Apr. 5—From the 1920s to the 1960s, baseball was divided. Jackie Robinson may have broken the color barrier in 1947, but it took a long time before Major League Baseball was a welcome place for anyone ...

In baseball, statistics offer the comfort of order and certainty, though their greatest power is as a proxy for legacy. Mere symbols on a page — 61*, 714, .406 — make it possible to reach back in time ...

The popular baseball stats website Baseball Reference has updated its database to include the statistics of Negro League players. Baseball Reference announced the inclusion on Tuesday, adding ...

In his film The League, Sam Pollard tells the story of the Negro National League: "They brought a different kind of style ... a kind of baseball... The Negro League revolutionized baseball – MLB's new ...

It’s just one of the lasting economic legacies of the professional baseball played in the Negro Leagues in the 20th century. The roaring ’20s, however, came to a sober end with the Great Depression, ...

Are you familiar with the Milwaukee Bears? They were a Negro National League team that only played for one baseball season here in 1923. Although their tenure here was short, they are part of a longer ...

NEW YORK >> Willie Mays will add some hits to his record, Monte Irvin’s big league batting average should climb over .300 and Satchel Paige may add nearly 150 victories to his total. Josh Gibson, the ...

Telling the story of baseball without the Negro Leagues would paint an incomplete and narrow picture of America’s pastime. Baseball’s history is finally getting a revision. Negro Leagues statistics ...

As we head into Spring Training season here in Arizona, Major League Baseball is making history by finally recognizing Negro League baseball players as "Major League." This is a huge deal because it ...

Major League Baseball has incorporated the statistics of former Negro Leagues players into its historical records on its website, meaning legendary leaders in some categories like Babe Ruth and Ty ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Fans got a chance to come out to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum on Saturday to meet two Kansas City legends, former Chiefs wide receiver Danan Hughes and former Royals first ...

Josh Gibson, one of the greatest sluggers in the history of the Negro Leagues, could become big league baseball’s single-season batting average record holder with the .441 mark he set 77 years ago.