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5 days ago · May 29th, 2024. Andrew Simon. @ AndrewSimonMLB. Major League Baseball’s single-season and career leaderboards now have a fresh look. The changes occurred Wednesday, when MLB announced that Negro Leagues stats -- specifically from seven different Negro Leagues from 1920-48 -- have officially been added to its historical record.
5 days ago · As for career leaderboards, the current standard for career MLB leaders is 5,000 at-bats and 2,000 innings pitched, which roughly equates to 10 full qualifying seasons (5,020 at-bats and 1,620 innings). Therefore, for Negro Leagues players, this standard has been set at 1,800 at-bats and 600 innings -- roughly the equivalent of 10 seasons ...
5 days ago · As result of Wednesday's integration, Negro Leagues legend Josh Gibson is now baseball's all-time leader in career batting average (.372, beating out Ty Cobb's .366), slugging percentage (.718 ...
5 days ago · Those include Hall of Famers like Willie Mays, Roy Campanella, Larry Doby, Monte Irvin, Minnie Miñoso, Satchel Paige and Jackie Robinson, as well as Don Newcombe, the first of the Black Aces. Here’s a look at eight baseball legends whose official lines just changed and the associated context. Negro Leagues stats enter record.
5 days ago · Today’s announcement is the first major step that makes the achievements of the players of the Negro Leagues available to fans via the official historical record. The statistics of more than 2,300 Negro Leagues ballplayers from 1920-48 – including this era’s three living Negro Leagues players: Bill Greason, age 99; Hall of Famer Willie ...
5 days ago · Josh Gibson became Major League Baseball’s career batting leader with a .372 average, surpassing Ty Cobb’s .367 when records of the Negro Leagues for more than 2,300 players were incorporated Tuesday, May 28, 2024, after a three-year research project.
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23 hours ago · 97.3% (first ballot) Randall David Johnson (born September 10, 1963), nicknamed " the Big Unit ", is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (1988–2009) for six teams, primarily the Seattle Mariners and Arizona Diamondbacks . At 6 feet 10 inches (2.08 metres) tall, Johnson was the ...
