Josh Gibson

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Josh Gibson was a legendary power-hitting catcher in Negro league baseball, often regarded as one of the greatest hitters in the sport’s history.

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Label Occurrences
Josh Gibson canonical 7

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Negro league baseball player
baseball player
catcher
activeYears late 1920s–1940s
bats right
battingAverage .350 (Negro leagues, approximate)
burialPlace Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
surface form: Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
causeOfDeath stroke
commemoratedIn Negro Leagues Baseball Museum exhibits
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1911-12-21
dateOfDeath 1947-01-20
era 20th-century baseball
ethnicGroup Black Americans
surface form: African American
familyName Gibson
givenName Joshua
hallOfFameInduction National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
surface form: National Baseball Hall of Fame
hallOfFameInductionYear 1972
hasRelative Josh Gibson Jr.
heritage African-American sports pioneer
homeRuns over 800 (including barnstorming and unofficial games, attributed)
honoredBy Josh Gibson Foundation
influenced later generations of African-American baseball players
jerseyNumber 20 (with Homestead Grays, commonly associated)
leaguePlayedIn Negro American League
Negro National League
memberOfSportsTeam Homestead Grays
Pittsburgh Crawfords
memorializedBy statues and plaques at baseball parks
nickname The Black Babe Ruth
notableFor home run hitting
power hitting
occupation professional baseball player
placeOfBirth Buena Vista, Georgia
surface form: Buena Vista, Georgia, United States
placeOfDeath Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
surface form: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
playedHomeGamesAt Forbes Field
surface form: Forbes Field (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)

Griffith Stadium
surface form: Griffith Stadium (with Homestead Grays, Washington, D.C. home games)
playedInEra segregated baseball era
positionPlayed catcher
precludedFrom Major League Baseball due to racial segregation
recognizedAsOneOf greatest catchers in baseball history
greatest power hitters in baseball history
sexOrGender male
sportsDiscipline baseball
subjectOf numerous baseball biographies
throws right

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Subject: Josh Gibson
Description of subject: Josh Gibson was a legendary power-hitting catcher in Negro league baseball, often regarded as one of the greatest hitters in the sport’s history.

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hinchliffe Stadium, a former Negro league baseball park hostedAthlete Josh Gibson
subject surface form: Hinchliffe Stadium
Negro Leagues notablePlayer Josh Gibson
Homestead Grays notablePlayer Josh Gibson
Soul of the Game mainSubject Josh Gibson
Soul of the Game portrays Josh Gibson