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  2. Josh Gibson - Wikipedia

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    Ammon Field in Pittsburgh was renamed Josh Gibson Field in his honor and is the site of a Pennsylvania State Historical Marker. [35] His son, Josh Gibson, Jr., played baseball for the Homestead Grays. [36] His son also was instrumental in the forming of the Josh Gibson Foundation. [37] [38] [39]

  3. Meet Josh Gibson, the Negro Leagues player who just replaced ...

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    Gene J. Puskar/AP. Commonly referred to as the "Black Babe Ruth," Gibson was a force to be reckoned with in the Negro Leagues. He played for three teams over the course of his 17-year career in ...

  4. Josh Gibson (footballer) - Wikipedia

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    Joshua Gibson (born 13 March 1984) is a former Australian rules football player who played for the North Melbourne Football Club and Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League. He is a member of Hawthorn's 2013, 2014 and 2015 premiership winning teams, winning the Peter Crimmins Medal in both 2013 and 2015 premiership seasons.

  5. Why context, truth most important in MLB's integration of ...

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    CHICAGO — Josh Gibson was so slack-jaw impressive playing baseball in the 1930s and ‘40s against some of the greatest players on the planet that he inspired legendary stories that traveled far ...

  6. Legacies of Josh Gibson, Negro Leagues players go beyond ...

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    It wasn’t just about Josh Gibson. Although the Negro Leagues star and his family received a ton of attention following Major League Baseball’s decision to enter Negro Leagues stats into the ...

  7. Cool Papa Bell - Wikipedia

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    Negro league players Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, Monte Irvin and Buck Leonard were inducted between 1971 and 1973. [21] Mike Shannon interviewing James "Cool Papa" Bell in 1986. Bell suffered a heart attack and he died at Saint Louis University Hospital on March 7, 1991; his wife Clara had died a few weeks earlier. [22]

  8. Josh Gibson becomes MLB career and season batting leader as ...

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    Gibson’s .974 slugging percentage in 1937 becomes the season record, and Barry Bonds’ .863 in 2001 dropped to fifth, also trailing Mules Suttles .877 in 1926, Gibson’s .871 in 1943 and Smith’s .870 in 1929. Bond’s prior OPS record of 1.421 in 2004 dropped to third behind Gibson’s 1.474 in 1937 and 1.435 in 1943.

  9. Josh Gibson becomes MLB career and season batting leader as ...

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    Josh Gibson became Major League Baseball’s career leader with a .372 batting average, surpassing Ty Cobb’s .367, when Negro Leagues records for more than 2,300 players were incorporated ...