In the spring of 2024, MLB merged select records from the Negro Leagues into their own record books. This change acknowledged Josh Gibson as baseball’s all-time batting average leader (.372).

Last Updated: April 29th, 2025 by Matthew Brown Baseball has been desperately trying to speed up its game over the past decade. Pitch clocks. Bigger bases. Limited pickoff moves. But here’s the ...

In 2024, Major League Baseball officially incorporated the statistics of players from the segregated Negro Leagues into its record books in an effort to formally integrate some of the game’s ...

Players shake hands following the fourth annual honorary Negro League exhibition, which was held at John Smith Field at Sacramento State on Sunday, Sept. 22. Marcus D. Smith Sacramento baseball ...

— Negro Leagues Baseball Museum (@NLBMuseumKC) February 13, 2024 By 1922, Bolden withdrew Hilldale from the NNL, upset that two member clubs refused to travel to Darby, just eight miles south of ...

It’s hard to imagine modern baseball without night games, and safety equipment for both catchers and batters – all three exist in the Major Leagues, minor leagues, and even youth baseball.

A Knoxville brewery is paying tribute to the storied history of baseball in the city. "Steel Arm Lager" commemorates the Knoxville Giants of the Negro Southern League that called Knoxville home ...

Integration in baseball led to the Negro National League’s dissolution in the mid 1950s. But its legacy lives on through the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum (NLBM) in Kansas City.