There are 3 article(s) tagged Negro Leagues:

• August 2024

  • Redbirds will play as Red Sox to honor Memphis’ Black baseball history

    The Redbirds plan to play as the Memphis Red Sox and wear throwback Negro Leagues jerseys Saturday night, Aug. 10, as part of their participation in MiLB’s The Nine project.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff August 06, 2024

• May 2024

  • MLB has new career, season batting leader after Negro Leagues statistics incorporated

    With the Negro leagues' statistics added to Major League Baseball, Gibson’s .372 batting average surpassed Ty Cobb’s .367. At age 18, Gibson played his first professional game for the Memphis Red Sox in 1930.

    By The Associated Press,  The Daily Memphian Staff May 28, 2024

  • On Negro Leagues’ 100th anniversary, Memphis Red Sox’s legacy lives on

    Sam Allen, now 84, remembers a final summer with Memphis that afforded him the chance to play baseball even as players suffered discrimination.

    By Don Wade May 28, 2024