How many Homers did Josh Gibson hit?

Answer 1

Although the Negro Leagues didn't really keep track of stats, available sources say Josh Gibson hit almost 800 home runs. He may have hit more, but died of brain tumor after the 1946 season, ending his 17-year career at age 35. However, in 1936, he hit 84 or 85 homers in a season, but played in 200 games, 38 more than the majors's 162-game schedule. He also averaged .600 another year and averaged about 70 home runs a season though only in his early 20s.
To this day, Baseball historians are having a big debate over his stats, but he is permanently put in front of Hank Aaron, with at least 756 to 1,000 homers estimated.
Although he is the greatest catcher of all time and incredible power hitter, he isn't the best home run slugger. Sadaharua Oh of Japan hit 868 home runs; more incredibly, he hit it in a much smaller schedule than the Negros and majors, about 130 games!!!

As of 2012, the MLB has paid baseballreference.com $250,000 to have severalresearchesconducted on negro league stats. (go to this site for his stats)

They came up with documented box scores for Gibsons stats against fellow negro league players. In approx 2000 at bats he had 101home-runs All the other "alleged" homers are not documented andoccurredagainst teams nowhere near the MLB level. Josh was good, and maybe could have been great in the majors. It's myths that are told that ruin these guys real legacy, just like the Tuskegee airmen myths.