Negro Leagues Recognized As Major

[Tabe]

Originally Posted by BillyCox3

And while there are a handful of black Latino HOFers from the Negro Leagues, there was never a Latino superstar who made it into pre-integration MLB.

Ted Williams says hello.

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

Originally Posted by Tabe

Ted Williams says hello.

Touche! You got me there, Chris.

(Although Ted's roots were definitely covered more than once and way back when, it still was not something most people were privy to. I think this would still be news to the majority of the population. The case of Teddy completely slipped my mind, as I was thinking of those who actually came from Latin American countries when I wrote what I did. It's a shame he wished to hide an entire half of his genes and to an extent, his family.)

[clydepepper]

Look- if nobody has any opinions on this subject, perhaps the OP should just ask Leon to close the thread.

LOL

- why so serious?


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[todeen]

Originally Posted by clydepepper

Look- if nobody has any opinions on this subject, perhaps the OP should just ask Leon to close the thread.



LOL



- why so serious?





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Lol +1

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[Peter_Spaeth]

According to the "official" stats Josh Gibson hit 113 HR. I wonder how many he really hit.

[Fred]

Gibson's Hall of Fame plaque states he hit "almost 800 home runs in league and independent baseball during his 17-year career."

Other stats indicate he homered at a similar rate to the Babe. The guy had some mad hitting skills.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Fred

Gibson's Hall of Fame plaque states he hit "almost 800 home runs in league and independent baseball during his 17-year career."

Other stats indicate he homered at a similar rate to the Babe. The guy had some mad hitting skills.

If you look at some of those great photos of him in those old flannel uniforms, he just LOOKS like a hitter.

[trdcrdkid]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

According to the "official" stats Josh Gibson hit 113 HR. I wonder how many he really hit.

Actually, according to the numbers on Seamheads, which are the most complete available, Gibson hit 238 home runs in league games, i.e. games played against another team in the same league. But most Negro League teams only played around 50-70 league games in a season, the rest of their games being exhibition games on barnstorming tours and the like. A better basis for comparison is HR per 162 games. Gibson hit 42 HR per 162 (league) games in his Negro League career, higher than Hank Aaron's 37 and Barry Bonds's 41, but not as high as Babe Ruth's 46. That gives you an idea of the company he's in.

[riggs336]

Originally Posted by clydepepper

Look- if nobody has any opinions on this subject, perhaps the OP should just ask Leon to close the thread.

LOL

- why so serious?


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I'm the OP but all I did was state the fact in the thread title. Little did I suspect that people on Net54 would have opinions.

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by BillyCox3

Touche! You got me there, Chris.

(Although Ted's roots were definitely covered more than once and way back when, it still was not something most people were privy to. I think this would still be news to the majority of the population. The case of Teddy completely slipped my mind, as I was thinking of those who actually came from Latin American countries when I wrote what I did. It's a shame he wished to hide an entire half of his genes and to an extent, his family.)

[Tabe]

Originally Posted by BillyCox3

Touche! You got me there, Chris.

(Although Ted's roots were definitely covered more than once and way back when, it still was not something most people were privy to. I think this would still be news to the majority of the population. The case of Teddy completely slipped my mind, as I was thinking of those who actually came from Latin American countries when I wrote what I did. It's a shame he wished to hide an entire half of his genes and to an extent, his family.)

To be fair, counting Ted is kinda cheating. He hid his roots and, for lack of a better way to put it, didn't "look the part". He certainly wasn't an open Latino during his career or, really, his whole life.

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

Originally Posted by Tabe

To be fair, counting Ted is kinda cheating. He hid his roots and, for lack of a better way to put it, didn't "look the part". He certainly wasn't an open Latino during his career or, really, his whole life.

Exactly why it slipped my mind in the first place. Thanks to your correction, though, I'm never likely to forget about it again!

[Tabe]

Originally Posted by BillyCox3

Exactly why it slipped my mind in the first place. Thanks to your correction, though, I'm never likely to forget about it again!

Don't worry, if you do, I'll be here to berate you endlessly.