Who is the greatest Negro League Ballplayer of All-Time?

Question:So I'm sitting back today thinking about how Satchel Paige pitched as a rookie in his 40's, how Josh Gibson supposedly hit over 800 homeruns, and how Jackie Robinson wasn't even nearly the best...

So who was?

Answers:

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Satchel Paige was the most dominate pitcher in baseball period. Be it in the majors or negro league. It's just too bad the majors took forever to see it. Satchel is #1 hands down.

Josh Gibson did hit a ton of homeruns and the estimated 800 he hit was no farce. You can look him up in the hall of fame and see the inscription on his plaque.

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There are so many it's hard to choose.. I'll add Cool Papa Bell

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gibson

Curve Ball?

If you do your research you will find that Josh Gibson played a total of 501 games in his career. He hit a total of 147 career home runs and never hit more than 17 in a single season. He was considered a below average catcher and was very unreliable because of his drug and drinking problems. He died at age 32. I always have to laugh when I see the legendary numbers come up. From my own research I have found that Gibson was a very powerful hitter but never came close to reaching his potential.

Who was it that caught two home run balls in consecutive games?

Pitcher: Satchel
Batting: Josh Gibson
Infielder: Cool Papa Bell

Robinson is not the best, is simply the greatest

Houston Astros?

Josh Gibson.

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josh gibson hands down

Take your pick!?!?

When you hit over 800 home runs and are considered a great catcher, one of the toughest defensive positions to play, I think that you've got to give it to Gibson.

Who has the record in total home-runs hit in MLB?

Gibson and Paige are probably the top 2. One was a pitcher and one a hitter, so you can argue both ways.

With all due respect to Yankee Dude. Gibson died at the age of 35, not 32. Still, he played 17 seasons in the Negro Leagues. He is also credited for hitting 84 home runs in 1936, granted they were hit against varied levels of competition. Not all those came in "official" Negro league games. Counting all those extra games is how his home run total is close to 900.

The player I would have most liked to see play was James "Cool Papa" Bell. From what I understand, he could hit, he could field, and boy could he run!

Who was the guy that caught the baseball at some game (I think it was the world series?) & ever1 was mad @ him

Satchel Paige!!!!

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Satchel Paige is the best Negro League baseball player of all time. The man was a warrior and it was an injustice that he was never able to match up against the greats in the Major Leagues. If you ever read the stories on how he played the game, it boggles the mind. It makes today's players look like wusses. How many pitchers you know could barnstorm like he did where he could pitch a game and travel somewhere and pitch another one the same evening?

Jackie Robinson may not have been the best player in the Negro Leagues, but he was the best player to blaze the trail to integrate the game. Who could you think of better to withstand the daily pressures of being the first and having to deal with people calling you all sorts of vile and racist blasts?

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Satchel Paige, that guy was great when he finally got in the MLB as an old man. He would have been awesome in his prime.

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Wee Wille Wright - Yea that's it. He is my 13th cousin.

Why is the press trying to drive a wedge between whites and blacks with respect to Barry Bonds homerun chase?

Satch and Josh -- Can't really pick one over the other as they played different parts. But a 47ish yr old winning the Rookie of the Year award may put Satch up on top. Was he so much better that even when he was that old he was better than any other rookie in the majors that year??

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Stachel Paige once struck out Josh Gibson with the bases loaded on 3 pitches.

Stachel also showed several big leaguers how to throw certain pitches.

Who is the only pitcher in MLB history to have 3000 K's and less than 1000 walks?

buck o neil

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Jackie Robinson all the way.i admire what he did.and he inspires me. GO YANKEES!

What do yous see the phillies doing this year?

Josh Gibson. Anybody who hits the longest home run in the history of Yankee Stadium that goes completely out of the ballpark is doing something!

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Satchel Paige

In Major League Baseball, what does a walk-off homerun mean, or by any matter what does walk-off mean?

gibson