Just one example: When looking up the highest career batting averages in MLB’s record book, the leader will be Josh Gibson ... Rickwood, home of the Birmingham Black Barons from 1924 to 1960 ...
Josh Gibson, one of the greatest sluggers in the ... League stars enshrined in Cooperstown – says he “hit almost 800 home runs in league and independent baseball” during his 17-year career.
But there is no disputing the accomplishments of Josh Gibson, whose batting feats ... The Sporting News of June 3, 1967 credits Gibson with a home run in a Negro League game at Yankee Stadium ...