MLB Absorbs ***** League Stats (knee grow)

[steveringo]

https://apnews.com/article/*****-leagues-statistics-4a204a3cac0527ab5be750783fd411df

Josh Gibson becomes MLB career and season batting leader as Negro Leagues statistics incorporated

Josh Gibson became Major League Baseball’s career leader with a .372 batting average, surpassing Ty Cobb’s .367, when ***** Leagues records for more than 2,300 players were incorporated Tuesday after a three-year research project. Gibson’s .466 average for the 1943 Homestead Grays became the...

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Josh Gibson became Major League Baseball’s career leader with a .372 batting average, surpassing Ty Cobb’s .367.

Gibson’s .974 slugging percentage in 1937 becomes the season record, and Barry Bonds’ .863 in 2001 dropped to fifth, also trailing Mules Suttles .877 in 1926, Gibson’s .871 in 1943 and Smith’s .870 in 1929. Bond’s prior OPS record of 1.421 in 2004 dropped to third behind Gibson’s 1.474 in 1937 and 1.435 in 1943.





(MODS - please fix your programming to accept the word "*****")

 

[broncosmitty]

This sport prolly doesn’t survive Gen Z.

 

[BigKen]

Hardly anyone playing in the ***** Leagues ever played with a "new" anything. Including baseballs.

We all know why they weren't allowed to play in the major leagues. Makes one wonder what could have been before Jackie?

 

[BigKen]

Why is it that I can post shit, fuck, ****, asshole, pecker, prick?

But the word, n........e.....g.......r......o becomes *****?????

You know what the **** word is that begins with "c"?

 

[Fountain City Blues]

Some people in here proving why this was a good idea.

 

[broncosmitty]

My grandpa played against the Kansas City Monarchs.


On a field I played on, in Pony League, that had no fence.

This is fucking stupid.

 

[fknhippie]

My grandpa played against the Kansas City Monarchs.


On a field I played on, in Pony League, that had no fence.

This is fucking stupid.

Hard to compare the leagues, what was stupid was segregation.

 

[BigFin]

This adds a new dimension to Immaculate Grid

 

[calsnowskier]

How did they deal with all the missing box scores and, worse yet, the conflicting box scores?

I am a Database guy, and live by the rule of “garbage in, garbage out”. If the source data can’t be verified, it doesn’t go in.

 

[kcden]

How did they deal with all the missing box scores and, worse yet, the conflicting box scores?

I am a Database guy, and live by the rule of “garbage in, garbage out”. If the source data can’t be verified, it doesn’t go in.

How reliable is the source data for the records (that were already included) from the late 1800's/Early 1900's?

The article thst I read said they excluded a 4 HR game for Gibson because the data for that game didn't meet their standards, so they're not just accepting everything.

 

[Pure Steel]

How did they deal with all the missing box scores and, worse yet, the conflicting box scores?

I am a Database guy, and live by the rule of “garbage in, garbage out”. If the source data can’t be verified, it doesn’t go in.

Agree, but my whiffle ball numbers were incredible, I hit homers like Ruth

 

[Think McFly Think]

This sport prolly doesn’t survive Gen Z.

Unfortunately it does seem to be trending that way, they don’t seem to market towards youth like in the past.

Looking at general MLB attendance numbers; they have been on the rise the past couple years but I’m sure that data is skewed with Covid and what not.

Like you alluded to, MLB is still clinging on to ours and our parent’s generation which obviously will only stretch so far.

Hope we’re wrong, a world without professional baseball would be a damn shame.

 

[BigFin]

I checked out of baseball 8 years ago.

 

[calsnowskier]

How reliable is the source data for the records (that were already included) from the late 1800's/Early 1900's?

The article thst I read said they excluded a 4 HR game for Gibson because the data for that game didn't meet their standards, so they're not just accepting everything.

I essentially ignore pre-1900 stats. I hate to apply that same standard to this dataset.

 

[BigKen]

Have to be careful.

Pretty soon they'll start feeling sorry for the drug users and still have a hate hard on for Pete Rose because he gambled.

if you get my drift???

The door has at least opened for the best of the ***** Leagues. The sad part is that they will never know that they've finally been recognized as being as good as they were.

 

[molsaniceman]

Unfortunately it does seem to be trending that way, they don’t seem to market towards youth like in the past.

Looking at general MLB attendance numbers; they have been on the rise the past couple years but I’m sure that data is skewed with Covid and what not.

Like you alluded to, MLB is still clinging on to ours and our parent’s generation which obviously will only stretch so far.

Hope we’re wrong, a world without professional baseball would be a damn shame.

mlb is doing just fine

 

[Stakesarehigh]

Baseball will win millions of fans with this move

 

[Fountain City Blues]

How did they deal with all the missing box scores and, worse yet, the conflicting box scores?

I am a Database guy, and live by the rule of “garbage in, garbage out”. If the source data can’t be verified, it doesn’t go in.

The same problem exists for the white players in the all/near white league. Bottom line is NLB is a legitimate part of the history of baseball and was highly competitive. This was a perfectly fine move. Most fans at this point don't argue about Ruth really anyway. Let history age gracefully.

 

[msgkings322]

This sport prolly doesn’t survive Gen Z.

We'd have to see salaries and revenues decline first, hasn't happened yet

Not sure what your comment has to do with Negr0 League stats

 

[msgkings322]

Baseball will win millions of fans with this move

Overstated but it should help win a few