# Branch Rickey, Jr.

> Wesley Branch Rickey Jr. was an American front office executive in Major League Baseball. The son of Baseball Hall of Fame club executive Branch Rickey, who among his many achievements invented the farm system and led the movement within Organized Baseball to break the color line, Branch Jr. - called "The Twig" by many - was a highly respected farm system director, but never headed his own organization. He was the father of Branch Barrett Rickey, widely known as "Branch Rickey III", a longtime baseball executive in the major and minor leagues.

*American baseball executive*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/branch-rickey-jr

## Identity
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1914-01-31
- **Died:** 1961-04-10
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 39.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 1.6 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 10.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 29.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Branch Rickey Jr.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branch_Rickey_Jr.)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15999659)

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