What prompted Steve to share it with me was its cover, the only periodical known to have featured Josh Gibson, the premier ...

Josh Gibson became Major League Baseball’s career leader with a .372 batting average, surpassing Ty Cobb’s .367, when Negro ...

On this date in 1947, baseball lost a legend. Josh Gibson, the most prodigious power hitter in Negro Leagues history -- and perhaps baseball history -- died of a stroke at the age of 35.

Other Negro Leagues renovations include Hamtramck Stadium near Detroit, at $2.6 million in 2022, and J.P. Small Memorial Park Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida, ongoing but thus far costing $9.7 ...

But now, Josh Gibson is making his long overdue case for the coveted title. The star catcher for the Homestead Grays and Pittsburgh Crawfords of the historic Negro Leagues was inducted into the ...

But there is no disputing the accomplishments of Josh Gibson, whose batting feats are legendary. Before dying at age 35, three months before Jackie Robinson's major-league debut, Josh Gibson had ...

JOSH Gibson thought he might finally get a break from playing out of his height division this season. Hawthorn had recruited Brian Lake from the Western Bulldogs, and looked set to pair him with Ryan ...

DEFENSIVE lynchpin Josh Gibson again reinforced just how important he is to Hawthorn, producing a sensational 2015 season. The triple-premiership Hawk won his second Peter Crimmins Medal – for the ...

An elusive defender with great skills who took the game on. Every backline needs a small defender like Wanganeen who can cut out a small forward as well as hurt the opposition going the other way.

After re-signing with the club for the 2017 season, Gibson will continue to be a leader of the Hawthorn ... “His best game was undoubtedly against West Coast in Round 2 when he had 44 disposals. “Josh ...