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  • • Kansas City independent-league team renamed Monarchs to honor Negro Leagues team
    The team and the K.C.-based Negro Leagues Baseball Museum will have a partnership...2021
  • K.C. independent club takes Negro League name
    • K.C. independent club takes Negro League name
    The Kansas City T-Bones of the independent American Association are being renamed the Kansas City Monarchs after the team that played in the Negro Leagues....2021
  • Bryant: MLB can add Negro Leagues to records, but can't change what it did to Black players
    • Bryant: MLB can add Negro Leagues to records, but can't change what it did to Black players
    MLB had good intentions, but altering record books is the wrong approach. The historical record of the Negro Leagues was born from baseball's racism, and the effects of that racism cannot be retrofitted....2020
  • • Samson: MLB should have recognized Negro Leagues as major leagues long ago
    David Samson weighed on Major League Baseball's recent decision to include Negro League players as major leaguers...2020
  • • MLB is finally recognizing Negro Leagues stats, but Josh Gibson won't become baseball's official home run king
    Gibson was one of the greatest players ever, but it doesn't appear he had 763 'official' home runs...2020
  • M.L.B. Will Add Negro Leagues to Official Records
    • M.L.B. Will Add Negro Leagues to Official Records
    More than 3,400 players from seven leagues that operated from 1920 to 1948 will now be considered major leaguers in a move that will shake up the record books....2020
  • MLB officially recognizes Negro Leagues as major league
    • MLB officially recognizes Negro Leagues as major league
    2020
  • • MLB Designates Negro Leagues As An Official “Major League”
    Major League Baseball announced that “Major League” status has been officially conferred upon the Negro Leagues.  As per the league’s press release…. “During this year’s centennial celebration of the founding of the Negro Leagues, MLB is proud to highlight the contributions of the pioneers who played in these seven distinct leagues from 1920-1948.  With this…...2020
  • MLB reclassifies Negro Leagues as major league
    • MLB reclassifies Negro Leagues as major league
    Major League Baseball has reclassified the Negro Leagues as a major league and will count the statistics and records of its 3,400 players as part of MLB history....2020
  • Rob Manfred, MLB announce elevation of Negro Leagues to 'Major League' status
    • Rob Manfred, MLB announce elevation of Negro Leagues to 'Major League' status
    The Negro Leagues that ran from 1920-48 have officially been elevated to "major league" status by Major League Baseball. MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred announced the news on Wednesday via the league's communications department....2020

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  • • World Series Champion Royals Visit President Barack Obama at White House
    2016
  • • Red Sox's Bradley, Betts, and Bogaerts Give MLB a New-Age 'Killer B's'
    2016

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  • • Look: Mural in D.C. honors Negro League greats ahead of All-Star Game
    Those visiting Washington D.C. for Tuesday’s MLB All-Star Game will have a chance to honor three Negro League legends, all of whom played in D.C.Per Michael Clair of MLB.com, the mural is “located in the alley between Ben’s Chili Bowl on U Street and the Lincoln Theatre.” It honors Mamie “Peanut” Johnson, one of only three women to play in the Negro Leagues, and Josh Gibson, who, per Clair, the Ba...2018
  • • Negro Leagues draft with NLBM president
    MLB.com columnist Joe Posnanski and Negro Leagues Baseball Museum president Bob Kendrick draft teams featuring the best players from the Negro Leagues....2018
  • • World Series Champion Royals Visit President Barack Obama at White House
    2016
  • • Red Sox's Bradley, Betts, and Bogaerts Give MLB a New-Age 'Killer B's'
    2016

Negro Leagues stats and results

  • • MLB is finally recognizing Negro Leagues stats, but Josh Gibson won't become baseball's official home run king
    Gibson was one of the greatest players ever, but it doesn't appear he had 763 'official' home runs...2020
  • • MLB reclassifies Negro Leagues as major league
    Major League Baseball has reclassified the Negro Leagues as a major league and will count the statistics and records of its 3,400 players as part of MLB history....2020
  • • MLB elevates Negro Leagues to 'Major League' status, giving 'overdue recognition' to 3,400 players
    MLB will recognize records and stats from 3,400 players who played in Negro Leagues between 1920-48...2020
  • • Baseball’s Unappreciated Power Duo
    Josh Gibson and Buck Leonard formed a fearsome middle of the order for the Homestead Grays of the Negro Leagues, but statistics from their era are incomplete....2018
  • • Red Sox's Bradley, Betts, and Bogaerts Give MLB a New-Age 'Killer B's'
    2016
  • • Minnie Minoso, Former Chicago White Sox Star, Dies at Age 89
    2015

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  • • Experience with Roberts part of charity auction
    For the seventh consecutive year, the Dodgers have joined MLB in a Winter Meetings charity auction, this time benefiting the Jackie Robinson Foundation and the Negro Leagues Museum, two important institutions that educate future generations of young people through honoring significant moments and individuals of baseball's past....2018
  • • Red Sox's Bradley, Betts, and Bogaerts Give MLB a New-Age 'Killer B's'
    2016
  • • Mill Valley Little League gets lesson on the Negro Leagues
    It may have started with a single tweet, but it ended with a standing ovation that shook the gym at Old Mill School in Mill Valley, California, a small town north of San Francisco. Bob Kendrick, the president of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, may have been a long way from home, but standing on that middle school stage in front of 100 or so parents, coaches and kids from the Mill...2016
  • • A's coach Jensen proud to share heritage
    There are few detailed records from the Negro Leagues era, many of the names lost in time except for those revived through stories, like the ones Marcus Jensen heard as a youngster from his grandfather....2016
  • • Whitaker honored during Negro Leagues Tribute weekend
    Lou Whitaker has advice for kids looking to get into baseball: If you want to make it, you have to work at it....2015
  • • Minnie Minoso, Former Chicago White Sox Star, Dies at Age 89
    2015
  • • A Cubs Fan's Tribute to the Legendary Ernie Banks
    2015
  • • Cubs Legend Ernie Banks Dies at Age 83
    2015
  • • Robinson shares dad's legacy at Negro Leagues museum
    During her hourlong presentation to a group from Faxon Elementary, Sharon Robinson covered much more than just her dad's place in history as Major League Baseball's first African-American player. Her message? Character, discipline and hard work mean something....2014

Top Negro Leagues news

  • • Cubs Legend Ernie Banks Dies at Age 83
    2015
  • • Minnie Minoso, Former Chicago White Sox Star, Dies at Age 89
    2015
  • • Monte Irvin, Star Outfielder Who Lost His Prime to Racism, Dies at 96
    Irvin, among the most talented players in the Negro leagues, was already 30 when he joined the New York Giants in 1949. “I was way past my peak then,” he later said....2016
  • • Jones gives $20K to Negro Leagues museum
    Jones gives $20K to Negro Leagues museum...2017
  • • Baseball's Black pioneers given 'Tip of the Cap'
    After a planned celebration of the 100-year anniversary of the founding of the Negro Leagues was shelved because of the pandemic, it moved to an online campaign called "Tip Your Cap," drawing tributes from presidents, leaders, entertainers and athletes....2020
  • • Mamie Johnson, Trailblazer in the Negro Leagues, Dies at 82
    Johnson, known as Peanut, was the only woman known to pitch in the leagues, playing for the Indianapolis Clowns and compiling an impressive record....2017
  • • Negro Leagues Museum lands 2nd $1M donation
    Major League Baseball celebrated the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Negro National League by joining with the Major League Baseball Players Association to announce their second joint $1 million donation to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum,...2020
  • • PHOTOS: Red Sox, Mariners to wear Negro Leagues throwback uniforms Saturday
    2015
  • • Legacy of Negro Leagues remains vibrant
    The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum was, at first, a small, unmarked room in the Lincoln Building in Kansas City. If visitors ever came by, which they never did, there were only a few scraps of memorabilia to see....2017
  • • Last of 3 women to play in Negro Leagues dies
    Negro Leagues Baseball Museum President Bob Kendrick called Mamie "Peanut" Johnson "truly a pioneer."...2017
  • • NLBM gala headliner Aaron recalls early strife
    He is "Mr. Aaron" to almost everybody. But when his dreams take him way back, he sees himself as "Little Brother." Praise for Aaron flowed Saturday night at the Bartle Hall Grand Ballroom, when the legend headlined the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum's 25th Anniversary Gala...2015
  • • Monte Irvin, MLB Hall of Fame OF, Dies at Age 96
    2016
  • • Negro Leagues Baseball Museum honors Hall of Game inductees
    KANSAS CITY -- One way or the other, Andre Dawson seemed destined to leave his baseball mark in Kansas City....2016
  • • Correa enjoys Negro Leagues history lesson
    The next time Carlos Correa attends a World Series, he'd like to do so as a player, not a spectator. But while he waits for the Astros to take the next step and get the far in the postseason, the shortstop is enjoying his time as a guest this week during baseball's greatest event....2015