JOSH GIBSON | PHOTO COURTESY SEAN GIBSON

In 2018, Pittsburgh Magazine named him one of the 50 greatest Pittsburghers of all time. Now, Josh Gibson will be more widely known as one of the best — if not the best — baseball players of all time.

Gibson, who died in 1947, is now Major League Baseball’s all-time leader in batting average, slugging percentage and on-base plus slugging, according to the MLB.

Gibson always had his record-breaking statistics, but they were on record for the Negro Leagues, not the MLB. As of this week, the MLB officially added statistics from the Negro Leagues into its records, putting Gibson on top in a number of categories.

You can access the newly updated database for career records or season records at these links.

“This initiative is focused on ensuring that future generations of fans have access to the statistics and milestones of all those who made the Negro Leagues possible,” Commissioner of Baseball Robert D. Manfred Jr. said in a statement.

Gibsons’ great-grandson, Sean Gibson, had campaigned for the recognition of Pittsburgh’s Black baseball history.

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