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Major League Baseball made a significant change to its history books on Wednesday, announcing that they will recognize the Negro Leagues of 1920-48 as an official major league.
That means over 3,000 former Negro League players were now officially major leaguers in the eyes of history, and it also means a whole new set of stats counts in the MLB record.
Some of the notable numbers include 238 homers by leader Josh Gibson, 150 pitching wins by Willie Foster, and four hitters who could rank in the Top 10 in career batting average (Gibson, Jud Wilson, Oscar Charleston, and Turkey Stearnes).