Jim “Mudcat” Grant, the first Black 20-game winner in the American League and a key part of Minnesota’s first World Series team in 1965, has died. He was 85. The Twins announced Grant’s death Saturday ...

When Mudcat Grant made his major-league debut with the Cleveland Indians on April 17, 1958, Chico Carrasquel, Minnie Miñoso and Roger Maris were in the field behind him, and Larry Doby was readying ...

I remembered this story when hearing Grant died Saturday at the age of 85. I had told him about it a few times. He always smiled and was glad I remembered him. The man was a study in grace. I spent a ...

One of Major League Baseball’s remarkable figures has passed away at 85. Jim “Mudcat” Grant played in MLB from 1958-71 with the Indians, Twins, Dodgers, Expos, Cardinals, Athletics, Pirates and ...

After 14 major league seasons, he wrote a book about Black pitchers and sang in nightclubs. “I made way more money in music than I did in baseball,” he said. By Richard Goldstein Mudcat Grant, who ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Former Major League Baseball all-star pitcher Jim “Mudcat” Grant, the first Black 20-game winner in the American League who helped ...