- ... that brothers George Wright and Harry Wright both managed the Providence Grays National League baseball team?
- ... that Mike Cather earned his first major-league win in an 11-inning Atlanta Braves’ win, the same night the Braves earned the National League Eastern Division title?
- ... that in 1975, his only full season, Stan Perzanowski's earned run average was the lowest on the Texas Rangers?
- ... that Josh Gibson Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is named for Negro League star Josh Gibson, who has been called the "black Babe Ruth?"
- ... that Ryota Igarashi used to hold the Nippon Professional Baseball record for the fastest pitch thrown?