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Ruben Navarrette : MLB updated its official statistical record with data from Negro Leagues .
He says for decades , history-inclined fans ignored the numbers put up by segregation-era Black players because the record was incomplete, murky and unverifiable.
The updates don't make the likes of Bullet Rogan , Martin Dihigo or Cool Papa Bell any more major league than they already were, he says.
He adds: They give those legends new life by putting them in the same leaderboards as Lefty Grove , Shohei Ohtani and Rickey Henderson .
" Black Stats Matter " is a convincing argument that statistics from the top Negro Leagues should be taken at face value.
Even in the years before Robinson , there were four Rookie of the Year winners, one Cy Young winner, seven MVP winners and eight Hall of Famers.
For every 162 league games he played, he rolled up 217 hits, 36 doubles, 16 triples, 45 homers, 165 runs and 197 RBIs.
Baseball Reference lists the best Negro Leagues players in ERA+ , OPS+ and OPS+ at Baseball Reference .
MLB has recognized 43 independent teams from Black baseball as major and added the 1949 and 1950 Negro American League campaigns to the list.
Martín Dihigo is the natural antecedent of Shoelan Ohtani , who has a 151 OPS+, 143 ERA+.
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