# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/branch-rickey
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:32:20.811Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/branch-rickey"
name: "Branch Rickey"
slug: "branch-rickey"
description: "Wesley Branch Rickey was an American professional baseball catcher, manager, sports executive, and team owner. \nHe was instrumental in breaking the baseball color line by signing black player Jackie Robinson. He also created the framework for the modern minor league farm system, encouraged the major leagues to add new teams through his involvement in the proposed Continental League, introduced the batting helmet, and created the standard 20-80 scouting scale. He was posthumously elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1967."
tagline: "American baseball player, manager, and executive (1881–1965)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Branch_Rickey_1912.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1881-12-20"
deathDate: "1965-12-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Branch Rickey"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branch_Rickey"
    title: "Branch Rickey"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump