Joshua Gibson was inducted into the MLB Hall of Fame class of 1972 along with Yogi Berra, Lefty Gomez, William Harridge, Sandy Koufax, Buck Leonard, Early Wynn and Ross Youngs. Gibson was selected by the Negro League Committee for inclusion into the Hall of Fame. He was a catcher who played 16 seasons with the Homestead Grays (1930-1931, 1937-1946) and Pittsburgh Crawfords (1932-1936). While the stats are incomplete they show in league he hit .359/.413/.648 with 115 HR, 432 RBI, 467 R, 26 SB in 1987 games. There are reports of over 800 HR hit by Gibson but those figures were padded by barnstorming games. Gibson won the Negro World Series Championship twice with the Grays in 1943 and 1944.
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