Top leaderboard changes as Negro Leagues join Major League record

[Gefn]

Major League Baseball’s single-season and career leaderboards now have a fresh look.

The changes occurred Wednesday, when MLB announced that Negro Leagues stats -- specifically from seven different Negro Leagues from 1920-48 -- have officially been added to its historical record. It was an effort both long overdue and many years in the making, coming thanks to the hard work of many dedicated researchers. In 2020, MLB recognized those seven leagues across that 29-year period as Major Leagues, but actually reaching the point where their numbers could be incorporated was a thorny task. That time has now arrived, though, with the assistance of Seamheads, Retrosheet, the Elias Sports Bureau (MLB’s official statistician) and the independent Negro League Statistical Review Committee.


https://www.mlb.com/news/stats-leaderboard-changes-negro-leagues-mlb

[goatprairie]

Obviously, it was a shame that blacks couldn't play in the majors until Jackie Robinson, and there were many great black players who played in the Negro Leagues who never played in the majors.
Nevertheless, from what I've read the standards and quality of the play in the Negro Leagues just wasn't as good as the majors. You only had about ten percent of the possible great baseball players in the country in the Negro Leagues.
But given the current state of wokery, this move was probably inevitable.