Two-time All-Star pitcher Jim "Mudcat" Grant has died. He was 85. The Cleveland Indians, one of his former teams, said Grant died peacefully in Los Angeles on Friday night. Grant was the first Black ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jim “Mudcat” Grant, who led the 1965 Minnesota Twins to the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, has died at the age of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

APALACHIN (WBNG) -- An All-Star tournament honoring MLB pitcher Jim “Mudcat” Grant supports community organizations. The Jim “Mudcat” Grant Legacy All-Star Tournament began in 2002 when former MLB ...

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 ...

Jim “Mudcat” Grant bore a heavy cross his entire career that most fans never noticed. As one of the few Black pitchers in Major League Baseball during the 1950s, Grant had to not only battle the ...