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Contemporary newspaper accounts confirm that Josh Gibson did something remarkable in Belmar, New Jersey in 1936.
What was it?
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20-second documentary: Don Newcombe on Josh Gibson's astonishing power at the plate.
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https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxmnknNYtPH23VDJYTaPufq_PZ8Uk5-Ncp
26 seconds · Clipped by Yusuf Toropov · Original video "Only the Ball Was White" by Ryan Vooris
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#1947League question:
In what state was The Great One, Hall of Famer Josh Gibson, born?
You may recall that #MLB finally ruled, in 2020, that the stats of great Black Leagues players and teams --like Satchel Paige and the Kansas City Monarchs -- were in fact major-league stats.
Which means that the last man to hit over .400 in the big leagues was not Ted Williams in 1941 ... but Artie Wilson in 1948.
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#1947League standings, National Division, volume 363
National
TEAM W L GB
Philadelphia 41 21 -
Brooklyn 39 22 1.5
Pittsburgh 34 27 6.5
St. Louis N 30 28 9
BOSTON N 30 29 9.5
New York N 28 33 12.5
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#1947League standings, American Division, volume 363
TEAM W L GB
New York 35 24 -
St. Louis 36 26 0.5
Detroit 30 32 6.5
Boston 25 36 11
Cleveland 23 38 13
Washington 12 47 23
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#1947League National Division Standings, Volume 355
TEAM W L GB
Philadelphia 41 20 -
Brooklyn 39 21 1.5
Pittsburgh 33 27 7.5
St. Louis 30 27 9
Boston 29 28 10
New York 27 33 13.5
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#1947League American Division standings, volume 355
TEAM W L GB
New York 34 23 -
St. Louis 34 26 1.5
Detroit 30 30 5.5
Boston 25 35 10.5
Cleveland 22 38 13.5
Washington 11 47 23.5
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#1947League home run leaders, as of game 354:
1 Gibson STB 21
2 Mize NYG 20
2 Cooper NYG 20
4 Heath STB 15
5 Cullenbine DET 14
6 Berra NYY 14
7 Kiner PIT 11
8 Irvin BOSB 11
9 Rigney NYG 11
10 Garcia BOSB 9
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#1947League trivia question.
Name a team #JoshGibson played for that wasn't the Homestead Grays.
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