A man who once played ball in Dc....................on 7th st....................where the Howard U. hospital is now.....................................the "black Babe Ruth"...........idiots..............everything has to be stated in Whitey's terms...........maybe Babe Ruth should have been called the fat, beer drinking, drunk, Josh Gibson.............per the records...........this great man hit over 800 home runs..........more than the drunken Babe Ruth did........
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Joshua "Josh" Gibson (December 21, 1911 – January 20, 1947) was an American who played the position of catcher in baseball's Negro leagues. He played for ...
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Was the myth larger than the reality? Not really. But the applause Josh Gibsonreceived should have been louder. He was considered the best power hitter of his ...
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Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Negro League Committee as Player in 1972. ViewJosh Gibson Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
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But there is no disputing the accomplishments of Josh Gibson, whose batting ... major-league debut, Josh Gibson had proven to Negro League followers that he ...
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Josh Gibson, (born Dec. 21, 1911, Buena Vista, Ga,. U.S.—died Jan. 20, 1947, Pittsburgh, Pa.), American professional baseball catcher who was one of the most ...
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In black baseball, only Satchel Paige was a better-known personality than Josh Gibson. A natural hitter, the right-handed slugger hit for both distance and ...
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On this day in 1937, The Sporting News reports that catcher Josh Gibson of the Negro League's Homestead Grays hit a ball two feet from the top of the façade of ...
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But Josh Gibson paid a steeper price: Recognition as perhaps the greatest player of all time. The Georgia-born, Pittsburgh-reared muscular catcher was that ...
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Biography of the Day. Blair, Francis Preston, Jr. (19 Feb. 1821-9 July 1875), Political Figures, (1613) words. statesman and Union army officer, was born in ...
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Negro League baseball player profile for Josh Gibson.
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May 5, 2006 - The stories about Josh Gibson carry a mythical, Babe-like aura. There was the time Gibson hit a line drive inches above pitcher Satchel Paige's ...
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