Mudcat Grant

Mudcat Grant
Birthdate 8/13/1935
Death Date 6/11/2021
Debut Year 1958
Year of Induction
Teams Athletics, Cardinals, Dodgers, Expos, Indians, Pirates, Twins
Position Pitcher

Two-time All Star Mudcat Grant was the first African-American AL 20-game winner and the first to win a World Series game for the American League.

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Mudcat Grant played his first 7 MLB seasons with the Cleveland Indians and was An All Star in '63

Mudcat Grant played his first 7 MLB seasons with the Cleveland Indians and was An All Star in '63

One of seven children in his family, Jim “Mudcat” Grant was a three-sport athlete in high school. Grant was scouted by former New York Giants first baseman Fred Merkle. Famous for his blunder in the 1908 pennant race, Merkle saw Grant in the Florida State Negro Baseball Tournament in Day
Mudcat Grant's career year in 1965 for the Minnesota Twins was ground breaking

Mudcat Grant's career year in 1965 for the Minnesota Twins was ground breaking

In his first full season with Minnesota in ’65, Mudcat Grant hosted a TV variety show called “The Jim Grant Show”. The hurler sang, danced as the program’s central figure. On the field, Grant was even more entertaining. He became the first African-American pitcher to reach th

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