Josh Gibson #1044
$ 8.00
Caption from poster__
"There is a catcher that any
big league club would love.
His name is Gibson. . .
he can do everything.
He hits the ball a mile.
And cathes so easy he might
as well be in a rocking chair.
Throws like a rifle.
Too bad this Gibson
is a colored fellow.
Josh 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.
