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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. Negro Leagues statistics to be officially incorporated into ...

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    Josh Gibson has long been considered one of the best baseball players to ever hold a bat, but you might not know his name. Gibson, who was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972, never ...

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

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    Widely considered one of the greatest baseball players of all time, the legacy of Josh Gibson transcended the sport over seven decades ago. Now, it's finally being recognized in the MLB record books.

  5. Negro Leagues folded into MLB records, notable Ohio Negro ...

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    Stats from the Negro Leagues will now be part of the MLB record books. Here's what to know about Ohio's notable Negro League players, Josh Gibson.

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

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    NEW YORK (AP) — 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 Tuesday after a three-year research project.

  7. Batting average (baseball) - Wikipedia

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    Josh Gibson hit .466 in 1943 while playing for the Homestead Grays of the Negro National League, one of several leagues within Negro league baseball that are now recognized by MLB. [10] Gibson holds the record for highest major-league career batting average at .372, [11] six points higher than Ty Cobb who has the second-highest career average ...

  8. List of Major League Baseball career batting average leaders

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    Josh Gibson has the highest career batting average in major league history with .372. In baseball, the batting average (BA) is defined by the number of hits divided by at bats. It is usually reported to three decimal places and pronounced as if it were multiplied by 1,000: a player with a batting average of .300 is "batting three-hundred."

  9. Negro Leagues statistics to be officially integrated into MLB ...

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    Negro Leagues legend and Baseball Hall of Famer Josh Gibson will become MLB’s single-season record holder in batting average (.466 in 1943), slugging percentage (.974 in 1937) and OPS (1.474 in ...