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Wesley Branch Rickey Jr. (January 31, 1914 – April 10, 1961) was an American front office executive in Major League Baseball.
Wesley Branch Rickey (December 20, 1881 – December 9, 1965) was an American baseball player and sports executive. Rickey was instrumental in breaking Major League Baseball's color barrier by signing black player Jackie Robinson.
Jan 4, 2012 · Branch Rickey was “a man of strange complexities, not to mention downright contradictions,” wrote the New York Times’ John Drebinger. The great decision to break baseball’s policy of excluding blacks, for which he is justly praised, has, in recent decades, tended to overwhelm the highly negative image he had earned before that decision.
Apr 2, 2014 · Branch Rickey was a baseball executive known for his groundbreaking 1945 decision to bring Jackie Robinson into the major leagues, thereby breaking the color barrier.
Rickey was the General Manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1943 to 1950. He personally sought out Jackie Robinson as part of his mission to integrate balck athletes into the game of baseball. Though not a popular decision, at the time, Rickey believed that it was the right thing to do.
- Jake Mccann
Apr 10, 2024 · Branch Rickey was a baseball player, manager, and executive who was the driving force behind two of the most important changes in baseball in the 20th Century: the development of the farm system and the end of baseball's color line.
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Branch Rickey. Positions: Catcher, Leftfielder and First Baseman. Bats: Left • Throws: Right. 5-9 , 175lb (175cm, 79kg) Buried: Rushtown Cemetery, Rushtown, OH. Debut: June 16, 1905 (Age 23-178d, 2,725th in major league history) vs. PHA 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB.
