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Baseball historians unite to add Negro Leagues stats to MLB history
Larry Lester, co founder of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, greets MLB’s move to treat Negro Leagues as major league. He and researchers from Seamheads will integrate era stats with Elias Sports Bureau, balancing gaps and acknowledging players like Josh Gibson, Willie Mays, Minnie Minoso, and Satchel Paige while noting possible record discrepancies.
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MLB
Larry Lester
Kansas City
Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
Lester
Larry Doby
Minnie Minoso
Giants
Monte Irvin
Elias Sports Bureau
Gary Ashwill
Kevin Johnson
Jackie Robinson
John Labombarda
Labombarda
Josh Gibson
Gibson
Willie Mays
Albert Pujols
Mays
Robinson
Special
Committee On Baseball
Satchel Paige
Hall of Fame
Ted Williams
Sporting News
Irvin
Minoso
Doby
Roy Campanella
Louisville