The announcement means that MLB could get new all-time records to be held by some Negro League players - barred from MLB during segregation but called the greatest of all time by those who saw them.
The inclusion of seven professional Negro Leagues that operated between 1920 and 1948 into MLB records comes as replica jerseys and caps from the era have become popular with a new generation of fans.
"All of us who love baseball have long known that the Negro Leagues produced many of our game's best players, innovations and triumphs against a backdrop of injustice," Commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement.
The Negro Leagues combined to produce 35 Hall of Famers, per MLB.com.
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