MLB adds Negro Leagues stats to its records, putting Josh Gibson on top : NPR

The MLB incorporated the statistics of some 2,300 Black athletes who played in the segregated Negro Leagues between 1920 and 1948, making the late Josh Gibson its new all-time batting leader.

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