Negro League statistics from 1920-48 have been integrated into MLB's record book. Josh Gibson is now MLB’s all-time leader in batting average, slugging percentage and OPS.

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.

Integrating Negro Leagues stats into the pre-existing MLB statistical record was a complicated phenomenon that didn't ... Many former MLB players will have their Negro League accomplishments added.

MLB has integrated its official statistics with those from the Negro Leagues, meaning Josh Gibson eclipses Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb at the top of key categories. MLB adds Negro League stats and the ...

The meshing of Jethroe’s Negro and MLB stats nudged his career batting average from .261 to .275. His home run total went from 49 to 58 and RBIs from 181 to 273. Gibson’s gains ...

MLB, however, has different minimums: 1,800 total at-bats (or 600 innings pitched) in the Negro Leagues; OR 5,000 total at-bats (or 2,000 IP) in the AL/NL; OR 5,000 total at-bats (or 2,000 IP ...

Hank Aaron's stay at the top of the home-run charts was long and prosperous. Could he return there after MLB agreed to integrate Negro Leagues numbers into their official record?

Daughters of the late Sam Jethroe, who spent most of his adult life in Erie, recently learned their father's Negro Leagues statistics have been added to Major League Baseball's record book.

One major difference the MLB’s team had to navigate was that Negro Leagues’ regular seasons tended to be shorter, so players were evaluated based on their play across roughly 60-game seasons ...

“MLB is proud to support Bob Kendrick and the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in their efforts to build a new state-of-the-art facility,” said Commissioner of Baseball Robert D. Manfred, Jr.