On this date in 1947, baseball lost a legend. Josh Gibson, the most prodigious power hitter in Negro Leagues history -- and perhaps baseball history -- died of a stroke at the age of 35.
Josh Gibson had proven to Negro League followers that he was one of the game's greats. Voted into the Hall of Fame in 1972 by the Committee on Negro Baseball Leagues, the right-handed hitting ...
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