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    fact, some fans at the time who saw both Ruth and Gibson play called Ruth "the white Josh Gibson". Gibson never played in the American League or the National...
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  • Hall of Famer Josh Gibson Sr., played in the Negro leagues, and is considered one of the greatest power hitters in baseball history. Gibson was born August...
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    Retrieved 19 January 2023. "Josh Gibson - Chemist Warehouse & Bondi Protein Ambassador". TLA. Retrieved 20 April 2021. "Josh Gibson". AFL Tables. Retrieved...
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  • Josh Gibson Field is a baseball venue located in the Hill District of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The field was known as Ammon Field or sometimes Ammons...
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  • league statistics into its records, which among other changes gives Josh Gibson the highest single-season major league batting average at .466 (1943)...
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    batting averages could be taken to more than three decimal places. Catcher Josh Gibson, whose career ended in 1946, has the highest batting average in Major...
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  • Josh Gibson is a public artwork by sculptor Omri Amrany, located at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., United States. The statue depicts Negro leagues...
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    League Baseball (MLB) season, but none have done so since 1943, when Josh Gibson of the Homestead Grays hit .466, the single-season record. In the National...
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  • Famer Oscar Charleston as playing manager, and added Hall of Famers Josh Gibson, Judy Johnson, and Cool Papa Bell, along with other notable players such...
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    this question appearing in Stephen Jay Gould's 1996 book Full House. Josh Gibson hit .466 in 1943 while playing for the Homestead Grays of the Negro National...
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    6–0 record and 70 strikeouts in 58 innings. In 1932, Greenlee signed Josh Gibson, Oscar Charleston and Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe away from Cumberland...
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    received favorable reviews when he played Negro league baseball player Josh Gibson in the HBO film Soul of the Game (1996). Williamson has made many guest...
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  • player-manager in 1936. With the near-collapse of the Pittsburgh Crawfords, Josh Gibson returned to the Grays in 1937, combining with slugger Buck Leonard to...
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    Walter "Buck" Leonard Legacy Award – batting champions in the NL and AL Josh Gibson Legacy Award – "Home Run" leaders in the NL and AL James "Cool Papa"...
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    county seat of Marion County. It is the birthplace of baseball legend Josh Gibson and Medal of Honor recipient Luther H. Story. Buena Vista was first settled...
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  • Jonathan Gibson (disambiguation), multiple people Josh Gibson (1911–1947), Baseball Hall of Fame member and player in the Negro leagues Josh Gibson (footballer)...
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  • Josh Gibson holds the record for highest batting average, slugging percentage, and on-base plus slugging in a career....
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    fielder and one of the most reliable sluggers in black baseball." He and Josh Gibson share the record for Negro league batting titles with three. He was the...
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    players won a league batting title multiple times: Oscar Charleston (3), Josh Gibson (3), Monte Irvin (2), Oscar Johnson (2), Buck Leonard (2), Jud Wilson...
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    achieved 411 bases in 476 at bats for a slugging percentage of .863. Josh Gibson, who played in Negro league baseball, had a slugging percentage of .974...
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    Tyrese Darnell Gibson (born December 30, 1978) is an American R&B singer and actor from Los Angeles, California. He signed with RCA Records in 1998, and...
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    that Jack was not the best player. The best was Josh Gibson. I think that's one of the reasons why Josh died so early—he was heartbroken." Rickey's offer...
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  • Pilots Josh Farro (born 1987), American musician Josh Freeman (born 1988), American football player Josh Gad (born 1981), American actor Josh Gibson (1911–1947)...
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    records, Josh Gibson replaces Ty Cobb as all-time batting leader". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 29, 2024. "Reality of Josh Gibson's incredible...
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  • Negro Leagues returns in MLB The Show 24, now including Buck Leonard, Josh Gibson, Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Larry Doby, and Toni Stone, the first ever...
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  • a pattern of recruiting established players, with Shaun Burgoyne and Josh Gibson arriving ahead of the 2010 season. A poor start to 2010 saw the club...
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  • St. Louis Stars NNL 17 114 .411 1936 Josh Gibson† Catcher Pittsburgh Crawfords NNL2 18 66 .389 1937 Josh Gibson† Catcher Homestead Grays NNL2 20 73 .417...
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  • Mykelti Williamson as Josh Gibson, and Harvey Williams as "Cat" Mays, the father of Willie Mays. The film depicts Paige and Gibson as the pitching and hitting...
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  • and the Cincinnati Tigers and the brother of Baseball Hall of Famer Josh Gibson. On July 17, 1938, he pitched a no-hitter. Kelley, Brent (May 1, 2000)...
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    slugger Josh Gibson's Baseball Hall of Fame plaque says he hit "almost 800" home runs in his career. The Guinness Book of World Records lists Gibson's lifetime...
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