The 1913 Homestead Grays were champions of Homestead and won a remarkable 42 straight games. Playing games at Homestead Park and Exposition Park, the Grays defeated industrial, sandlot, and semi-pro teams in Western Pa. Nearly 25 years later, the Grays would go on to win an unprecedented nine consecutive league pennants and three Negro League World Series titles. (Credit: Detre Library & Archives at the Heinz History Center)
This move comes 70 years after the Negro Leagues dissolved.
By Brooklyn White, ESSENCE
The MLB has announced it will finally recognize former Negro League players as part of the major leagues. Over 70 years after the Negro League ended, the organization will now include the records and statistics of all 3,400 players as part of MLB history.
MLB Now Recognizes Negro League As A Major League
This move comes 70 years after the Negro Leagues dissolved.
The MLB has announced it will finally recognize former Negro League players as part of the major leagues. Over 70 years after the Negro League ended, the organization will now include the records and statistics of all 3,400 players as part of MLB history.
On Wednesday, December 16, the MLB said this change is “correcting a longtime oversight in the game’s history,” as all seven leagues were excluded in 1969 when the Special Committee on Baseball Records selected six official major leagues dating back to 1876. Just one year after Jackie Robinson became the first Black player for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, the Negro Leagues dissolved and were not considered in any of the MLB’s stats between 1920-1948.