Negro League

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Negro League

The Negro League was a professional baseball league that Joshua Gibson, the star player for the Pittsburgh Crawfords, played in. The Doctor saw the Crawfords play many times. (PROSE: Illegal Alien)

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"Negro leagues" collectively describes the professional baseball leagues of predominantly African-American players that played during Major League Baseball's decades of unofficial racial segregation. The Pittsburgh Crawfords, referred to by the Doctor in PROSE: Illegal Alien, played in the Negro National League during Gibson's tenure with them.[1]

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  1. Tom Singer. Gibson the best home run hitter in Negro Leagues. MLB.com. Archived from the original on 8 March 2020. Retrieved on 8 March 2020.