Fred Jeter |
12/24/2020, 6 p.m.
Josh Gibson
Slugging catcher Josh Gibson always had the talent to be a Major League Baseball player. That was never in question.
But it wasnât until last week that the man known as the âBlack Babe Ruthâ officially became a major leaguer.
In what Major League Baseball called a âlong overdue oversight in the gameâs history,â seven Negro Leagues that operated between 1920 and 1948 have been granted Major League status.
That means some 3,400 players for those Negro League teams are now Major Leaguers and that their statistics will be integrated into MLB records.
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