Bleacher Report · May 28, 2024
MLB Reportedly Will Incorporate Negro League Statistics into Historical Records
Major League Baseball will officially incorporate Negro League statistics into its historical records, per Bob Nightengale of USA Today. An official announcement is scheduled for Wednesday.
In Dec. 2020, MLB recognized seven professional Negro Leagues in operation from 1920-1948 as "Major League," per Scott Boeck of USA Today.
"All of us who love baseball have long known that the Negro Leagues produced many of our game's best players, innovations and triumphs against a backdrop of injustice," Commissioner Rob Manfred stated then. "We are now grateful to count the players of the Negro Leagues where they belong: as Major Leaguers within the official historical record."