Baseball's Greatest Catcher Never Played in MLB

Josh Gibson was a catcher who played mainly for the Pittsburgh Crawfords and Homestead Grays in the professional Negro Baseball League. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in Negro League history, and was compared to Babe Ruth frequently throughout his career. In terms of catchers in the history of baseball, Josh Gibson stacks up to some of the greatest to ever play, according to reporters, statisticians, and baseball experts who study the game. Gibson never got the opportunity to play in the MLB, but he certainly left his mark on the game of baseball that lives on. Today, we talk about the career, biography, and larger than life legend that is Josh Gibson.

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0:00 Intro
0:52 Career Stats
2:51 Biography
8:36 Impactful NL Players
10:05 Players Talking About Gibson
12:49 The Tall Tales
13:41 Conclusion

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