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THE BASEBALL INDEX
Bibliography for Josh Gibson
Database information © 2000 SABR

» The Baseball Index contains the following references for further reading material on Josh Gibson (C-OF Negro Leagues 1930-46 Homestead Grays, Pittsburgh Crawfords):

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BOOKS

» Josh Gibson by Holway, John B.

(EconoClad Books, 1999)
Named people: Josh Gibson
Topics: Negro Leagues; Biographies; Juvenile Literature

» The Power and the Darkness: the Life of Josh Gibson in the Shadows of the Game by Ribowsky, Mark

Hardbound Book (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996) -- 319 pages
Stats: n Photos: bw:(8) Indexed? y Bibliography? n
Named people: Josh Gibson; Satchel Paige; Gus Greenlee; Cum Posey
Topics: Biographies; Negro Leagues; Homestead Grays; Pittsburgh Crawfords; African-Americans; Discrimination; Alcohol; Mexican League; Racism

» Negro Leagues: the Story of Black Baseball by Margolies, Jacob

Other (New York: Franklin Watts, 1994) -- 128 pages
Stats: Standings Photos: bw:(16) Indexed? y Bibliography? y
Named people: Josh Gibson; Satchel Paige; Rube Foster; Jackie Robinson
Topics: Negro Leagues; African-Americans; Integration; Juvenile Literature

» The Story of Negro League Baseball by Brashler, William

Hardbound Book (New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1994) -- 166 pages
Stats: Rosters Photos: bw:(40) Indexed? y Bibliography? y
Named people: Josh Gibson; Jackie Robinson; Satchel Paige
Topics: Negro Leagues; East-West All-Star Games; Pittsburgh Crawfords; Integration; Juvenile Literature

» Josh Gibson: A Life in the Negro Leagues by Brashler, William

Hardbound Book (New York: Harper & Row, 1978) -- 193 pages
Stats: n Photos: bw:(8) Indexed? y Bibliography? n
Named people: Josh Gibson
Topics: Biographies; Negro Leagues

» Countersolar! by Lupoff, Richard

Hardbound Book (New York: Arbor House, 1987) -- 293 pages
Stats: n Photos: n Indexed? n Bibliography? n
Named people: Josh Gibson; Babe Didriksen
Topics: Fiction; Novels; Science Fiction; Batteries; Women; African-Americans; Integration

» Joshua (Josh) Gibson by Lavelle, Robert

Other (Unpublished Material -- 5 pages

Named people: Josh Gibson
Topics: Biographies

» Frisco Blues: A Riley Kovachs Detective Novel by DeMarco, Gordon

Paperbound Book (Portland, Or: West Coast Crime, 1995) -- 158 pages
» Notes: Revised edition of 1985 original, but baseball material is untouched
Stats: n Photos: n Indexed? n Bibliography? n
Named people: Josh Gibson; Satchel Paige; Buck Leonard; Peewee Butts; Jackie Robinson; Cool Papa Bell; Bill Veeck
Topics: Fiction; Mysteries; San Francisco (CA); Negro Leagues; Barnstorming; Port Chicago (IL); Novels

» Josh and Satch: the Life and Times of Josh Gibson and Satchel Paige by Holway, John B.

Pamphlet/Booklet (Westport, Ct: Meckler Books, 1991) -- 238 pages
Stats: Player Career Stats Photos: bw:(17) Indexed? y Bibliography? n
Named people: Josh Gibson; Satchel Paige; Buck Leonard; Cum Posey; Gus Greenlee; Slim Jones; Jackie Robinson
Topics: Negro Leagues; Integration; Discrimination; Kansas City Monarchs; Pittsburgh Crawfords; Dominican Republic; Winter Baseball; Barnstorming

» Frisco Blues by DeMarco, Gordon

Hardbound Book (London: Pluto Press, 1985) -- 124 pages
Stats: n Photos: n Indexed? n Bibliography? n
Named people: Josh Gibson; Satchel Paige; Buck Leonard; Peewee Butts; Jackie Robinson; Bill Veeck
Topics: Fiction; Mysteries; Novels; San Francisco (CA) ; Barnstorming; Negro Leagues; Port Chicago (IL)

» Josh Gibson by Holway, John B.

Paperbound Book (New York: Chelsea House, 1995) -- 110 pages
Stats: Player Career Stats Photos: bw:(throughout) Indexed? y Bibliography? n
Named people: Josh Gibson
Topics: Negro Leagues; Biographies; Juvenile Literature

» Pirates Official 1995 Magazine and Scorecard by Gordon, Michael, Sally O'Leary; Jim Trdinich, Eds.

Periodical (Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh Associates, 1995) -- 64 pages
Stats: Box/Line Scores Photos: bw:(7); c:(20); Illus(c):(4) Indexed? n Bibliography? n
Named people: Josh Gibson; Chuck Tanner
Topics: Pittsburgh Pirates; Scorecards; 1995; All-Star Games; 1994; Farm Systems; Tape Measure Home Runs; Profiles; Scouting; Three Rivers Stadium; Scorekeeping; Exposition Park; Forbes Field

» Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame by Smith, Chet; Marty Wolfson

Hardbound Book (Pittsburgh: Wolfson Publishing Co., 1969) -- 142 pages
» Notes: Chapter 1 (25 pp.) is on baseball figures
Stats: n Photos: bw:(throughout); Illus(bw):(throughout) Indexed? n Bibliography? n
Named people: Barney Dreyfuss; William E. Benswanger; Honus Wagner; Wilbur Cooper; Bill Mazeroski; Pie Traynor; Paul Waner; Lloyd Waner; Ralph Kiner; Roberto Clemente; Josh Gibson; Stan Musial
Topics: Pittsburgh Pirates; World Series; 1909; 1960

» Buck Leonard: the Black Lou Gehrig, the Hall of Famer's Story in His Own Words by Leonard, Buck; with James A. Riley

Periodical (New York: Carrol & Graf Publishers, 1995) -- 286 pages
» Notes: Introduction By James A. Riley. Includes Text Of Leonard's Hall Of Fame Acceptance Speech
Stats: Miscellaneous Stats Photos: bw:(8) Indexed? n Bibliography? n
Named people: Buck Leonard; Josh Gibson; Satchel Paige; Cool Papa Bell; Lou Gehrig; Martin Dihigo; Leon Day; Bowie Kuhn; Ray Dandridge; Ben Taylor; Cum Posey; Gus Greenlee; Sam Bankhead; Bobo Newsom; Oscar Charleston; Monte Irvin; Jackie Robinson
Topics: Biographies; Negro Leagues; Homestead Grays; Hall of Fame; Segregation; Pittsburgh Crawfords; Puerto Rico; Ebbets Field; All-Star Games; Comiskey Park; Griffith Stadium; New York Black Yankees; Anecdotes; Racism; Rocky Mount (NC); Negro National League

» Roy Campanella: Man of Courage by Schoor, Gene

Hardbound Book (New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1959) -- 190 pages
Stats: Player Career Stats Photos: n Indexed? n Bibliography? n
Named people: Roy Campanella; Josh Gibson
Topics: Biographies; Injuries; Negro Leagues

» Maybe I'll Pitch Forever: A Great Baseball Player Tells the Hilarious Story Behind the Legend by Paige, Leroy (Satchel) As Told To David Lipman

Hardbound Book (Lincoln, Ne: University Of Nebraska Press, 1993) -- 295 pages
» Notes: Reissue Of 1962 Original. Introduction By John B. Holway. Afterword By David Lipman.
Stats: n Photos: bw:(8) Indexed? n Bibliography? n
Named people: Satchel Paige; Josh Gibson; Gus Greenlee; J.L. Wilkinson; Bill Veeck
Topics: Biographies; Longevity; Youth; Pittsburgh Crawfords; Injuries; Dominican Republic; Mexican League; Kansas City Monarchs; Cleveland Indians; St. Louis Browns; Barnstorming; Pitches

» Shadow Ball: the History of the Negro Leagues by Ward, Geoffrey C. & Ken Burns

Hardbound Book (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994) -- 80 pages
» Notes: Companion Volume To PBS Television Series
Stats: n Photos: bw:(70) Indexed? y Bibliography? n
Named people: Rube Foster; Josh Gibson; Satchel Paige; Jackie Robinson; Hank Aaron; Cool Papa Bell; Judy Johnson; John Henry Lloyd; Buck O'Neil; Branch Rickey; Bullet Joe Rogan; Babe Ruth
Topics: Negro Leagues; Barnstorming; Discrimination; African-American Players

» The Pittsburgh Crawfords: the Lives and Times of Black Baseball's Most Exciting Team by Bankes, James

Paperbound Book (Dubuque, Ia: Wm. C. Brown Publishers, 1991) -- 173 pages
Stats: n Photos: bw:(37) Indexed? y Bibliography? y
Named people: Rube Foster; Gus Greenlee; Josh Gibson; Satchel Paige
Topics: Pittsburgh Crawfords; Negro Leagues

» Baseball's Hometown Teams: the Story of the Minor Leagues by Chadwick, Bruce

Hardbound Book (New York: Abbeville Press, 1994) -- 175 pages
Stats: Attendance Stats, All-Time Leaders Photos: bw:(throughout); c:(14) Indexed? y Bibliography? y
Named people: Pete Gray; Cool Papa Bell; Josh Gibson; Buck Leonard; Joe Buzas; Vince Coleman; Harry Vickers
Topics: Minor Leagues; Photography; History; Reading Indians; Philadelphia Phillies; Nicknames

» 'Get That Nigger Off the Field!': A Sparkling, Informal History of the Black Man in Baseball by Rust, Art, Jr.

Hardbound Book (New York: Delacorte Press, 1976) -- 228 pages
» Notes: Introduction By Bill White
Stats: Miscellaneous Stats, Player Career Stats Photos: bw:(60) Indexed? y Bibliography? n
Named people: Hank Aaron; Larry Doby; Josh Gibson; Roy Campanella; Willie Mays; Jackie Robinson
Topics: African-Americans; Discrimination; Discrimination; Negro Leagues

» Don't Look Back: Satchel Paige in the Shadows of Baseball by Ribowsky, Mark

Hardbound Book (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994) -- 351 pages
Stats: n Photos: bw:(16) Indexed? y Bibliography? n
Named people: Satchel Paige; Gus Greenlee; Effa Manley; Josh Gibson; Bob Feller; Dizzy Dean; Jackie Robinson; Bill Veeck
Topics: Biographies; Negro Leagues; Segregation; Negro National League; Negro American League; California Winter Baseball; Crawford Colored Giants; Homestead Grays; Kansas City Monarchs

» Maybe I'll Pitch Forever by Paige, LeRoy (Satchel) As Told To David Lipman

Hardbound Book (New York: Doubleday & Co., 1962) -- 285 pages
Stats: n Photos: bw:(8) Indexed? n Bibliography? n
Named people: Satchel Paige; J.L. Wilkinson; Bill Veeck; Josh Gibson; Gus Greenlee
Topics: Biographies; Negro Leagues; Barnstorming; Discrimination; African-Americans; Negro Leagues; Chattanooga Black Lookouts; Birmingham Black Barons; Pittsburgh Crawfords; Kansas City Monarchs; Longevity; Dominican Republic; Mexican League; Cleveland Indians

» Catching Dreams: My Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues by Robinson, Frazier "Slow"; with Paul Bauer

Hardbound Book (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1999) -- 230 pages
» Notes: Foreword by Buck O'Neil
Stats: n Photos: bw:(throughout) Indexed? y Bibliography? n
Named people: Frazier Robinson; Satchel Paige; Norman Robinson; Josh Gibson; Newt Allen
Topics: Biographies; Negro Leagues; Kansas City Monarchs; Baltimore Elite Giants; Catching; Integration; Post-baseball Careers

» Only the Ball Was White by Peterson, Robert

Hardbound Book (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1970) -- 406 pages
Stats: Rosters, Box/Line Scores, Standings Photos: bw:(53) Indexed? y Bibliography? n
Named people: Rube Foster; John Henry Lloyd; Satchel Paige; Josh Gibson; Bud Fowler; Fleet Walker; Nat Strong; Judy Johnson; Branch Rickey; Jackie Robinson; Smokey Joe Williams; Cum Posey; Gus Greenlee
Topics: African-Americans; Negro Leagues; Transportation; Barnstorming; Education; Discrimination; Entertainment; Cuban Giants; Kansas City Monarchs; Gilkerson's Union Giants; Homestead Grays; Pittsburgh Crawfords; East-West All-Star Games; Contracts

» Forgotten Players: the Story of Black Baseball in America by Gardner, Robert

Hardbound Book (New York: Walker And Co., 1993) -- 120 pages
Stats: n Photos: bw:(22) Indexed? y Bibliography? y
Named people: Rube Foster; Gus Greenlee; Oscar Charleston; Cool Papa Bell; Martin Dihigo; Josh Gibson; Judy Johnson; Buck Leonard; Satchel Paige; Jackie Robinson; Roy Campanella; Smokey Joe Williams
Topics: African-Americans; Negro Leagues; Barnstorming; Integration; Juvenile Literature; Management; Barnstorming; African-Americans; Discrimination; Negro National League

» The King of Swat: An Analysis of Baseball's Home Run Hitters From Major, Minor, Negro and Japanese Leagues by McNeil, William F.

Paperbound Book (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 1997) -- 202 pages
Stats: Player Career Stats, Ballpark Stats, Miscellaneous Stats Photos: bw:(26) Indexed? y Bibliography? y
Named people: Babe Ruth; Joe Bauman; Dan Brouthers; Sam Thompson; Gavvy Cravath; Sadaharu Oh; Josh Gibson
Topics: Power Hitters; Home Runs; Minor Leagues; Home Run Championships; Dead Ball Era; Japanese Players; Negro League Players; Home Run Percentage; Statistics

» Turkey Stearnes and the Detroit Stars: the Negro Leagues in Detroit, 1919-1933 by Bak, Richard

Hardbound Book (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1994) -- 298 pages
Stats: Player Season Stats, Player Career Stats, Rosters, Miscellaneous Stats Photos: bw:(throughout) Indexed? y Bibliography? y
Named people: Turkey Stearnes; Rube Foster; Bruce Petway; Pete Hill; Sam Crawford; Huck Rile; Josh Gibson; Satchel Paige; Eddie Batchelor; Saul Davis
Topics: Detroit Stars; Detroit (MI); African-Americans; Negro National League

» Judy Johnson: Delaware's Invisible Hero by Rendle, Ellen

Hardbound Book (Wilmington, De: The Cedar Tree Press, Inc., 1994) -- 82 pages
Stats: Player Career Stats, Box/Line Scores Photos: bw:(20); Illus(bw):(4) Indexed? n Bibliography? n
Named people: Judy Johnson; Bill Bruton; Double Duty Radcliffe; Buck Leonard; Cool Papa Bell; Judy Gans; Biz Mackey; Josh Gibson; Hank Aaron; Larry Doby; Minnie Minoso; Dick Allen
Topics: Biographies; African-Americans; Negro Leagues; Hilldale (PA); Pittsburgh Crawfords; Homestead Grays; Delaware (state)

» Willie's Time by Einstein, Charles

Hardbound Book (New York: J.B Lippincott Co., 1979) -- 352 pages
Stats: n Photos: n Indexed? n Bibliography? n
Named people: Willie Mays; Harry S Truman; Satchel Paige; Babe Ruth; Alvin Dark; Horace Stoneham; Herman Franks; Monte Irvin; Cool Papa Bell; Josh Gibson
Topics: Biographies; New York Giants; San Francisco Giants; Broadcasting; Television; Fielding; Gambling; Batting; Baserunning; Nicknames; Sociology; Politics; Racism; Scouting; Contracts

» Legends At the Stick: An Artful Experience in Baseball by Rodrigues, Tom

Paperbound Book (San Rafael, Ca: Rodrigues Studio, 1993) -- 72 pages
Stats: n Photos: c:(4); Illus(c):(36) Indexed? n Bibliography? n
Named people: Babe Ruth; Joe Wood; Christy Mathewson; Ty Cobb; Lou Gehrig; Willie McCovey; Joe DiMaggio; Ted Williams; Cool Papa Bell; Josh Gibson; Willie Mays; Monte Irvin; Mickey Mantle; Tris Speaker; Joe Jackson; Rogers Hornsby; Honus Wagner
Topics: Paintings; Photography
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BOOK SECTIONS

» Clash Of The Black-League Titans by Holway, John B.

Book Section from The Ol' Ball Game -- p. 58, 9 page(s)
Harrisburg, Pa: Stackpole Books, 1990
Stats: Miscellaneous Stats Photos: n
Bibliography? n Footnotes/Sourcenotes? n
Named people: Josh Gibson; Oscar Charleston; Judy Johnson; Smokey Joe Williams; John Henry Lloyd; Charlie Smith; Larry Brown; George Britt; Red Farrell
Topics: Homestead Grays; New York Lincoln Giants

» The Black Bomber by Bankes, James

Book Section from The Pittsburgh Crawfords -- p. 45, 12 page(s)
Dubuque, Ia: Wm. C. Brown Publishers, 1991
Stats: n Photos: bw:(2)
Bibliography? n Footnotes/Sourcenotes? n
Named people: Josh Gibson
Topics: Biographies; Pittsburgh Crawfords; Negro Leagues

» Josh Gibson by Sullivan, George

Book Section from Sluggers: Twenty Seven Of Baseball's Greatest -- p. 48-49
New York: Atheneum, 1991
Stats: n Photos: n
Bibliography? n Footnotes/Sourcenotes? n
Named people: Josh Gibson
Topics: Biographies; Discrimination; Line Drives

» Mexico's Year Of Josh Gibson by Vaughn, Gerald F.

Book Section from The National Pastime -- p. 55, 2 page(s)
Cleveland: Society For American Baseball Research, 1992 (Vol. 11)
Stats: Box/Line Scores Photos: n
Bibliography? n Footnotes/Sourcenotes? n
Named people: Josh Gibson
Topics: Biographies; Mexican League; 1941

» Josh by Peterson, Robert

Book Section from Only the Ball Was White
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1970
» Notes: Reprinted in The Armchair Book of Baseball (p. 239(10))
Stats: n Photos: Illus(bw):(1)
Named people: Josh Gibson; Babe Ruth; Gus Greenlee; Clark Griffith
Topics: Profiles; Race; African-American Players; Racism; Integration; Segregation; Negro Leagues; Hall of Famers; Pittsburgh Crawfords; Salaries; Player-Management Relations; Holdouts; Alcohol; Death

» Josh Gibson by Reidenbaugh, Lowell

Book Section from Cooperstown: Where Legends Live Forever -- p. 93, 1 page(s)
St. Louis: The Sporting News Publishing Co., 1983
Stats: Player Career Stats Photos: bw:(1)
Bibliography? n Footnotes/Sourcenotes? n
Named people: Josh Gibson
Topics: Profiles

» Josh Gibson 18 by Smith, Ron

Book Section from The Sporting News Selects Baseball's 100 Greatest Players -- p. 44, 2 page(s)
St. Louis: The Sporting News Publishing Co., 1998
Stats: Miscellaneous Stats Photos: bw:(2)
Bibliography? n Footnotes/Sourcenotes? n
Named people: Josh Gibson
Topics: Profiles

» Josh Gibson by Honig, Donald

Book Section from The Greatest Catchers Of All Time -- p. 50, 4 page(s)
Dubuque, Ia: Wm. C. Brown Publishers, 1991
Stats: Player Career Stats Photos: bw:(3)
Bibliography? n Footnotes/Sourcenotes? n
Named people: Josh Gibson
Topics: Biographies; Catchers

» Monte Irvin by Appel, Marty

Book Section from Yesterday's Heroes -- p. 134, 5 page(s)
New York: The Dial Press, 1988
Stats: Player Career Stats, Bio Stats Photos: bw:(1)
Bibliography? n Footnotes/Sourcenotes? n
Named people: Monte Irvin; Josh Gibson; Effa Manley
Topics: Biographies; Hall of Famers

» Satch Vs. Josh by Lester, Larry With John "Buck" O'Neil

Book Section from The National Pastime -- p. 30, 4 page(s)
Cleveland: Society For American Baseball Research, 1993 (Vol. 13)
Stats: Box/Line Scores Photos: bw:(1)
Bibliography? n Footnotes/Sourcenotes? n
Named people: Satchel Paige; Josh Gibson; Buck O'Neil
Topics: Negro Leagues; Lore; World Series

» Too Good - Too Soon by Henderson, Edwin B.

Book Section from The Black Athlete: Emergence and Arrival -- p. 54, 8 page(s)
New York: Publishers Company, Inc., 1970
Stats: n Photos: bw:(4)
Bibliography? n Footnotes/Sourcenotes? n
Named people: Rube Foster; Josh Gibson; Satchel Paige
Topics: Profiles; Negro League Players; Segregation

» Buck Leonard by Holway, John

Book Section from Voices From The Great Black Baseball Leagues -- p. 250, 30 page(s)
New York: Da Capo Press, 1992
Stats: n Photos: bw:(3)
Bibliography? n Footnotes/Sourcenotes? n
Named people: Buck Leonard; Josh Gibson; Clark Griffith; Ben Taylor; Dick Redding; Country Brown; Satchel Paige; Jackie Robinson
Topics: Biographies; Batting; Power Hitters; Theatre; Brooklyn Royals; Homestead Grays; Transactions; Fans; Salaries; Age; Post-Baseball Careers; Strategy

» James "Joe" Greene by Holway, John

Book Section from Voices From The Great Black Baseball Leagues -- p. 298, 16 page(s)
New York: Da Capo Press, 1992
Stats: n Photos: bw:(2)
Bibliography? n Footnotes/Sourcenotes? n
Named people: Joe Greene; Jim Taylor; Josh Gibson; Satchel Paige; Sam Jethroe; Hank Aaron; Willie Mays; Ewell Blackwell
Topics: Biographies; Catchers; Stolen Bases; Shifts; Pitches; Fans; Discrimination; Military Service; Post-Baseball Careers; Attitude; Race Relations

» Baseball in August Wilson's Fences: The Legacy of Exclusion by Leary, Ralph M.

Book Section from Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and the American Culture (1990) -- p. 155, 13 page(s)
Westport, CT: Meckler Publishing, 1991
» Notes: Fences
Stats: n Photos: n
Bibliography? n Footnotes/Sourcenotes? n
Named people: W.E.B. DuBois; August Wilson; Josh Gibson
Topics: Plays (theatrical); Plays; Evaluations; Academia; Race; African-American Players; Racism

» Bill Foster by Holway, John

Book Section from Voices From The Great Black Baseball Leagues -- p. 188, 16 page(s)
New York: Da Capo Press, 1992
Stats: n Photos: bw:(3)
Bibliography? n Footnotes/Sourcenotes? n
Named people: Willie Foster; Satchel Paige; Oscar Charleston; Josh Gibson
Topics: Biographies; Rivalries; Batting; Pitching; Philosophy

» Hilton Smith by Holway, John

Book Section from Voices From The Great Black Baseball Leagues -- p. 280, 18 page(s)
New York: Da Capo Press, 1992
Stats: n Photos: bw:(3)
Bibliography? n Footnotes/Sourcenotes? n
Named people: Hilton Smith; Satchel Paige; Bullet Rogan; Andy Cooper; Josh Gibson; Connie Johnson; Monte Irvin; Roy Campanella; Hank Thompson
Topics: Biographies; Kansas City Monarchs; Pitchers as Batters; Bench; Attitude

» The Magnificent Pittsburgh Crawfords by Bankes, James

Book Section from The Ol' Ball Game -- p. 44, 9 page(s)
Harrisburg, Pa: Stackpole Books, 1990
Stats: Miscellaneous Stats Photos: n
Bibliography? n Footnotes/Sourcenotes? n
Named people: Gus Greenlee; Satchel Paige; Cool Papa Bell; Judy Johnson; Josh Gibson
Topics: Pittsburgh Crawfords; East-West All-Star Games; Negro Leagues

» Willie Wells by Holway, John

Book Section from Voices From The Great Black Baseball Leagues -- p. 218, 14 page(s)
New York: Da Capo Press, 1992
Stats: n Photos: bw:(3)
Bibliography? n Footnotes/Sourcenotes? n
Named people: Willie Wells; Biz Mackey; Cool Papa Bell; Don Newcombe; Terris McDuffy; Josh Gibson
Topics: Biographies; Negro League Players

» James "Cool Papa" Bell, 1922-1950 by Honig, Donald

Book Section from Baseball: When The Grass Was Real -- p. 164, 14 page(s)
New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc., 1975
Stats: n Photos: bw:(5)
Bibliography? n Footnotes/Sourcenotes? n
Named people: Cool Papa Bell; Dizzy Dean; Charlie Gehringer; Theodore Trent; Satchel Paige; Josh Gibson
Topics: Biographies; Dominican Republic; Mexican League; Barnstorming

» Webster McDonald by Holway, John

Book Section from Voices From The Great Black Baseball Leagues -- p. 70, 20 page(s)
New York: Da Capo Press, 1992
Stats: n Photos: bw:(4)
Bibliography? n Footnotes/Sourcenotes? n
Named people: Webster McDonald; Jimmie Foxx; Mickey Cochrane; Dizzy Dismukes; Rube Foster; Jim Brown; Oscar Charleston; Bill Gatewood; Heinie Manush; Josh Gibson; Roy Campanella
Topics: Biographies; Submarine Pitches; Northwestern League; Integration; Barnstorming; Managing; Pitching
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ARTICLES
Wilson, W. Rollo
Article in Philadelphia Tribune
September 27,
1930
» Notes: Reprinted in Black Writers/Black Baseball: An Anthology of Articles from Black Sportswriters Who Covered the Negro Leagues (p.121(3))
Stats: n Photos/Illustrations: n
Named people: Josh Gibson; Jake Stearns; Oscar Charleston
Topics: Negro Leagues; Catchers; Profiles

» Josh Gibson Stood Alone by Holway, John

Article in The Sporting News
March 14,
1970 (Vol. 169, Issue 9) -- p. 3, 2 page(s)
» Notes: Originally printed in the Washington Post
Stats: n Photos/Illustrations: bw:(2)
Named people: Josh Gibson; Buck Leonard; Bill Yancey; William (Judy) Johnson; Roy Campanella; Paul (Pee Wee) Stevens; Satchel Paige; Holsey (Scrip) Lee; Ted Page
Topics: Profiles; Negro Leagues; Anecdotes; Lore

» Baseball's All-time Greatest Catchers by Haag, Irv

Article in Baseball Digest
June,
1973 (Vol. 32, Issue 6) -- p. 56, 9 page(s)
» Notes: Third of three part series
Stats: n Photos/Illustrations: bw:(3); Graphs/Charts:(1)
Named people: Josh Gibson; Al Lopez; Elston Howard; Hank Gowdy; Smokey Burgess; Sherman Lollar; Roger Bresnahan; Del Crandall; John Roseboro; Tim McCarver; Randy Hundley
Topics: Catchers; Ratings

» The New Gas House Gang by Smith, Wendell

Article in Pittsburgh Courier
June 11,
1938
» Notes: Reprinted in Black Writers/Black Baseball: An Anthology of Articles from Black Sportswriters Who Covered the Negro Leagues (p.38(2))
Stats: n Photos/Illustrations: n
Named people: Josh Gibson; Buck Leonard; Ray Brown
Topics: Negro Leagues; Homestead Grays; St. Louis Cardinals; 1938; Attitude
Smith, Wendell
Article in Pittsburgh Courier
August 24,
1940
» Notes: Reprinted in Black Writers/Black Baseball: An Anthology of Articles from Black Sportswriters Who Covered the Negro Leagues (p.41(2))
Stats: n Photos/Illustrations: n
Named people: Josh Gibson
Topics: Negro Leagues; Salaries; Contracts; Venezuela; Labor-Management Relations

» Grays' Baseball Skies Aren't So Blue Because Jolting Joshua Is Missing by Washington, Chester L.

Article in Pittsburgh Courier
April 12,
1941
» Notes: Reprinted in Black Writers/Black Baseball: An Anthology of Articles from Black Sportswriters Who Covered the Negro Leagues (p.107(3))
Stats: n Photos/Illustrations: n
Named people: Josh Gibson
Topics: Homestead Grays; Negro Leagues; Contracts; Mexico; Salaries; Labor-Management Relations; Business; Attendance; Fans; Ticket Sales

» Lament For Josh Gibson by Ikan, Ronald

Article in Sport
September,
1972 (Vol. 54, Issue 3) -- p. 36, 1 page(s)
Stats: n Photos/Illustrations: n
Named people: Josh Gibson
Topics: Profiles; Poetry; Negro Leagues

» The East-West Classic, Top Sports Event by Bostic, Joe

Article in People's Voice (Harlem (NY))
August 14,
1943
Column/Series Name: Scoreboard
» Notes: Reprinted in Black Writers/Black Baseball: An Anthology of Articles from Black Sportswriters Who Covered the Negro Leagues (p.82(2))
Stats: n Photos/Illustrations: n
Named people: Josh Gibson
Topics: Negro Leagues; Segregation; African-American Players; Race; 1943; All-Star Games

» Josh Gibson : Hero of the Thirties by Empego, Oshun

Article in Black Sports
April,
1971 (Vol. 1, Issue 1) -- p. 6, 1 page(s)
Column/Series Name: Historically Speaking .....
Stats: n Photos/Illustrations: bw:(1)
Named people: Josh Gibson
Topics: African-American players; Negro League Players; Profiles

» Josh the Basher

Article in Time
July 19,
1943 (Vol. 42, Issue 3) -- p. 75, 2 page(s)
Column/Series Name: Sport
Stats: n Photos/Illustrations: bw:(1)
Named people: Josh Gibson; Effa Manley
Topics: Profiles; Negro Leagues; Power Hitters
Wilson, W. Rollo
Article in Philadelphia Tribune
May 10,
1944
» Notes: Reprinted in Black Writers/Black Baseball: An Anthology of Articles from Black Sportswriters Who Covered the Negro Leagues (p.124(2))
Stats: n Photos/Illustrations: n
Named people: Josh Gibson
Topics: Profiles; Alcohol; Behavior; Family; Negro Leagues; Catchers; Hall of Famers

» Greatest Battery Ever by Peterson, Robert

Article in Boys' Life
April,
1971 (Vol. 61, Issue 4) -- p. 32, 4 page(s)
Stats: Player Season Stats Photos/Illustrations: bw:(2)
Named people: Josh Gibson; Satchel Paige
Topics: Profiles; Batteries; Negro League Players

» Home-Run Josh

Article in Newsweek
August 27,
1945 (Vol. 26, Issue 9) -- p. 72, 2 page(s)
Column/Series Name: Sports
Stats: All-Time Leaders Photos/Illustrations: n
Named people: Josh Gibson
Topics: Profiles; Home Runs; Negro League Players; Negro Leagues; All-Time Records; Evaluations

» Josh Gibson Was the Equal of Babe Ruth, But... by Peterson, Robert

Article in New York Times
April 11,
1971
» Notes: Reprinted in The New York Times Book of Baseball History: Major League Highlights From the Pages of The New York Times (p.295(5))
Stats: n Photos/Illustrations: bw:(1)
Named people: Josh Gibson; Babe Ruth; Satchel Paige; Bowie Kuhn; Jackie Robinson; Bill Yancey; Gus Greenlee
Topics: Comparisons; Negro Leagues; Segregation; Catchers; Home Runs; Power Hitters; Profiles; 1930D; 1940D; 1920D; Race; African-American Players; Hall of Famers; Hall of Fame; Pittsburgh Crawfords; Ticket Sales; Business; Hall of Fame Selecting; 1971

» Josh Gibson: Greatest Slugger of 'Em All

Article in Ebony
May,
1972 (Vol. 27, Issue 7) -- p. 45, 4 page(s)
Stats: n Photos/Illustrations: bw:(4)
Named people: Josh Gibson; Ted Page; Satchel Paige
Topics: Profiles; Negro Leagues; Hall of Fame

» He Out-Slugged the Bambino by Cohen, Haskell

Article in Our Sports
June,
1953 (Vol. 1, Issue 2) -- p. 18, 4 page(s)
Column/Series Name: Hero of Yesteryear
Stats: n Photos/Illustrations: bw:(2)
Named people: Josh Gibson
Topics: Profiles; Negro League Players; Power Hitters; Home Runs; Tape-Measure Home Runs

» The Best Catcher I Ever Saw by Campanella, Roy; as told to Ed Linn

Article in Sport
November,
1954 (Vol. 17, Issue 5) -- p. 34, 4 page(s)
Stats: n Photos/Illustrations: bw:(2)
Named people: Josh Gibson
Topics: Profiles; Negro League Players; Pittsburgh Crawfords; Homestead Grays; Baltimore Elite Giants;

» Josh Gibson Was the Equal of Babe Ruth, But... Negro Players by Peterson, R.

Article in New York Times Magazine
April 11,
1971 -- p. 12, 2 page(s)
Stats: n Photos/Illustrations: n
Named people: Josh Gibson; Babe Ruth
Topics: African-American Players; Race; Racism; Negro Leagues; Comparisons

» Are There Too Many Negroes in Baseball? by Veeck, Bill as told to Louie Robinson

Article in Ebony
August,
1960 (Vol. 15, Issue 10) -- p. 25, 6 page(s)
Stats: n Photos/Illustrations: n
Named people: Josh Gibson; Satchel Paige; Cool Papa Bell
Topics: African-Americans; Evaluations

» Josh the Great

Article in New York Amsterdam News
February 19,
1972
Stats: n Photos/Illustrations: n
Named people: Josh Gibson
Topics: Hall of Fame Selecting; Negro Leagues; African-American Players; 1972

» Josh Gibson: Greatest Slugger of Them All by Holway, John

Article in Baseball Digest
March,
1970
» Notes: Reprinted in From Cobb to Catfish (1975)
Stats: n Photos/Illustrations: bw:(throughout)
Named people: Josh Gibson
Topics: Profiles; Negro League Players

» The Preeminent Josh Gibson Rates a Biography, But This One Bats .230 by Yardley, Jonathan

Article in Sports Illustrated
May 22,
1978 (Vol. 48, Issue 22) -- p. 5, 1 page(s)
Column/Series Name: Booktalk
Stats: n Photos/Illustrations: n
Named people: Josh Gibson; William Brashler
Topics: Book Reviews; Biographies; Negro Leagues

» Gibson and the Grays by Mitchell, Tim

Article in Sports Illustrated
August 3,
1992 (Vol. 77, Issue 5) -- p. 4, 1 page(s)
Column/Series Name: Letters
Stats: n Photos/Illustrations: bw:(1)
Named people: Josh Gibson
Topics: Negro League Players

» Josh and Satch by Barbour, James

Article in Nine: A Journal of Baseball History and Social Policy Perspectives
Fall,
1992 (Vol. 1, Issue 1) -- p. 98, 3 page(s)
Column/Series Name: Book Reviews
» Notes: Reviews: Josh And Satch
Stats: n Photos/Illustrations: n
Named people: Josh Gibson; Satchel Paige
Topics: Book Reviews; Biographies; Negro League Players

» Book Reviews - Josh and Satch: the Life and Times of Josh Gibson and Satchel Paige By John B. Holway by Noverr, Doug A

Article in Journal of Popular Culture
Spring,
1993 (Vol. 26, Issue 4) -- p. 215, 3 page(s)
» Notes: Reviews: Josh and Satch: The Life and Times of Josh Gibson and Satchel Paige by John B. Holway
Stats: n Photos/Illustrations: n
Named people: Josh Gibson; Satchel Paige; John B. Holway
Topics: Book Reviews; Biographies; Negro League Players

» Negro League All-Stars by Irvin, Monte and Richard Watt

Article in Sport
February,
1994 (Vol. 85, Issue 2) -- p. 18, 1 page(s)
Column/Series Name: Memories
Stats: n Photos/Illustrations: n
Named people: Josh Gibson; Buck Leonard; Rube Foster; Willie Foster; Oscar Charleston; Cool Papa Bell; Cristobal Torriente; Willie Wells; Ray Dandridge; Sammy T. Hughes
Topics: Negro Leagues; Dream Teams; Evaluations

» Buck: Gibson, Charleson Deserve Better by Wendel, Tim

Article in USA Today Baseball Weekly
June 23,
1999 (Vol. 9, Issue 13) -- p. 6, 1 page(s)
Stats: n Photos/Illustrations: bw:(1)
Named people: Josh Gibson; Oscar Charleston; Buck O'Neil; Gene Sunnen; John B. Holway; Satchel Paige
Topics: Comparisons; 1900C; Surveys; Society for American Baseball Research; Hall of Famers; African-Ameican Players; Segregation; Negro Leagues; Controversies

» Josh Gibson, Buck Leonard In Baseball's Hall of Fame

Article in Jet
August 24,
1972 (Vol. 42, -- p. 51, 1 page(s)
Stats: n Photos/Illustrations: n
Named people: Buck Leonard; Josh Gibson
Topics: Hall of Fame Selecting; Negro Leagues; African-American Players; 1972

» I Was Satchel's Catcher by Greene, James "Joe" with John Holway

Article in Journal of Popular Culture
Spring,
1972 (Vol. 6, Issue 1) -- p. 157, 14 page(s)
Stats: n Photos/Illustrations: bw:(1)
Named people: Joe Greene; Josh Gibson; Satchel Paige; Larry Brown; Sam Jethroe
Topics: Biographies; African-American Players; Negro League Players; Anecdotes; Military Service; World War II; Racism

» Recognize Me Now! by Harvin, Al

Article in Black Sports
June,
1973 (Vol. 2, Issue 12) -- p. 32, 4 page(s)
Stats: n Photos/Illustrations: bw:(1)
Named people: Judy Johnson; Josh Gibson
Topics: Profiles; Hall of Fame Selecting; Negro League players; Infielders; Discrimination

» "It's Time To Finish Taking the Racism Out of Pro Baseball!"; Qunicy Troupe, Baseball Great and Catcher To Satchel Paige, Comments by Elliot, Jeffrey

Article in Sepia
December,
1977 (Vol. 26, Issue 12) -- p. 28, 6 page(s)
Stats: n Photos/Illustrations: bw:(6)
Named people: Quincy Troupe; Josh Gibson; Satchel Paige
Topics: Profiles; Negro League Players; Negro Leagues; Anecdotes; Hall of Fame Selecting

» Who Could Be More Colorful Than... by Washington, Chester L.

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