Joshua Gibson was an American baseball catcher primarily in the Negro leagues.
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22 Facts About Josh Gibson
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Josh Gibson played for the Homestead Grays from 1930 to 1931, moved to the Pittsburgh Crawfords from 1932 to 1936, and returned to the Grays from 1937 to 1939 and 1942 to 1946.
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Josh Gibson served as the first manager of the Cangrejeros de Santurce, one of the most historic franchises of the Puerto Rico Baseball League.
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Josh Gibson was known as a spectacular power hitter who, by some accounts, hit close to 800 career home runs.
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Josh Gibson was known as the "black Babe Ruth"; in fact, some fans at the time who saw both Ruth and Gibson play called Ruth "the white Josh Gibson".
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Josh Gibson never played in the major leagues because of the unwritten "gentleman's agreement" that prevented non-white players from participating.
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Josh Gibson was the first player since Oscar Charleston to win consecutive batting Triple Crowns and no batter has achieved the feat since.
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Josh Gibson was born in Buena Vista, Georgia, to Mark and Nancy Josh Gibson and had a younger brother, fellow Negro leaguer Jerry, and sister.
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In 1923, Josh Gibson moved to Pittsburgh, and his father found work at the Carnegie-Illinois Steel Company.
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Josh Gibson was then recruited by Cumberland Posey, owner of the Homestead Grays, which were the preeminent Negro league team in Pittsburgh; Gibson debuted with the Grays on July 31,1930.
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For example, against all levels of competition, Josh Gibson hit 69 home runs in 1934; the same year, in 52 league games, he hit 11 home runs.
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Ongoing research by Baseball Reference tabulated that Josh Gibson led his league three times in batting average and once for all major leagues, most notably hitting.
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Josh Gibson led six times in on-base percentage and slugging percentage eight times.
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Chicago American Giants infielder Jack Marshall said Josh Gibson slugged one over the third deck next to the left-field bullpen in 1934 for the only fair ball hit out of Yankee Stadium.
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Washington Senators owner Clark Griffith once said that Josh Gibson hit more home runs into Griffith Stadium's distant left field bleachers than the entire American League.
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Recent investigations into Negro league statistics, using box scores from newspapers from across the United States, have led to the estimate that, although as many as two-thirds of Negro league team games were played against inferior competition, Josh Gibson still hit between 150 and 200 home runs in official Negro league games.
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In early 1943, Josh Gibson fell into a coma and was diagnosed with a brain tumor.
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In 1944, Josh Gibson was hospitalized in Washington, DC at Gallinger Hospital for mental observation.
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Josh Gibson was buried at the Allegheny Cemetery in the Lawrenceville neighborhood of Pittsburgh, where he lay in an unmarked grave until a small plaque was placed in 1975.
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In 2009, a statue of Josh Gibson was installed inside the center field gate of Nationals Park along with ones of Frank Howard and Walter Johnson.
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Josh Gibson was named to the Washington Nationals Ring of Honor for his "significant contribution to the game of baseball in Washington, D C" as part of the Homestead Grays on August 10,2010.
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Josh Gibson's son was instrumental in the forming of the Josh Gibson Foundation.
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