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| rdfs:comment | - Wesley Branch Rickey (December 20, 1881 – December 9, 1965) was an innovative Major League Baseball executive elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1967. He was known for breaking Major League Baseball's color barrier by signing African American player Jackie Robinson, for drafting the first Afro-Hispanic superstar, Roberto Clemente, for creating the framework for the modern minor league farm system, for encouraging the Major Leagues to add new teams through his involvement in the proposed Continental League, and for introducing the batting helmet.
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- Chemical Warfare Service
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| Name | - Branch Rickey
- Rickey, Branch
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| Highlights | - *World Series Champion: 1926, 1931, 1934, 1942
*National League pennant: 1928, 1930, 1947, 1949
*Managerial Record: 597-664
*Played major part in development of the farm system
*Signed Jackie Robinson for the Dodgers and helped integrate Major League Baseball in 1947
*Signed Roberto Clemente for the Pirates, opening Major League Baseball for Latino players.
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- *St. Louis Browns
*St. Louis Cardinals
*Brooklyn Dodgers
*Pittsburgh Pirates
- *St. Louis Browns
*St. Louis Cardinals
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- * St. Louis Browns
* New York Highlanders
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| Short Description | - American baseball player and coach
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| abstract | - Wesley Branch Rickey (December 20, 1881 – December 9, 1965) was an innovative Major League Baseball executive elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1967. He was known for breaking Major League Baseball's color barrier by signing African American player Jackie Robinson, for drafting the first Afro-Hispanic superstar, Roberto Clemente, for creating the framework for the modern minor league farm system, for encouraging the Major Leagues to add new teams through his involvement in the proposed Continental League, and for introducing the batting helmet. Rickey played in MLB for the St. Louis Browns and New York Highlanders from 1905 through 1907. After struggling as a player, Rickey returned to college, where he learned about administration from Philip Bartelme. Returning to MLB in 1913, Rickey embarked on a successful managing and executive career. Rickey also had a career in the sport of American football, as a player for the professional Shelby Blues and as a coach at Ohio Wesleyan University and Allegheny College. His many achievements and deep Christian faith earned him the nickname "the Mahātmā."
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