Branch Rickey
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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 Ro
Rickey in the 1930s with the Cardinals
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
Brooklyn Dodgers
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The Brooklyn Dodgers were a Major League Baseball team founded in 1883 as the Brooklyn Grays. In 1884, it became a member of the American Association as the Brooklyn Atlantics before joining the Natio
Branch Rickey
…1913, he embarked on a successful career variously as a manager, executive, and owner, starting with the St. Louis Browns, then the St. Louis Cardinals, Brooklyn Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates. The Cardinals elected him to their team Hall of Fame in 2014. Rickey also had a career in football, as a player for the…
Photograph of the 1913 Brooklyn Dodgers team
Jackie Robinson with the Dodgers in 1949
Hall of Fame C Roy Campanella (1948–1957)
Hall of Fame SS Pee Wee Reese (1940–1942, 1946–1957)