MLB includes stats of Negro League players in official recording, making Gibson all-time batting champ.
Share on email is examining new licensing deals after Major League Baseball added once-banned Black players' stats to its official record, making GibsonFor more than half a century, the images of former players of the Negro Leagues have been used and exploited, but now families can benefit from a newfound interest in those like Gibson, who changed the game."Now all of a sudden, Josh Gibson is the all-time GOAT ...he never was afforded that opportunity.
Gibson also replaces Babe Ruth as the all-time leader in OPS — on-base percentage plus slugging percentage. The Negro League legend also dethrones Ruth on slugging percentage, according to MLB.Gibson played for the Homestead Grays in Pittsburgh and D.C. and was often called "the Black Babe Ruth" for his spectacular home runs.
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