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  1.                                 he reportedly hit 75 
  2.                                 homers; in 1934, his 
  3.                                 homers numbered 69. 
  4.                                 Estimates give him about 
  5.                                 825 home runs for his 
  6.                                 career! 
  7.  
  8. Josh was known not only for hitting the ball, 
  9. but for hitting it long. In a game played in 
  10. Yankee Stadium, heΓÇÖs credited with what
  11. may have been the longest drive ever hit in
  12. that park. Some who saw it said that if the
  13. ball had cleared a high wall, it wouldΓÇÖve
  14. traveled 700 feet! Josh Gibson was elected
  15. to the Hall of Fame in 1972.
  16.