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They say this man hit more than 800 home runs.........but since the Negro leagues tended to be a farming type of league............and stats were not recorded like in the pro leagues like they are nowadays.................he would top even Barry Bonds.................one of my former lives..........no wonder I could the ball far........even though I was being poisoned and I am small...........................the Indian athlete also is one of my former lives......................

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Mention most icons of the Negro Leagues, and the burning issue is how baseball's color line denied them acknowledgment alongside their Major League peers. 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 good.

Let's revisit the tale of Josh Gibson hitting a baseball from Pittsburgh to ...

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Dec 21, 2015 - Josh Gibson, born on Dec. 21, 1911, would've been 104 years old today. The Hall of Fame catcher spent his entire baseball career in the Negro Leagues, Mexican and Caribbean Winter Leagues -- slugging what many estimate to be more than 800 total home runs. He's considered to be among the best to ...

Black History Month- Josh Gibson: Arguably the greatest home run ...

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Feb 21, 2013 - Josh Gibson was one of the most famous baseball players in the United States in the 1930s and 1940s, even though he never played in the Major Leagues because owners would not sign black players. It is not exactly known how many home runs Gibson hit. It is said to be 800-1,000. But it is known that he ...

Josh Gibson - Baseball Hall of Fame Biographies - YouTube

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A tragic and legendary figure, Josh Gibson was the greatest power hitter in black baseball, pounding out home ...

Documentary Takes New Look at Josh Gibson - The New York Times

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Oct 13, 2009 - PITTSBURGH — Josh Gibson was one of the best baseball players ever, a catcher who hit as many as 800 home runs and was voted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972, the second year that Negro Leaguers were inducted. His life off the field was less well known. More often than not, Gibson ...

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Josh Gibson

American baseball player

Joshua Gibson was an American Negro league baseball catcher. Baseball historians consider Gibson to be among the very best power hitters and catchers in the history of any league, including Major League Baseball. Wikipedia

Born: December 21, 1911, Buena Vista, GA

Died: January 20, 1947, Pittsburgh, PA

Spouse: Helen Mason (m. 1929–1930)

Hall of fame induction: 1972

Buried: Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, PA

Children: Josh Gibson Jr., Helen Gibson

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