Branch Rickey

By Murray Polner

Subjects: Biography, Executives, Rickey, branch, 1881-1965, History, Baseball

Description: "Rickey managed the St. Louis Browns and Cardinals at the end of the deadball era. Rickey made early use of statistical analysis and pressed for the expansion of major league baseball. He is best known for integrating organized baseball, at a time when the U.S. armed forces were still segregated and the Civil Rights movement was years away"--Provided by publisher.