Run batted in or RBI is a statistic used in baseball and softball to credit a batter when the outcome of his at-bat results in a run being scored, except in certain situations such as when an error is made on the play. The first team to track RBI was the Buffalo Bisons.

Common nicknames for an RBI include "Ribby" and "Rib."

The plural of RBI is "RBIs". A common mistake is to conclude that the plural should be "RBI" because "runs" is the pluralized noun, but the entire acronym is properly pluralized.^[1]

Major League Baseball Rules[link]

The official rulebook of Major League Baseball states in Rule 10.04:

(a) The official scorer shall credit the batter with a run batted in for every run that scores:

(1) unaided by an error and as part of a play begun by the batter's safe hit (including the batter's home run), sacrifice bunt, sacrifice fly, infield out or fielder's choice, unless Rule 10.04(b) applies;

(2) by reason of the batter becoming a runner with the bases full (because of a base on balls, an award of first base for being touched by a pitched ball or for interference or obstruction); or

(3) when, before two are out, an error is made on a play on which a runner from third base ordinarily would score.

(b) The official scorer shall not credit a run batted in

(1) option when the batter grounds into a force double play or a reverse-force double play; or

(2) when a fielder is charged with an error because the fielder muffs a throw at first base that would have completed a force double play.

(c) The official scorer's judgment must determine whether a run batted in shall be credited for a run that scores when a fielder holds the ball or throws to a wrong base. Ordinarily, if the runner keeps going, the official scorer should credit a run batted in; if the runner stops and takes off again when the runner notices the misplay, the official scorer should credit the run as scored on a fielder's choice.

Criticism[link]

The perceived significance of the RBI is displayed by the fact that it is one of the three categories that compose the triple crown. In addition, career RBI are often cited in debates over who should be elected to the Hall of Fame. However, critics, particularly within the field of sabermetrics, argue that RBI measures the quality of the lineup more than it does the player himself since an RBI can only be credited to a player if one or more batters preceding him in the batting order reached base (the exception to this being a solo home run, in which the batter is credited with driving himself in).^[2][3] This implies that better offensive teams—and therefore, the teams in which the most players get on base—tend to produce hitters with higher RBI totals than equivalent hitters on lesser-hitting team.^[4]

RBI leaders in Major League Baseball[link]

Career[link]

Hank Aaron, All time career leader in RBI with 2,297.

Totals are current through the end of the 2011 season. Active players in bold.

1. Hank Aaron – 2,297
2. Babe Ruth – 2,217
3. Barry Bonds – 1,996
4. Lou Gehrig – 1,995
5. Stan Musial – 1,951
6. Ty Cobb – 1,937
7. Jimmie Foxx – 1,922
8. Eddie Murray – 1,917
9. Alex Rodríguez – 1,904
10. Willie Mays – 1,903
11. Cap Anson – 1,879

Alex Rodriguez (1,904 as of April 29, 2012) has the most career RBI among active players, ranking 9th overall.

Season[link]

Hank Greenberg, Hall of Famer and 2-time MVP

1. Hack Wilson (1930) – 191
2. Lou Gehrig (1931) – 184
3. Hank Greenberg (1937) – 183
4. Jimmie Foxx (1938) – 175
5. Lou Gehrig (1927) – 175

Game[link]

12 – Jim Bottomley (September 24, 1924), Mark Whiten (September 7, 1993)
11 – Wilbert Robinson (June 10, 1892), Tony Lazzeri (May 24, 1936), Phil Weintraub (April 30, 1944)
10 – by 12 major league players, most recently Garret Anderson (August 21, 2007)

Inning[link]

1. Fernando Tatis (April 23, 1999) – 8
2. Ed Cartwright (September 23, 1890) – 7
3. Alex Rodriguez (October 4, 2009) – 7

Postseason (single season)[link]

1. David Freese (2011) – 21^[5]
2. Scott Spiezio (2002) – 19^[5]
3. Sandy Alomar (1997) – 19^[5]
4. David Ortiz (2004) – 19^[5]

Game-winning RBI[link]

See also[link]

Baseball portal

• List of Major League Baseball RBI Records
• List of Major League Baseball players with 1000 RBIs

References[link]

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Brandon Phillips
Cincinnati Reds – No. 4
Second Baseman
Born: (1981-06-28) June 28, 1981 (age 30) Raleigh, North Carolina
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
MLB debut
September 13, 2002 for the Cleveland Indians
Career statistics (through April 28, 2012)
Batting average	.271
Hits	1,117
Home runs	132
Runs batted in	537
Stolen Bases	140
Teams
Cleveland Indians (2002–2005) Cincinnati Reds (2006–present)
Career highlights and awards
2× All-Star (2010, 2011) 3× Gold Glove Award winner (2008, 2010, 2011) Silver Slugger Award winner (2011) Fielding Bible Award winner (2008) 30–30 club (2007)

Brandon Emil Phillips (born June 28, 1981) is a second baseman for Major League Baseball's Cincinnati Reds.^[1][2]

The Raleigh, North Carolina native was selected in the second round of the 1999 draft by the former Montreal Expos (now the Washington Nationals) after signing a letter of intent to play both baseball and football at the University of Georgia. He instead signed with the Expos on June 21, 1999.

Phillips was traded from the Cleveland Indians to the Cincinnati Reds on April 7, 2006 for a player to be named later, which turned out to be right-handed pitcher Jeff Stevens. With the Reds, Phillips has had a good deal of success, winning three Rawlings Gold Glove Awards, one Silver Slugger Award, and being selected to two National League All-Star teams.

Early life[link]

Phillips comes from an athletic family. His sister is WNBA player Porsha Phillips of the San Antonio Silver Stars and his younger brother is minor league baseball player PJ Phillips.

Phillips attended Redan High School in Stone Mountain, Georgia, where he played basketball and baseball. His #7 at Redan was retired by the school in December 2003.^{[citation needed]} Phillips' favorite baseball player growing up was Cincinnati Reds shortstop Barry Larkin.^[3]

Professional career[link]

Early career[link]

After signing with the Montreal Expos in 1999, he played for the Jupiter Hammerheads. He finished the season with a .292 batting average, 22 home runs, 59 RBI, 3 triples, and 30 steals.

On June 27, 2002, Phillips was part of a six-player trade that sent him from the Montreal Expos to the Cleveland Indians. Phillips was dealt along with Grady Sizemore, Cliff Lee, and Lee Stevens in exchange for Bartolo Colón and Tim Drew.^[4]

In 2003, Phillips won the starting job at second base for the Indians. During the season, he had a season-high 6-game hitting streak. Against the Detroit Tigers on May 20, he hit the first three-run walk-off home run of his career. After that he went 0 for 29 and was sent down to Triple-A after the All-Star break. He was recalled soon after that due to an injury to one of his teammates and finished the season with a .208 average, 6 homers, 33 RBI and 4 stolen bases. Phillips also totaled a .981 fielding percentage.

In 2004, he started the season in Triple-A. He hit .303 with 14 stolen bases on the season and recorded 18-game and 16-game hitting streaks. In the minor league play-offs, Phillips hit .308.

He joined the Indians at the end of the season and played 6 games for them.

Phillips remained in Triple-A for most of 2005. He appeared in six games for the Indians in July but was sent back down following the stint.

Cincinnati Reds[link]

2006–2007[link]

On April 7, 2006, Cleveland's frustration with Phillips' slow progress peaked and he was traded to the Cincinnati Reds for a player to be named later (pitcher Jeff Stevens).^[4] He made an immediate impact, starting the season by being named NL Player of the Week the same month he was acquired by the Reds, hitting .452 (14–31) with 3 home runs and 17 runs batted in for the week of April 17–23. Phillips' 17 RBI were the most for an NL Player of the Week since Sammy Sosa had 19 RBI the week of August 4–10, 2002. Phillips had his first career grand slam that month and 16 straight stolen bases. leading the Reds in hits (148) and multi-hit games (36). He also led all National League second basemen in stolen bases with 25. He produced two 9-game hitting streaks over the season and ended with a batting average of .276, 17 home runs and 75 RBI.

In 2007, Phillips hit 30 home runs and stole 32 bases to become the first Reds second basemen to join the 30–30 club and just the third 30–30 Red, joining Eric Davis (37 HR, 50 SB in 1987) and Barry Larkin (33 HR, 36 SB in 1996). He also joined Alfonso Soriano as just the second second baseman in the 30–30 club.^[3]

On July 3, 2007, Phillips broke a 3–3 tie with the San Francisco Giants by hitting a grand slam that gave the Reds a 7–3 win. In the fourth inning on August 1, 2007, game, against John Lannan of the Washington Nationals Phillips stole two bases on one pitch while the Nationals had a shift on Adam Dunn. On August 30, 2007, Phillips made the play of the month to win the game for the Reds against the Pittsburgh Pirates. With the Reds winning 5–4 in the bottom of the 9th, Nate McLouth of the Pirates hit a single into right field. The runner from second, Josh Phelps, appeared likely to score but Phillips grabbed the ball in shallow right field bare-handed and threw Phelps out at home plate to win the game. On September 5, 2007, he hit his 28th home run of the season, breaking the Reds' single-season record for home runs by a second baseman, formerly held by Joe Morgan.^[5] On September 26, 2007, Phillips hit his 30th home run of the season.

In addition to the home runs and steals, Phillips ended the 2007 season with 187 hits, 107 runs, 26 doubles, 6 triples 94 RBIs, and a .288 batting average. He led the Reds in runs, hits, triples, and stolen bases and was second on the team in doubles and home runs.

Phillips received a four-year, $27 million contract extension on February 15, 2008, instead of going to arbitration.^[6]

Phillips signing autographs in 2008.

2008[link]

On April 2, Phillips hit his first home run of the season against the Arizona Diamondbacks. At the end of April, he hit a pinch-hit 9th inning home run against the San Francisco Giants in the 3–1 loss. Two days later, in the April 27 victory over the Giants, he hit two home runs and three RBI. In the first month of the season, Phillips batted .283 with 5 home runs, 13 RBI, and four stolen bases.

To open up July, Phillips had a 3 for 5 game against the Pittsburgh Pirates. In the 6–5 loss, Phillips hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning to tie the game and send it into extra innings. On July 5, Phillips drove in Jerry Hairston, Jr. for the game-winning single RBI.

At the All-Star Break, Phillips was batting .287 with 15 home runs, 58 RBI, 18 stolen bases, and 18 doubles. Shortly after the All-Star Game, Phillips hit his 16th home run of the season against the Chicago Cubs and his 17th against the New York Mets.

To open August, Phillips hit triples in back-to-back games against the Milwaukee Brewers and the Houston Astros, then finished the three-game stint with a home run in the third game against the Astros. He opened the following series against the Pittsburgh Pirates with a two-run homer. Then, Phillips closed out the next series against the St. Louis Cardinals with home runs in back-to-back games to reach his 20th of the season. The final game of the series marked the second consecutive season that he had joined the 20–20 club.

Phillips also won his first gold glove in 2008, leading National League 2nd basemen with a .990 fielding percentage having made just 7 errors in 706 chances,^[1] in addition to a 78-game error-less streak.^[7] He also won a Fielding Bible Award as the top fielding second baseman in MLB.^[8]

2009[link]

Phillips batting for the Reds in 2009.

In 2009, Phillips hit .276, with 30 doubles, 20 home runs, 98 RBI and 25 stolen bases.

2010[link]

In 2010, Phillips had his first All-Star season. He finished the season batting .275, with 18 homers, 59 RBI and 16 stolen bases.

In early August, Phillips made national sports headlines with unflattering remarks about the St. Louis Cardinals, a team the Reds were in a hotly contested race with for lead in the National League Central division. Phillips was quoted in a Dayton, Ohio newspaper as saying "I hate the Cardinals. All they do is bitch and moan about everything, all of them, they're little bitches, all of them. I hate the Cardinals."^[9] The next night, August 10, Phillips was involved in a large bench-clearing brawl between the Reds and Cardinals at home plate. Coming to bat in the bottom of the 1st inning, Phillips customarily tapped his bat against the shin pads of Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina and the umpire. Molina kicked Phillips bat which led to seven minutes of pushing and shoving between both teams before both team managers were ejected and order restored.

On November 10, 2010, it was announced that Phillips had won the second Gold Glove of his major league career.

2011[link]

On May 3, against the Houston Astros, Phillips had an amazing play in which he threw out speedy Jason Bourgeois by picking up the ball barehanded as it rolled to him and throwing it to first baseman Joey Votto between his legs to record the out.^[10] On July 1, Phillips hit 2 home runs against the Cleveland Indians, the 2nd homer being his 1,000th career hit. After several great plays in the field earned him notoriety around the country and his average stayed around .300 the whole first half, Phillips made his second straight All-Star game. He was in first place in voting for most of the year until Milwaukee's Rickie Weeks passed him, getting the starting nod.

On July 15, 2011 Phillips hit a two out two run walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6–5 at Great American Ballpark.

On November 1, 2011, it was announced that Phillips had won the third Gold Glove of his major league career. His fielding percentage for the season was .992 in 721 chances.^[11] On November 2, 2011, it was announced that Phillips had won the first Silver Slugger of his major league career. He hit an even .300 with 183 hits, 38 doubles, 2 triples, 18 homers, and 82 RBI. His on-base percentage was .353.^[11]

2012[link]

On April 10, 2012, it was announced that Phillips and the Reds had agreed to a 6 year, $72.5 million contract, through the 2017 season.^[12]

References[link]

External links[link]

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Tim Barry is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is the former lead singer of the Richmond, Virginia-based punk rock band Avail. In addition to performing with Avail, he was the bass guitarist in the Richmond-based folk punk band (Young) Pioneers from 1994-1995. Barry has been performing folk music on his own since 2004.

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

• Laurel Street Demo 2005 - 2005 - Suburban Home Records
• Rivanna Junction - 2006 - Suburban Home Records
• Manchester - 2008 - Suburban Home Records
• 28th & Stonewall - 2010 - Suburban Home Records
• 40 Miler - 2012 - Chunksaah Records

Splits and Collaborations[link]

• Frank Turner / Tim Barry - Split EP (13 October 2009)

DVDs[link]

• Live (featuring Tim Barry and La Par Force) - 2006
• Live At The Grey Eagle - 2010

External links[link]

• Tim Barry's official page
• Suburban Home Records

Josh Gibson
Gibson's plaque in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Catcher
Born: (1911-12-21)December 21, 1911 Buena Vista, Georgia
Died: January 20, 1947(1947-01-20) (aged 35) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
Professional debut
Negro leagues: July 31, 1930 for the Homestead Grays
Last professional appearance
1946
statistics
Batting average	.359
Slugging percentage	.648
Teams
Homestead Grays (1930–1931) Pittsburgh Crawfords (1932–1936) Dragones de Ciudad Trujillo (1937) Homestead Grays (1937–1939) Azules de Veracruz (1940–1941) Homestead Grays (1942–1946)
Career highlights and awards
10× All-Star (1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1939, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946-Griffith, 1946-Comiskey) 2× Negro League World Series champion (1943, 1944)
Member of the National
Baseball Hall of Fame
Inducted	1972
Election Method	Negro Leagues Committee

Joshua Gibson (December 21, 1911 – January 20, 1947) was an American catcher in baseball's Negro leagues. He played for the Homestead Grays from 1930 to 1931, moved to the Pittsburgh Crawfords from 1932 to 1936, and returned to the Grays from 1937 to 1939 and 1942 to 1946. In 1937 he played for Ciudad Trujillo in Trujillo's Dominican League and from 1940 to 1941 he played in the Mexican League for Rojos del Aguila de Veracruz. Gibson served as the first manager of the Santurce Crabbers, one of the most historic franchises of the Puerto Rico Baseball League. He stood 6-foot-1 (185 cm) and weighed 210 pounds (95 kg) at the peak of his career.^[1]

Baseball historians consider Gibson to be among the very best catchers and power hitters in the history of any league, including the Major Leagues, and he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972. Gibson was known as the "black Babe Ruth."^[2] (In fact, some fans at the time who saw both Gibson and Ruth play called Ruth "the white Josh Gibson.") ^[3] He never played in Major League Baseball because, under their unwritten "gentleman's agreement" policy, they excluded non-whites during his lifetime.

Early life[link]

A water tower in Buena Vista, Georgia proudly proclaims the town to be the "Home of Josh Gibson".

Gibson was born in Buena Vista, Georgia, c. December 21, 1911. In 1923, Gibson moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where his father, Mark Gibson, had found work at the Carnegie-Illinois Steel Company. Entering sixth grade in Pittsburgh, Gibson prepared to become an electrician, attending Allegheny Pre-Vocational School and Conroy Pre-Vocational School. His first experience playing baseball for an organized team came at age 16, when he played third base for an amateur team sponsored by Gimbels department store, where he found work as an elevator operator. Shortly thereafter, he was recruited by the Pittsburgh Crawfords, which in 1928 were still a semi-professional team. The Crawfords, controlled by Gus Greenlee, were the top black semi-professional team in the Pittsburgh area and would advance to fully professional major Negro league status by 1931.^[4]

In 1928, Gibson met Helen Mason, whom he married on March 7, 1929. When not playing baseball, Gibson continued to work at Gimbels, having given up on his plans to become an electrician to pursue a baseball career. In the summer of 1930, the 18-year old Gibson was recruited by Cum Posey, owner of the Homestead Grays, which were the preeminent Negro league team in Pittsburgh, and on July 31, 1930, Gibson debuted with the Grays. On August 11, Gibson's wife Helen, who was pregnant with twins, went into premature labor and died while giving birth to a twin son, Josh Gibson, Jr., and daughter, named Helen after her mother. The children were raised by Helen's parents.^[4]

Baseball career and statistics[link]

The Negro leagues generally found it more profitable to schedule relatively few league games and allow the teams to earn extra money through barnstorming against semi-professional and other non-league teams.^[5] Thus, it is important to distinguish between records against all competition and records in league games only. For example, against all levels of competition Gibson hit 69 home runs in 1934; the same year in league games he hit 11 home runs in 52 games.^[1][5]

In 1933 he hit .467 with 55 home runs in 137 games against all levels of competition. His lifetime batting average is said to be higher than .350, with other sources putting it as high as .384, the best in Negro league history.^[6]

The Baseball Hall of Fame claims he hit "almost 800" homers in his 17-year career^[7] against Negro league and independent baseball opposition. His lifetime batting average, according to the Hall of Fame's official data, was .359.^[5] It was reported that he won nine home run titles and four batting championships playing for the Crawfords and the Grays. It is also believed that Gibson hit a home run in a Negro league game at Yankee Stadium that struck two feet from the top of the wall circling the center field bleachers, about 580 feet (180 m) from home plate.^{[citation needed]} Although it has never been conclusively proven, Chicago American Giants infielder Jack Marshall said Gibson slugged one over the third deck next to the left field bullpen in 1934 for the only fair ball hit out of Yankee Stadium.^{[citation needed]} Washington Senators owner Clark Griffith once said that Gibson hit more home runs into Griffith Stadium's distant left field bleachers than the entire American League.^[8]

There is no published season-by-season breakdown of Gibson's home run totals in all the games he played in various leagues and exhibitions.

The true statistical achievements of Negro league players may be impossible to know as the Negro leagues did not compile complete statistics or game summaries.^[5] Based on research of historical accounts performed for the Special Committee on the Negro Leagues, Gibson hit 224 homers in 2,375 at-bats against top black teams, 2 in 56 at-bats against white major-league pitchers and 44 in 450 AB in the Mexican League.^[9] John Holway lists Gibson with the same home run totals and a .351 career average, plus 21 for 56 against white major-league pitchers.^[9] According to Holway, Gibson ranks third all-time in the Negro leagues in average among players with 2,000+ AB (trailing Jud Wilson by 3 points and John Beckwith by one).^[9] Holway lists him as being second to Mule Suttles in homers, though the all-time leader in HR/AB by a considerable margin - with a homer every 10.6 AB to one every 13.6 for runner-up Suttles.^[9]

Recent investigations into Negro league statistics, using box scores from newspapers from across the United States, have led to the estimate that, although as many as two thirds of Negro league team games were played against inferior competition (as traveling exhibition games), Josh Gibson still hit between 150 and 200 home runs in official Negro league games.^[5] Though this number appears very conservative next to the statements of "almost 800" to 1000 home runs, this research also credits Gibson with a rate of one home run every 15.9 at bats, which compares favorably with the rates of the top nine home run hitters in Major League history. The commonly cited home run totals in excess of 800 are not indicative of his career total in "official" games because the Negro league season was significantly shorter than the Major League season; typically consisting of less than 60 games per year.^[10] The additional home runs cited were most likely accomplished in "unofficial" games against local and non-Negro league competition of varying strengths, including the oft-cited "barnstorming" competitions.

Despite the fact that statistical validation continues to prove difficult for Negro league players, the lack of verifiable figures has led to various amusing "Tall Tales" about immortals such as Gibson.^[11] A good example: In the last of the ninth at Pittsburgh, down a run, with a runner on base and two outs, Gibson hits one high and deep, so far into the twilight sky that it disappears from sight, apparently winning the game. The next day, the same two teams are playing again, now in Washington. Just as the teams have positioned themselves on the field, a ball comes falling out of the sky and a Washington outfielder grabs it. The umpire yells to Gibson, "You're out! In Pittsburgh, yesterday!"

Death[link]

In early 1943, Josh Gibson fell into a coma and was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Apparently coming out of his coma, he refused the option of surgical removal, and lived the next four years with recurring headaches. Gibson died of a stroke in 1947 at age 35, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, just three months before Jackie Robinson became the first black player in modern major league history. The stroke is believed by a few to be linked to drug problems that plagued his later years.^[12] He was buried at the Allegheny Cemetery in the Pittsburgh neighborhood of Lawrenceville, where he lay in an unmarked grave until a small plaque was placed in 1975.^[13]

In 1972, Gibson's accomplishments were recognized, along with Buck Leonard's, and they became the second and third players, behind Satchel Paige, inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame for their performance in the Negro leagues.^[14] Gibson's Hall of Fame plaque claims "almost 800" home runs for his career.

Legacy[link]

The U.S. Postal Service issued a 33-cent U.S. commemorative postage stamp which features a painting of Gibson and includes his name.^[15]

In 2000, he ranked 18th on The Sporting News' list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players, the highest-ranking of five players to have played all or most of their careers in the Negro leagues. (The others were Satchel Paige, Buck Leonard, Cool Papa Bell and Oscar Charleston.) That same year, he was nominated as a finalist for the Major League Baseball All-Century Team.

In 2009, a statue of Gibson was installed inside the center field gate of Nationals Park along with ones of Frank Howard and Walter Johnson.

Ammon Field at 2217 Bedford Ave., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was renamed Josh Gibson Field in his honor and is the site of a Pennsylvania State Historical Marker.^[16]

His son Josh Gibson, Jr. played baseball for the Homestead Grays.^[17] His son was also instrumental in the forming of the Josh Gibson Foundation.^[18][19][20]

Films[link]

• In 1996, Gibson was played by Mykelti Williamson in the made-for-cable film Soul of the Game, which also starred Delroy Lindo as Satchel Paige, Blair Underwood as Jackie Robinson, Edward Herrmann as Branch Rickey, and Jerry Hardin as Commissioner Happy Chandler.

• The character of Leon Carter played by James Earl Jones in The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings is based on Gibson.

• The character Josh Exley played by Jesse L. Martin in The X-Files episode "The Unnatural" is based on Gibson.

Miscellany[link]

• Gibson played baseball in the United States, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and Mexico, with a lifetime batting average of .354 - .384, depending on which statistics are counted.^[21]

• Starting in 1932-1933, Gibson played in Puerto Rico. In 1941-1942, Gibson played for the Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League. Playing for the Santurce Crabbers, Gibson won the batting title that season with an average of .480, recognized as the record for that league.^[22][23]

• Barry Bonds referred to "Josh Gibson's 800 home runs" in his post-game press conference after hitting his 756th MLB home run.^[24]

Career statistics[link]

Negro leagues[link]

According to the Macmillan Baseball Encyclopedia, Josh Gibson's Negro official league stats were as follows: Total years played - 16. Total games played - 501. Total career at bats - 1679. Total career hits - 607. Total career 2B hits - 89. Total career 3B hits - 35. Total career HR - 146. Total career SB 11. Career Batting Average .362

The first official statistics for the Negro leagues were compiled as part of a statistical study sponsored by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and supervised by Larry Lester and Dick Clark, in which a research team collected statistics from thousands of boxscores of league-sanctioned games.^[5] The first results from this study were the statistics for Negro league Hall of Famers elected prior to 2006, which were published in Shades of Glory by Lawrence D. Hogan. These statistics include the official Negro league statistics for Josh Gibson:

Source:^[5]

Dominican League[link]

Source:^[9]

Mexican League[link]

Source:^[25] , p. 151.

Cuban (Winter) League[link]

Source:,^[26] pp. 222, 225.

See also[link]

	Biography portal
	Baseball portal

• List of notable brain tumor patients

References[link]

Further reading[link]

• Brashler, William. Josh Gibson: a Life in the Negro Leagues. Harper & Row, 1978.
• Buckley, James Jr. 1,001 Facts About Hitters. DK Publishing, 2004.
• Figueredo, Jorge. Cuban Baseball: A Statistical History. McFarland & Company, 2003.
• Holway, John. The Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues. Hastings House, 2001.
• Lester, Larry. Black Baseball's National Showcase. University of Nebraska Press, 2001.
• Peterson, Robert. Only the Ball Was White. Gramercy, 1970.
• Ribowsky, Mark. Josh Gibson The Power and The Darkness. University of Illinois Press, 2004.
• Riley, James. The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. Carrol & Graf, 1994.
• Rogosin, Donn. Invisible Men. Atheneum, 1983.
• Snyder, Brad. Beyond the Shadow of the Senators. McGraw-Hill, 2004.
• Treto Cisneros, Pedro. The Mexican League: Comprehensive Player Statistics. McFarland & Company, 2002.

External links[link]

• Josh Gibson at the Baseball Hall of Fame
• Negro league baseball statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Negro leagues)
• Josh Gibson page at Pace University
• Georgia Sports Hall of Fame
• News article on 2004 compilation of Negro League statistics - Includes home run to at-bat ratio comparison.
• ESPN Sportcentury article on Josh Gibson
• Josh Gibson at Baseball-Reference.com Bullpen
• An opera about Josh Gibson in the Wall Street Journal
• Josh Gibson at Find a Grave