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FILE - Baseball catcher Josh Gibson in an undated photo. Josh Gibson became Major League Baseball's career leader with a .372 batting average, surpassing Ty Cobb's .367, when records of the Negro Leagues for more than 2,300 players were incorporated after a three-year research project. (AP Photo/File)
The grave stone for baseball player Josh Gibson is shown at Allegheny Cemetery in Pittsburgh on March 17, 2017. Gibson became Major League Baseball’s career batting leader with a .372 average, surpassing Ty Cobb’s .367 when records of the Negro Leagues for more than 2,300 players were incorporated Tuesday, May 28, 2024, after a three-year research project. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)
FILE - Minnie Minoso, Chicago White Sox outfielder, practices running the bases at Comiskey Park in Chicago, June 1, 1955. Minosa will be posthumously inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday, July 24, 2022. Major League Baseball said Tuesday, May 28, 2024, that it has incorporated records for more than 2,300 Negro Leagues players following a three-year research project. Miñoso was credited with 150 hits with the New York Cubans of the second Negro National League from 1946-1948, raising his total to 2,113. (AP Photo/File)
FILE - In this Aug. 2, 1942, file photo, Kansas City Monarchs pitcher Leroy Satchel Paige warms up at New York's Yankee Stadium before a Negro League game between the Monarchs and the New York Cuban Stars. Major League Baseball said Tuesday, May 28, 2024, that it has incorporated records for more than 2,300 Negro Leagues players following a three-year research project. Paige’s 1.01 ERA for the 1944 Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro American League ranks third since ERA became an official stat in the National League in 1912 and American League in 1913. Paige was also credited with 28 Negro Leagues wins, raising his career total to 125. (AP Photo/Matty Zimmerman, File)
New York Giants' Willie Mays, takes a batting practice swing on June 24, 1954, in New York. Major League Baseball said Tuesday, May 28, 2024, that it has incorporated records for more than 2,300 Negro Leagues players following a three-year research project. Mays was credited with 10 hits for the 1948 Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro American League, raising his total to 3,293. (AP Photo/John Lent)
FILE - Sean Gibson, the executive director of the Josh Gibson Foundation, poses next to a poster at the Pittsburgh Opera House in Pittsburgh for the upcoming opera about his great-grandfather, baseball player Josh Gibson, on March 17, 2017. Josh Gibson became Major League Baseball’s career batting leader with a .372 average, surpassing Ty Cobb’s .367 when records of the Negro Leagues for more than 2,300 players were incorporated Tuesday, May 28, 2024, after a three-year research project. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)
FILE - Baseball Player Jackie Robinson with the Montreal Royals club at Sanford, Fla., March 4, 1946. Major League Baseball said Tuesday, May 28, 2024, that it has incorporated records for more than 2,300 Negro Leagues players following a three-year research project. Robinson was credited with 49 hits for the 1945 Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro American League, raising his total to 1,567. (AP Photo/Bill Chaplis, File)