Branch Rickey
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United StatesLived 1881 to 1965 · aged 83Wesley Branch Rickey was an American professional baseball catcher, manager, sports executive, and team owner. He was instrumental in breaking the baseball color line by signing black player Jackie Robinson.
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Rickey batting for the St. Louis Browns in 1906
Future Hall of Famer Albert Pujols showing Rickey's famous Redbirds logo in 2008
Farm product Stan Musial went to become a 20-time big league All-Star, 3-time NL MVP, and iconic baseball Hall of Famer.
Pictured in 1953.
Rickey speaks with young shortstop Dick Groat in 1955, his final year as general manager of the Pirates
Rickey in Cincinnati in the early 1960s
Rickey in 1912
Lobby card for The Jackie Robinson Story, 1950. Minor Watson (left) portrays Rickey and Jackie Robinson portrays himselfAbout this person
Wesley Branch Rickey was an American professional baseball catcher, manager, sports executive, and team owner. He 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.
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