Josh Gibson #1221
$ 8.00
Caption from poster__
" Negro League great, Josh Gibson who
is often called The Black Babe Ruth.
This Hall ofFame player spent much of
his career as muscular home run hitting
catcher with the Homestead Grays and
Pittsburgh Crawfords."
Joshua Gibson (December 21, 1911 in Buena Vista, Georgia - January 20, 1947 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) was a catcher in baseball's Negro Leagues. He played for the Pittsburgh Crawfords from 1930 to 1937 before moving to the Homestead Grays from 1937 to 1946. Standing 6-foot-1 and weighing 256 pounds at the peak of his career, Gibson is widely considered among the very best power hitters in baseball history, but never played in Major League Baseball as racial segregation excluded African-Americans during his lifetime. He is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, elected in 1972.
