The announcement that Major League Baseball is now integrating statistics from the Negro Leagues into its official database was widely celebrated in and out of baseball when the news broke Wednesday.

Hundreds of Black athletes who were shut out of Major League Baseball a century ago are now officially a part of it. The MLB announced on Wednesday that it has incorporated the statistics of more than ...

*Major League Baseball (MLB) has integrated statistics from former Negro Leagues players into its historical records on its website. The move has resulted in new record holders. MLB icons Babe Ruth ...

Josh Gibson has long been considered one of the best baseball players to ever hold a bat, but you might not know his name. Gibson, who was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972, never had ...

May 29 (Reuters) - Major League Baseball has officially incorporated statistics of former Negro Leagues players from 1920-1948 into its historical records on Wednesday in a move that saw all-time ...

Sometimes MLB statistics can be fun. For instance, which players have the fasted and slowest home run trots so far in the 2023 season? The 2023 MLB season has gone on for over a month. While there’s ...

Major League Baseball has officially incorporated Negro Leagues statistics into the Major League record, the league announced Wednesday. MLB elevated the Negro Leagues to "Major League" status in 2020 ...

Major League Baseball has a new all-time batting leader. Josh Gibson played in the Negro Leagues before baseball was integrated. Now, statistics from those players have been added to the books. It's ...

On Dec. 16, 2020, Sean Gibson awoke in Pittsburgh to a few inches of freshly fallen snow and a flurry of missed calls from friends and reporters. Major League Baseball had just announced it was ...

Let's face it; analytics have taken over the game of baseball. Every general manager, front office executive, and scout is looking for an edge, and advanced metrics give these talent evaluators ...

Major League Baseball viewership has gradually declined since its peak in 2007, according to Baseball Reference. Because of what MLB commissioner Rob Manfred calls “organic changes,” the game’s most ...

Telling the story of baseball without the Negro Leagues would paint an incomplete and narrow picture of America’s pastime. Baseball’s history is finally getting a revision. Negro Leagues statistics ...