZATT
Baseball's Negro Leagues' Stats Will Be Incorporated Into MLB Records https://t.co/1gvs1nQBjc
Josh Gibson became Major League Baseball’s career leader with a .372 batting average, surpassing Ty Cobb’s .367 https://t.co/c3if05e6MC
While MLB's move to include Negro League stats means Josh Gibson moves past Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth atop several of the sport's hitting records, UNM Lobo hoops legend Petie Gibson says his grandfather inspired more than athletic achievement https://t.co/WRUaMJX6di via @ABQJournal https://t.co/nQv0tJYxnb
Major League Baseball is incorporating Negro League games into official MLB stats. In the process changing career and single season records. It's good to see this, as many baseball historians love to say that those players were under-appreciated. https://t.co/C9V4LddZEm https://t.co/IRvEjW597a
Negro Leagues statistics will officially become a part of MLB's historical record Wednesday, the MLB says. The move will open the door for 2,300 Negro Leagues players to have their accomplishments recognized in the league's official database. https://t.co/N6C1aiI6YI
Baseball history will change forever Wednesday. Major League Baseball plans to officially incorporate Negro Leagues statistics into its record book. When looking up the highest career batting averages in MLB’s record book, the leader will be Josh Gibson. https://t.co/urKfRqAsIB
Negro League records will be incorporated into MLB records after a yearslong research project https://t.co/1IlSMWxFHI
Negro Leagues records for more than 2,300 players were incorporated into MLB records after a three-year research project. https://t.co/0HhHlrZIGP
From @TheAthletic Nearly 80 years after the last Negro Leagues games, MLB is recognizing those statistics and changing baseball’s records. https://t.co/dXobN3CQIt
Fans react to MLB announcing integration on Negro Leagues' stats into record books https://t.co/GMMGIN4QLr https://t.co/rlqHZgTPpY
The inclusion of Negro Leagues stats by MLB knocks Barry Bonds and Ty Cobb off record-book perches but adds to the career hit total of Willie Mays. https://t.co/9kIc1UkpLv
Josh Gibson takes over multiple MLB records as Negro Leagues statistics are added to historical records https://t.co/H7QIKOeBz5
Major League Baseball will announce Wednesday it will add statistics from the Negro Leagues it the Major League historical record, MLB has confirmed to @axios https://t.co/NuuT35h3Up
Major League Baseball’s record book is about to be rewritten once it officially incorporates statistics from the Negro Leagues later this week. https://t.co/Smc82YxORs https://t.co/VxHwfhrhMG
Josh Gibson may now be considered the best baseball player of all time. https://t.co/B8utXvkHqe
MLB is officially incorporating Negro Leagues statistics of more than 2,300 players. An updated version of MLB's database will become public before the Cardinals and Giants play a tribute game to the Negro Leagues on June 20 in Birmingham, Alabama. https://t.co/67OIt8z3K3
MLB incorporates Negro League statistics, shakes up record books https://t.co/qAHqqvFt2Q
When MLB's integration of Negro Leagues statistics becomes official tomorrow, multiple Barry Bonds records will be impacted https://t.co/qSx1RNXkgO
Fair or Foul? Negro Leagues legend Josh Gibson will now hold multiple MLB records after game-changing decision https://t.co/8wVklldBQj
Josh Gibson becomes MLB’s career batting leader as Negro Leagues records incorporated https://t.co/a0YM6GzPxu
Josh Gibson became Major League Baseball’s career leader with a .372 batting average when Negro Leagues records for more than 2,300 players were incorporated Tuesday after a three-year research project. https://t.co/40sYRuvLye
Josh Gibson becomes MLB career and season batting leader as Negro Leagues statistics incorporated https://t.co/fbsmCzJY3y
Negro League stats will be integrated into the MLB database beginning tomorrow, per @BNightengale Josh GIbson will now be the leader in three major categories 👏 HUGE day for baseball. https://t.co/0nS3vAbm7b
Negro Leagues legend Josh Gibson will now hold multiple MLB records after game-changing decision https://t.co/CKBNu64p3D https://t.co/W27onZ6yz5
Josh Gibson became Major League Baseball's career leader with a .372 batting average, surpassing Ty Cobb's .367, when Negro Leagues records for more than 2,300 players were incorporated Tuesday after a three-year research project. https://t.co/OYrmyK02dE
Josh Gibson overtakes Ty Cobb as MLB career batting leader as Negro Leagues statistics incorporated https://t.co/x89Hri4RXA
MLB to Integrate Negro Leagues Stats Wednesday, Josh Gibson to Hold Multiple Career and Single-Season Records https://t.co/4fPoXimDGF
Josh Gibson supplanting Ty Cobb (maybe the most racist baseball player ever) as the new record holder in career batting AVG is *chef's kiss* https://t.co/sMjwCs1lv8
Josh Gibson supplanting Ty Cobb (maybe the most racist baseball player ever) in career batting AVG is *chef's kiss* https://t.co/sMjwCs1lv8
MLB records set for major shakeup as Negro Leagues stats set to be officially recognized: report https://t.co/yhPVa1iRJb
I would assume that integrating Negro League statistics into MLB statistics won't be that controversial. Equating a 70 game season with 154 or 162 game seasons might be more controversial.
Negro Leagues' statistics will be incorporated into Major League Baseball’s historical records on Wednesday https://t.co/hi55uPDd2H
As MLB changes its records, Josh Gibson, not Ty Cobb, is all-time batting leader https://t.co/raRuWTMcLg
NEWS: MLB will integrate Negro League records into its statistical database on Wednesday. With that change, Josh Gibson will replace Ty Cobb as baseball's all-time batting leader in the official records. More on how baseball's records will change ⤵️ https://t.co/akOrjCo7yd https://t.co/4SL9obF4gI
My story on MLB's new official stats, which incorporate Negro League numbers and put Josh Gibson atop the career batting average list. Included here are several updated MLB leaderboards: https://t.co/xDu5B2FISp
They knew somethin... With Negro League stats officially becoming part of MLB's record books tomorrow, Josh Gibson becomes the all-time leader in BA (over Cobb), SLG and OPS (both over Ruth). He's also the single-season leader in all three. Gibson collectibles value: 🚀🚀🚀 https://t.co/wgNQfsHsgv
"The 2,300 players who played in the seven iterations of the Negro Leagues from 1920-1948 will be integrated into @MLB's database. The Special Baseball Records Committee of 1969 did not give the Negro Leagues major-league status." https://t.co/RQ4BRS6iDu
This is ultimately my problem with making Negro Leagues stats official. People counted the exhibitions and barnstorming tours because they were important to what it meant to be a Negro Leagues player https://t.co/dIat02I8dq
Word circulating that MLB will announce details on incorporating Negro Leagues stats. As the Chronicle reported a couple of weeks ago: https://t.co/5Ndr0t8cVw via @sfchronicle
Josh Gibson set to lead MLB in multiple categories after integration of Negro Leagues statistics Wednesday https://t.co/GULNoOmELR
With the Negro League statistics becoming part of the Major League historical record, Josh Gibson (Pittsburgh Crawfords and Homestead Grays) will become the single-season (.466 in 1943) and career (.372) batting average record holder.
Negro League stats will be incorporated into MLB's historical records on Wednesday, per @BNightengale Josh Gibson will be the leader in the following categories: - Career batting average (.372) - Career slugging percentage (.718) - Career OPS (1.177) - Single-season batting… https://t.co/Ecm8XaVK9C
Several decades overdue, but still awesome for MLB to finally recognize Negro Leagues statistics. https://t.co/0liNvCZbSJ
Negro Leagues statistics will be officially integrated into the MLB database on Wednesday, per @Russ_Dorsey1. Josh Gibson will now hold several MLB records, including career batting average (.372), slugging percentage (.718) and OPS (1.177). https://t.co/eVt9XQqY3O
Negro League stats to be officially integrated into MLB record books https://t.co/AB2W0BxKiN
MLB finally integrates Negro Leagues statistics into historical records: Where does Josh Gibson's name land? https://t.co/c1McL7vKzV
Negro League statistics will be integrated into the MLB database beginning tomorrow, per @BNightengale Josh Gibson will now be MLB's all-time career leader in batting average (.372), slugging percentage (.718) and OPS (1.177) https://t.co/KTB7gzFPCQ
Negro Leagues statistics will "officially be integrated into the MLB database on Wednesday," per @Russ_Dorsey1 Josh Gibson will become the MLB record holder in multiple categories. https://t.co/Yzhny6ClDb
Negro Leagues statistics to be officially integrated into MLB historical record https://t.co/TRrtaGKecW
Negro Leagues stats will officially be part of MLB's historical record, per @Russ_Dorsey1. Josh Gibson will now become the MLB single-season leader in the following categories: ⚾️ Batting Average (.466 in 1943) ⚾️ Slugging Percentage (.974 in 1937) ⚾️ OPS (1.474 in 1937) https://t.co/7iETeugSAI
What a time to be alive. Josh Gibson was telling folks everyday that he was better than Babe Ruth. https://t.co/cRyBJxKSIM
Statistics from the Negro Leagues are officially being integrated into MLB’s record books, meaning the legendary Josh Gibson is now the record-holder in multiple stats! These include: Single-season SLG: .974 OPS: 1.474 Career AVG: .373 SLG: .718 OPS: 1.176 https://t.co/rEtDgqTwIF
Negro League statistics will be integrated into MLB database on Wednesday, per @BNightengale Josh Gibson will hold MLB records in several categories https://t.co/Jo93pW0HyM
BREAKING: Negro Leagues statistics will officially be integrated into MLB database on Wednesday. Negro Leagues legend Josh Gibson will become MLB record holder in multiple categories. Story to come for @YahooSports on a monumental day in baseball’s history.
"Negro Leagues' statistics will be incorporated into Major League Baseball’s historical records on Wednesday." (via @BNightengale) https://t.co/Oe6LpBsABo
Josh Gibson joins debate as the greatest of all time with Negro Leagues stats to be officially integrated into MLB record books https://t.co/DS31I2ByKB