MLB finally including records from the Negro Leagues into its all-time records makes Josh Gibson the new career batting leader — 78 years after his last hit. “An historic moment,” says Hall ...

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Sean Gibson, the great-grandson of baseball legend Josh Gibson, about how statistics from the Negro Leagues have been integrated with Major League Baseball.

Negro Leagues legend Josh Gibson’s ascension as baseball’s all-time batting champion forges a strange new day for many Black baseball fans, writes Gene Seymour.

And when you talk about Josh Gibson, I mean, now he's the new career batting leader, surpassing Ty Cobb, you know. And now he's the single season batting career .466, also career slugging ...

And when you talk about Josh Gibson, I mean, now he's the new career batting leader, surpassing Ty Cobb, you know. And now he's the single season batting career .466, also career slugging ...

Who is Josh Gibson? Gibson was a baseball catcher known for his ability to hit at an elite level. He starred in the Negro Leagues for almost two decades and is now in the all-time MLB record books ...

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 ...

And when you talk about Josh Gibson, I mean, now he's the new career batting leader, surpassing Ty Cobb, you know. And now he's the single season batting career .466, also career slugging ...

And when you talk about Josh Gibson, I mean, now he's the new career batting leader, surpassing Ty Cobb, you know. And now he's the single season batting career .466, also career slugging ...

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Sean Gibson, the great-grandson of baseball legend Josh Gibson, about how statistics from the Negro Leagues have been integrated with Major League Baseball.