Josh Gibson’s historic home run helps the defending Negro National League Champion Homestead Grays prevail against the New York Black Yankees. Gibson, reports the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, “hit one of the longest home runs ever poled at Forbes Field when he thrilled the crowd of 5,000 by driving one 450 feet over the left-center wall.” This estimate is almost certainly understated, and perhaps by quite a bit.

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On May 22, 1946 — Josh Gibson’s historic home run helps the defending Negro National League Champion Homestead Grays prevail against the New York Black Yankees. Gibson, reports the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, “hit one of the longest home runs ever poled at Forbes Field when he thrilled the crowd of 5,000 by driving one 450 feet over the left-center wall.” This estimate is almost certainly understated, and perhaps by quite a bit.

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Baseball Reference May 22