Branch Rickey - wikipedia Branch Rickey Branch Rickey Rickey in 1912 Catcher / Manager / Executive Born : ( 1881 - 12 - 20 ) December 20, 1881 Portsmouth, Ohio Died : December 9, 1965 ( 1965 - 12 - 09 ) ( aged 83 ) Columbia, Missouri Batted : Left Threw : Right MLB debut June 16, 1905, for the St. Louis Cardinals Last MLB appearance August 25, 1914, for the St. Louis Cardinals MLB statistics Batting average. 239 Hits 82 Home runs Runs batted in 39 Games managed 1,277 Managerial record 597 -- 664 Winning %. 473 Teams As player St. Louis Browns ( 1905 -- 1906 ) New York Highlanders ( 1907 ) St. Louis Browns ( 1914 ) As manager St. Louis Browns ( 1913 -- 1915 ) St. Louis Cardinals ( 1919 -- 1925 ) As general manager St. Louis Browns ( 1913 -- 1915, 1919 ) St. Louis Cardinals ( 1919 -- 1942 ) Brooklyn Dodgers ( 1943 -- 1950 ) Pittsburgh Pirates ( 1950 -- 1955 ) Career highlights and awards 4 × World Series Champion : ( 1926, 1931, 1934, 1942 ) 4 × National League pennant : 1928, 1930, 1947, 1949 Played major part in development of the farm system Signed Jackie Robinson for the Dodgers and helped integrate African - American baseball players into Major League Baseball in 1947 Signed Roberto Clemente for the Pirates, opening Major League Baseball for Latino players. St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame Induction 1967 Election Method Veterans Committee Branch Rickey Battling Bishops Career information College Ohio Wesleyan University University of Michigan Career history As coach 1904 -- 1905 Allegheny College 1907 -- 1908 Ohio Wesleyan University 1910 -- 1913 University of Michigan As player 1902 -- 1903 Shelby Blues Military career Allegiance United States Service / branch U.S. Army Years of service 1917 -- 1918 Rank Major Unit Chemical Warfare Service 1st Gas Regiment Battles / wars World War I Western Front Wesley Branch Rickey ( December 20, 1881 -- December 9, 1965 ) was an American sports executive. He was perhaps best known for breaking Major League Baseball 's color barrier by signing African American player Jackie Robinson, for drafting the first 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. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1967. 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 with the St. Louis Browns, the St. Louis Cardinals, Brooklyn Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates. The Cardinals elected him to their team Hall of Fame in 2014. 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. '' Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 Professional playing career 2.1. 1 Football 2.1. 2 Baseball 2.2 Return to college 2.3 Return to professional baseball 2.4 World War I ( 1917 -- 19 ) 2.5 St. Louis Cardinals ( 1919 -- 42 ) 2.5. 1 Fruition of the farm system 2.6 Brooklyn Dodgers ( 1942 -- 50 ) 2.6. 1 Further innovations 2.6. 2 Breaking the color barrier 2.6. 3 Later career with Dodgers 2.7 Pirates 2.8 Return to Cardinals 3 Death 4 Honors and legacy 5 In popular culture 6 See also 7 References 8 Additional reading 9 External links Early life Rickey was born in Stockdale, Ohio, the son of Jacob Frank Rickey and Emily ( née Brown ). Rickey was a relative of Beth Rickey, a Louisiana political activist. He graduated from Valley High School in Lucasville, Ohio, in 1899, and he was a catcher on the baseball team at Ohio Wesleyan University, where he obtained his B.A. Rickey was a member of the Delta Tau Delta Fraternity. Rickey was a Master Mason in Tuscan Lodge # 240 in Saint Louis. After arriving in Brooklyn, Rickey joined Montauk Masonic Lodge # 286 in Brooklyn. Stricken with tuberculosis, he took the `` cure '' in Saranac Lake, New York in 1908 and 1909 at the Trudeau Sanatorium. Later, he moved into the Jacob Schiff cottage. Career Professional playing career Before his front office days, Rickey played both football and baseball professionally. He played in both baseball 's minor and major leagues. Football In 1902, Rickey played professional football for the Shelby Blues of the `` Ohio League '', the direct predecessor to the modern National Football League ( NFL. ) Rickey often played for pay with Shelby while he was attending Ohio Wesleyan. During his time with Shelby, Rickey became friends with his teammate Charles Follis, who was the first black professional football player. He also played against him on October 17, 1903, when Follis ran for a 70 - yard touchdown against the Ohio Wesleyan football team. After that game Rickey praised Follis, calling him `` a wonder. '' It is also possible that Follis ' poise and class under the pressures of such racial tension, as well as his exceptional play in spite of it, could have inspired Rickey to sign Jackie Robinson decades later. Baseball In 1903, Rickey signed a contract with Terre Haute, Indiana of the Class B Central League, making his professional debut on June 20. Rickey was assigned to Le Mars, Iowa of the Class D Iowa -- South Dakota League. During this period, Rickey also spent two seasons -- 1904 and 1905 -- coaching baseball, basketball and football and teaching at Allegheny College in Pennsylvania where he also served as Athletic Director. Rickey debuted in the major leagues, with the St. Louis Browns in 1905. Sold to the New York Highlanders in 1907, Rickey could neither hit nor field while with the club, and his batting average dropped below. 200. One opposing team stole 13 bases in one game while Rickey was behind the plate, setting a record which still stands a century later. Rickey also injured his throwing arm and retired as a player after just one year. Return to College Rickey attended the University of Michigan, where he received his J.D. While at Michigan, Rickey applied for the job as Michigan 's baseball coach. Rickey asked every alumnus he had ever met to write letters to Philip Bartelme, the school 's athletic director, on his behalf. Bartelme recalled, `` Day after day those letters came in. '' Bartelme was reportedly impressed with Rickey 's passion for baseball and his idealism about the proper role of athletics on a college campus. Bartelme convinced the dean of the law school that Rickey could handle his law studies while serving as the school 's baseball coach. Bartelme reportedly called Rickey into his office to tell him he had the job if only `` to put a stop to those damn letters that come in every day. '' The hiring also marked the beginning of a lifelong friendship and business relationship between Rickey and Bartelme. Bartelme and Rickey worked together for most of the next 35 years, and in 1944 a California newspaper noted : `` He and Rickey have had a close association in baseball ever since Bartelme was head of the athletic department of the University of Michigan where Rickey took to baseball just as a means to build up his failing health. '' During his four years as head baseball coach from 1910 - 1913 his record was 68 - 32 - 4. Return to professional baseball Rickey batting for the Browns in 1906. Rickey returned to the big leagues in 1913, as a front office executive with the Browns. He was responsible for signing young George Sisler. Rickey became the team 's manager for the final 12 games of the season, and managed the team for two more full seasons. But the Browns finished under. 500 both years. World War I ( 1917 -- 19 ) Rickey served as an officer in the U.S. Army in France during World War I. He commanded a chemical training unit that included Ty Cobb and Christy Mathewson. Rickey served in the 1st Gas Regiment during the war, and spent over four months as a member of the Chemical Warfare Service. St. Louis Cardinals ( 1919 -- 42 ) Further information : History of the St. Louis Cardinals ( 1920 -- 52 ) He then returned to St. Louis in 1919, but clashed with new Browns owner Phil Ball and jumped to the crosstown rivals Cardinals, to become team president and manager. In 1920, Rickey gave up the team presidency to the Cards ' new majority owner, Sam Breadon. The Cardinals wore uniforms for the first time that featured the two familiar cardinal birds perched on a baseball bat over the name `` Cardinals '' with the letter `` C '' of the word hooked over the bat in 1922. The concept of this pattern originated in a Presbyterian church in Ferguson, Missouri, at which Rickey was speaking. He noticed a colorful cardboard arrangement featuring two cardinal birds perched on a branch on a table. The arrangement 's designer was a woman named Allie May Schmidt. Schmidt 's father, a graphic designer, assisted Rickey in creating the logo that is part of a familiar staple on Cardinals uniforms. Under Rickey 's leadership as on - the - field manager for six relatively mediocre years, the Cardinals posted winning records from 1921 to 1923. Breadon fired him early in the 1925 season. However, he could not deny Rickey 's acumen for player development, and offered to let him stay to run the front office. An embittered Rickey stated, `` You ca n't do this to me, Sam. You are ruining me. '' `` No '', Breadon responded. `` I am doing you the greatest favor one man has ever done to another. '' Rickey had wisely invested in several minor league baseball clubs, using them to develop future talent and supplement the Cardinals major league roster. At 43 years of age upon his firing, he had been a player, manager and executive in the Major Leagues. However, there had been little indication to this point that he would ever belong in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Although he was not the first executive titled as a general manager in Major League Baseball history -- his actual title was business manager -- through his activities, including inventing and building the farm system, Rickey came to embody the position of the baseball operations executive who mastered scouting, player acquisition and development and business affairs, which is the definition of the modern GM. Second baseman Rogers Hornsby, winner of two Major League Baseball Triple Crowns, replaced Rickey to become a player - manager, and in 1926, his first full year as manager, Hornsby then led the Cardinals to their first World Series championship. Fruition of the farm system Rickey with the Cardinals By 1930, Rickey 's Cardinals, known as the `` Gashouse Gang '', were the class of the National League. They won 101 games in 1931 and won the World Series in seven games. The star of the 1931 World Series was rookie Pepper Martin, one of the first Cardinal stars that came from Branch 's minor league system. Soon, other minor league graduates joined the team, among them future hall of famers Dizzy Dean and Joe Medwick, nicknamed `` Ducky '', and Dean 's brother Paul `` Daffy '' Dean. The Deans and Medwick were integral parts of the 1934 Cardinals, who won the franchise 's third World Series title. Kenesaw Mountain Landis, the Commissioner of Baseball, was concerned that Rickey 's minor league system was going to ruin baseball by destroying existing minor league teams, and he twice released over 70 Cardinal minor leaguers. Despite Landis ' efforts, Rickey 's minor league system stayed in existence, and similar systems were adopted by every major league team within a few years. Arguably, the farm system saved the minor leagues, by keeping them necessary after the television age began and minor league attendance figures declined. Rickey continued to develop the Cardinals up until the early 1940s. In his final year at St. Louis, 1942, the Cardinals had their best season in franchise history, winning 106 games and the World Series title. The team was led by a new crop of players developed by the Cardinals, two of whom, Enos Slaughter and Stan Musial, became Hall of Famers ; and several others, among them future MVP Marty Marion, who were among the best at their position during their eras. Even their manager Billy Southworth was a product of their farm system. Brooklyn Dodgers ( 1942 -- 50 ) Rickey was a good friend of Brooklyn Dodgers general manager Larry MacPhail, himself a sound baseball man. MacPhail enlisted in the army to serve in World War II after the 1942 season, and the Dodgers hired Branch Rickey to replace him as President and GM, ending a tenure of over two decades with the Cardinals. Further innovations Rickey continued to innovate in his time with Brooklyn. He was responsible for the first full - time spring training facility, in Vero Beach, Florida, and encouraged the use of now - commonplace tools such as the batting cage, pitching machines, and batting helmets. He also pioneered the use of statistical analysis in baseball ( what is now known as sabermetrics ), when he hired statistician Allan Roth as a full - time analyst for the Dodgers in 1947. After viewing Roth 's evidence, Rickey promoted the idea that on - base percentage was a more important hitting statistic than batting average. While working under Rickey, Roth was also the first person to provide statistical evidence that platoon effects were real and quantifiable. Breaking the color barrier Rickey 's most memorable act with the Dodgers involved signing Jackie Robinson, thus breaking baseball 's color barrier, which had been an unwritten rule since the 1880s. This policy had continued under a succession of baseball leaders, including Landis, who was openly opposed to integrating Major League Baseball for what he regarded as legitimate reasons. Landis died in 1944, but Rickey had already set the process in motion, having sought ( and gained ) approval from the Dodgers Board of Directors in 1943 to begin the search for `` the right man. '' On August 28, 1945, Rickey signed Robinson to a minor league contract. Robinson had been playing in the Negro leagues for the Kansas City Monarchs. On October 23, 1945, it was announced that Robinson would join the Montreal Royals, the Dodgers ' International League affiliate, for the 1946 season. He would end up as the league 's batting champion, and led the Royals to a dominant league championship. There was no statute officially banning blacks from baseball, only a universally recognized unwritten rule which no club owner was prepared to break that was perpetuated by culturally entrenched racism and a desire by club owners to be perceived as representing the values and beliefs of everyday American white men. The service of black Americans in the Second World War, and the celebrated pre-war achievements of black athletes in American sports, such as Joe Louis in boxing and Jesse Owens in track, helped pave the way for the cultural shift necessary to break the barrier. Rickey knew that Robinson would face racism and discrimination. Rickey made it clear in their momentous first meeting that he anticipated wide - scale resistance both inside and outside baseball to opening its doors to Negroes. As predicted by Rickey, right from the start Robinson faced obstacles among his teammates and other teams ' players. No matter how harsh the white people were towards Robinson, he could not retaliate. Robinson had agreed with Rickey not to lose his temper and jeopardize the chances of all the blacks who would follow him if he could help break down the barriers. Usually placing fourth in team stats he still made history ending up in Baseball 's Hall of Fame. Red Barber recounted in Ken Burns 's documentary Baseball that Rickey 's determination to desegregate Major League Baseball was born out of a combination of idealism and astute business sense. The idealism was at least partially rooted in an incident involving a team for which Rickey worked early on. While managing at Ohio Wesleyan University, a black player, Charles Thomas, was extremely upset at being refused accommodation, because of his race, at the hotel where the team stayed. Though an infuriated Rickey managed to get him into the hotel for the night, he never forgot the incident and later said, `` I may not be able to do something about racism in every field, but I can sure do something about it in baseball. '' The business element was based on the fact that the Negro Leagues had numerous star athletes, and logically, the first Major League team to hire them would get first pick of the players at an attractive price. At the time, Mexican brewery czar Jorge Pasquel was raiding America for black talent ( e.g., Satchel Paige ), as well as disgruntled white players, for the Mexican League with the idea of creating an integrated league that could compete on a talent level with the U.S. major leagues. However idealistic, Rickey did not compensate Monarchs ownership for the rights to obtain Robinson, nor did he pay for rights to Don Newcombe, who would also join the Dodgers from a Negro leagues club. Rickey also attempted to sign Monte Irvin but Newark Eagles business owner Effa Manley refused to allow Irvin to leave her club without compensation. When she threatened to sue him in court, Rickey stopped the pursuit of Irvin, who would later sign with the New York Giants. Amid much fanfare, Jackie debuted, and turned out to be a success. Robinson was baseball 's first rookie of the year, and while he was often jeered by opposing baseball players, managers, and fans, he became extremely popular with the American public. His success became the crowning achievement of Rickey 's illustrious career. His Dodgers would make the World Series that year. Although they lost in seven games to the New York Yankees, Rickey 's vision and action had set the stage for the Dodgers to be contenders for decades to come. And it opened the door for other leaders like Larry Doby of the Cleveland Indians, who integrated the American League in 1947, as well. Later career with Dodgers In 1950, there were four owners of the Dodgers, each with one quarter of the franchise. When one of the four ( John L. Smith ) died, Walter O'Malley took control of that quarter. Also in 1950, Branch Rickey 's contract as Dodger president expired, and Walter O'Malley decided that were Rickey to retain the job, almost all of Rickey 's power would be gone ; for example, he would no longer take a percentage of every franchise sale ; Rickey declined a new contract as President. Then, in order to be a majority owner, O'Malley offered to buy Rickey 's portion. Seeing no reason to hold on to the club, Rickey decided to comply. However, in a final act of retaliation against O'Malley, Rickey instead offered the club percentage to a friend for one million dollars. His chances at complete franchise control at risk, O'Malley was forced to offer more money, and Rickey finally sold his portion for $1,050,000. Pirates After leaving the Dodgers, Rickey was offered the position of general manager for the Pittsburgh Pirates. During the 1953 season, the Pirates became the first team to permanently adopt batting helmets on both offense and defense. These helmets resembled a primitive fiberglass `` miner 's cap ''. This was the mandate of Rickey, who also owned stock in the company producing the helmets. Under Rickey 's orders, all Pirate players had to wear the helmets both at bat and in the field. The helmets became a permanent feature for all Pirate hitters, but within a few weeks the team began to abandon their use of helmets on defense, partly because of their awkwardly heavy feel. Once the Pirates discarded the helmets on defense, the trend disappeared from the game. After presiding over a last place season with the Pirates, Branch Rickey proposed cutting the pay of power superstar Ralph Kiner. When Kiner objected, Rickey famously quipped, `` Son, we could have finished last without you ! '' Health problems forced Branch Rickey to retire in 1955 ; however, his contributions would help lead to a World Championship for Pittsburgh in 1960. This includes the drafting of Roberto Clemente. Return to Cardinals On October 29, 1962, Rickey returned to the Cardinals exactly 20 years to the day he left to become general consultant on production and development of Cardinal players. He had previously worked as a field manager, business manager, and vice president for the Cardinals from 1917 until 1942. He returned to be closer to home after suffering a heart attack in Canada a year earlier and after the death of his son Branch Rickey, Jr. Rickey near the stadium in Cincinnati Death A public speaker in his later years, on November 13, 1965, Rickey collapsed in the middle of a speech in Columbia, Missouri, as he was being elected to the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame. He had told a story of physical courage and was about to relate an illustration from the Holy Bible. `` Now I 'm going to tell you a story from the Bible about spiritual courage, '' he said. Rickey murmured he could not continue, collapsed and never spoke again. He faltered, fell back into his seat and slipped onto the floor. He never regained consciousness. His brain was damaged when his breathing stopped momentarily, though his heart picked up its rhythm again. Through the next 26 days, hospitalized in a coma, there was little change. On December 9, at about 10 p.m. he died of heart failure at Boone County Memorial Hospital in Columbia, Missouri, 11 days before his 84th birthday. Branch Rickey was interred at Rush Township Burial Park in Rushtown, Ohio, near where his parents, his widow Jane ( who died in 1971 ), and three of his children ( including his son, Branch Rickey Jr., who died from complications of diabetes in 1961 ) also rest. Rickey 's grave overlooks the Scioto Valley, about three miles from his boyhood home in Stockdale, Ohio. Honors and legacy In addition to Rickey 's election to the Baseball Hall of Fame as a contributor in 1967, in 1997 he was inducted into the St. Louis Walk of Fame, in 2009 he was elected to the College Baseball Hall of Fame. In January 2014, the Cardinals announced Rickey among 22 former players and personnel to be inducted into the St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame Museum for the inaugural class of 2014. A ballpark in Portsmouth, Ohio, once used by the Portsmouth Explorers, a charter member of the Frontier League before the club folded in 1996, is named in Rickey 's honor. The Branch Rickey Arena at Ohio Wesleyan University is also named in his honor. A section of State Highway 23 in Ohio, running north from the Franklin County border to the city of Delaware, has been named the Branch Rickey Memorial Highway. In 1992, Rotary International of Denver, Colorado, created the Branch Rickey Award, which is given annually to a Major League Baseball player in recognition of exceptional community service. Outside of Coors Field in Denver is a monument to Rickey by the sculptor George Lundeen, dedicated in 2005, with this simple inscription : It is not the honor that you take with you but the heritage you leave behind. Another quotation attributed to Rickey is : Luck is the residue of design. His descendants also became involved in baseball : his son, Branch Jr., who died four years before his father, and Branch Rickey III, a president of the Pacific Coast League. In popular Culture In the 1950 movie The Jackie Robinson Story, he is portrayed by Minor Watson. In the 1996 HBO movie Soul of the Game Rickey is played by Edward Herrmann. In the 2013 film 42, Rickey is played by Harrison Ford. Rickey 's great - granddaughter, actress Kelley Jakle, also appears in the film. Rickey is featured in the 2013 book Dissident Gardens by Jonathan Lethem. See also Biography portal Baseball portal Ohio portal Pennsylvania portal Missouri portal List of Major League Baseball player -- managers List of St. Louis Cardinals owners and executives History of the Brooklyn Dodgers References Jump up ^ Rickey, Branch ( 1890 -- 1969 ). `` Branch Rickey papers ''. Library of Congress. Jump up ^ `` Tom Sharpe, `` Eizabeth Ann ' Beth ' Rickey, 1956 - 2009 : David Duke nemesis dies in Santa Fe Activist who helped scuttle neo-Nazi's political career had hoped to rebuild life here '' ``. Santa Fe New Mexican. September 13, 2009. Archived from the original on January 4, 2013. Retrieved May 1, 2010. Jump up ^ Redrup, Jessie Dunathan. `` Branch Rickey with Delta Tau Delta fraternity brothers ''. Branch Rickey Collection. Ohio Wesleyan University. Archived from the original on June 15, 2013. Retrieved April 13, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Well Known Freemasons ''. 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Additional reading Branch Rickey : Baseball 's Ferocious Gentleman, by Lee Lowenfish ( University of Nebraska Press ) ; winner of the Seymour Medal for 2008, nominee for 2007 CASEY Award, Roy Kaplan 's Baseball Bookshelf Branch Rickey : A Biography by Murray Polner Atheneum ; Signet ; and MacFarland, publishers Branch Rickey by Jimmy Breslin ; Viking 2011 External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Branch Rickey. Wikiquote has quotations related to : Branch Rickey Career statistics and player information from Baseball - Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball - Reference ( Minors ) Branch Rickey managerial career statistics at Baseball-Reference.com Branch Rickey at the Baseball Hall of Fame Branch Rickey at Find a Grave Allegheny Gators head football coaches No coach ( 1893 -- 1894 ) No team ( 1895 ) No coach ( 1896 ) Charles N. Crosby ( 1897 ) Martin Smallwood ( 1898 ) Alonzo G. Brown ( 1899 ) Fred E. Heckel ( 1900 ) Edward N. Eisenberg ( 1901 ) V.P. Whelan ( 1902 ) Walter E. Bachman ( 1903 ) Branch Rickey ( 1904 -- 1905 ) Charles B. Lewis ( 1906 ) Herbert Scheetz ( 1907 -- 1908 ) E.J. Stewart ( 1909 -- 1910 ) David L. Dunlap ( 1911 -- 1912 ) Charles Hammett ( 1913 -- 1917 ) Carl A. Gilbert ( 1918 ) Charles Hammett ( 1919 ) Clarence Applegran ( 1920 ) Herb McCracken ( 1921 -- 1923 ) Tom Davies ( 1924 -- 1925 ) Mel Merritt ( 1926 -- 1928 ) Harry W. Crum ( 1929 -- 1931 ) Waldo S. Tippin ( 1932 -- 1934 ) Karl J. Lawrence ( 1935 -- 1940 ) Alfred C. Werner ( 1941 -- 1942 ) No team ( 1943 -- 1945 ) Bob Garbark ( 1946 ) Bill Daddio ( 1947 -- 1951 ) David C. Henderson ( 1952 -- 1953 ) William R. Moore ( 1954 -- 1957 ) John R. Chuckran ( 1958 -- 1969 ) Sam T. Timer ( 1970 -- 1983 ) Robert Wolfe ( 1984 -- 1985 ) Peter Vaas ( 1986 -- 1989 ) Ken O'Keefe ( 1990 -- 1997 ) Blair Hrovat ( 1998 -- 2001 ) Mark Matlak ( 2002 -- 2015 ) B.J. Hammer ( 2016 -- ) Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops head football coaches No coach ( 1890 -- 1891 ) Lilly ( 1892 ) No coach ( 1893 ) George Dygert ( 1894 ) Scott & Holly Farrar ( 1895 ) Dick ( 1896 ) Fielding H. Yost ( 1897 ) C. Sumner Welch ( 1898 ) Ritchie ( 1899 ) G.A. Teller ( 1900 ) Sam Boyle ( 1901 -- 1902 ) Victor M. Place ( 1903 -- 1905 ) Branch Rickey ( 1906 -- 1908 ) Lynn St. John ( 1909 -- 1911 ) M.B. Banks ( 1912 ) Roy Thomas ( 1913 ) Frederick Dixon ( 1914 -- 1915 ) Charles McCoy ( 1916 -- 1917 ) Harry W. Ewing ( 1918 -- 1920 ) George Gauthier ( 1921 -- 1946 ) Glenn Fraser ( 1947 -- 1963 ) Jack Fouts ( 1964 -- 1983 ) Steve Farkasovsky ( 1984 -- 1986 ) Mike Hollway ( 1987 -- 2011 ) Tom Watts ( 2012 -- ) Michigan Wolverines head baseball coaches No coach ( 1866 -- 1890 ) Pete Conway ( 1891 -- 1892 ) No coach ( 1893 -- 1895 ) Frank Sexton ( 1896 ) Charles F. Watkins ( 1897 -- 1898 ) Henry Clarke ( 1898 -- 1899 ) Charles F. Watkins ( 1900 ) Frank Sexton ( 1901 -- 1902 ) Skel Roach ( 1903 ) Jerome Utley ( 1904 ) Sport McAllister ( 1905 -- 1906 ) Bobby Lowe ( 1907 ) Sport McAllister ( 1908 -- 1909 ) Branch Rickey ( 1910 -- 1913 ) Carl Lundgren ( 1914 -- 1920 ) Ray Fisher ( 1921 -- 1958 ) Don Lund ( 1959 -- 1962 ) Moby Benedict ( 1963 -- 1979 ) Bud Middaugh ( 1980 -- 1989 ) Bill Freehan ( 1990 -- 1995 ) Geoff Zahn ( 1996 -- 2001 ) Chris Harrison ( 2002 ) Rich Maloney ( 2003 -- 2012 ) Erik Bakich ( 2013 -- ) St. Louis Browns / Baltimore Orioles managers Hugh Duffy ( 1901 ) Jimmy McAleer ( 1902 -- 1909 ) Jack O'Connor ( 1910 ) Bobby Wallace ( 1911 -- 1912 ) George Stovall ( 1912 -- 1913 ) Jimmy Austin ( 1913 ) Branch Rickey ( 1913 -- 1915 ) Fielder Jones ( 1916 -- 1918 ) Jimmy Austin ( 1918 ) Jimmy Burke ( 1918 -- 1920 ) Lee Fohl ( 1921 -- 1923 ) Jimmy Austin ( 1923 ) George Sisler ( 1924 -- 1926 ) Dan Howley ( 1927 -- 1929 ) Bill Killefer ( 1930 -- 1933 ) Allen Sothoron ( 1933 ) Rogers Hornsby ( 1933 -- 1937 ) Jim Bottomley ( 1937 ) Gabby Street ( 1938 ) Ski Melillo ( 1938 ) Fred Haney ( 1939 -- 1941 ) Luke Sewell ( 1941 -- 1946 ) Zack Taylor ( 1946 ) Muddy Ruel ( 1947 ) Zack Taylor ( 1948 -- 1951 ) Rogers Hornsby ( 1952 ) Marty Marion ( 1952 -- 1953 ) Jimmy Dykes ( 1954 ) Paul Richards ( 1955 -- 1961 ) Lum Harris ( 1961 ) Billy Hitchcock ( 1962 -- 1963 ) Hank Bauer ( 1964 -- 1968 ) Earl Weaver ( 1968 -- 1982 ) Joe Altobelli ( 1983 -- 1985 ) Cal Ripken ( 1985 ) Earl Weaver ( 1985 -- 1986 ) Cal Ripken ( 1987 -- 1988 ) Frank Robinson ( 1988 -- 1991 ) Johnny Oates ( 1991 -- 1994 ) Phil Regan ( 1995 ) Davey Johnson ( 1996 -- 1997 ) Ray Miller ( 1998 -- 1999 ) Mike Hargrove ( 2000 -- 2003 ) Lee Mazzilli ( 2004 -- 2005 ) Sam Perlozzo ( 2005 -- 2007 ) Dave Trembley ( 2007 -- 2010 ) Juan Samuel ( 2010 ) Buck Showalter ( 2010 -- ) St. Louis Cardinals managers Ned Cuthbert ( 1882 ) Ted Sullivan ( 1883 ) Charles Comiskey ( 1883 ) Jimmy Williams ( 1884 ) Charles Comiskey ( 1884 -- 1889 ) Tommy McCarthy ( 1890 ) John Kerins ( 1890 ) Chief Roseman ( 1890 ) Count Campau ( 1890 ) Joe Gerhardt ( 1890 ) Charles Comiskey ( 1891 ) Jack Glasscock ( 1892 ) Cub Stricker ( 1892 ) Jack Crooks ( 1892 ) George Gore ( 1892 ) Bob Caruthers ( 1892 ) Bill Watkins ( 1893 ) Doggie Miller ( 1894 ) Al Buckenberger ( 1895 ) Chris von der Ahe ( 1895 ) Joe Quinn ( 1895 ) Lew Phelan ( 1895 ) Harry Diddlebock ( 1896 ) Arlie Latham ( 1896 ) Chris von der Ahe ( 1896 ) Roger Connor ( 1896 ) Tommy Dowd ( 1896 -- 1897 ) Hugh Nicol ( 1897 ) Bill Hallman ( 1897 ) Chris von der Ahe ( 1897 ) Tim Hurst ( 1898 ) Patsy Tebeau ( 1899 -- 1900 ) Louie Heilbroner ( 1900 ) Patsy Donovan ( 1901 -- 1903 ) Kid Nichols ( 1904 -- 1905 ) Jimmy Burke ( 1905 ) Stanley Robison ( 1905 ) John McCloskey ( 1906 -- 1908 ) Roger Bresnahan ( 1909 -- 1912 ) Miller Huggins ( 1913 -- 1917 ) Jack Hendricks ( 1918 ) Branch Rickey ( 1919 -- 1925 ) Rogers Hornsby ( 1925 -- 1926 ) Bob O'Farrell ( 1927 ) Bill McKechnie ( 1928 ) Billy Southworth ( 1929 ) Gabby Street ( 1929 ) Bill McKechnie ( 1929 ) Gabby Street ( 1930 -- 1933 ) Frankie Frisch ( 1933 -- 1938 ) Mike González ( 1938 ) Ray Blades ( 1939 -- 1940 ) Mike González ( 1940 ) Billy Southworth ( 1940 -- 1945 ) Eddie Dyer ( 1946 -- 1950 ) Marty Marion ( 1951 ) Eddie Stanky ( 1952 -- 1955 ) Harry Walker ( 1955 ) Fred Hutchinson ( 1956 -- 1958 ) Stan Hack ( 1958 ) Solly Hemus ( 1959 -- 1961 ) Johnny Keane ( 1961 -- 1964 ) Red Schoendienst ( 1965 -- 1976 ) Vern Rapp ( 1977 -- 1978 ) Jack Krol ( 1978 ) Ken Boyer ( 1978 -- 1980 ) Jack Krol ( 1980 ) Whitey Herzog ( 1980 ) Red Schoendienst ( 1980 ) Whitey Herzog ( 1981 -- 1990 ) Red Schoendienst ( 1990 ) Joe Torre ( 1990 -- 1995 ) Mike Jorgensen ( 1995 ) Tony La Russa ( 1996 -- 2011 ) Mike Matheny ( 2012 -- ) St. Louis Cardinals general managers Rickey Walsingham, Jr. Meyer Lane Devine Howsam Musial Devine Claiborne Herzog McDonald Maxvill Jocketty Mozeliak Girsch Los Angeles Dodgers general managers Brooklyn Dodgers ( 1932 -- 1957 ) MacPhail Rickey Bavasi Los Angeles Dodgers ( 1958 -- present ) Bavasi Thompson Campanis Claire Lasorda Malone Wallace Evans DePodesta Colletti Zaidi Principal owners of the Los Angeles Dodgers franchise Brooklyn Atlantics / Grays / Bridegrooms / Grooms / Superbas / Robins / Dodgers ( 1883 -- 1957 ) Abell & Byrne Abell, Byrne & Chauncey Abell & C. Ebbets Abell, C. Ebbets, Hanlon & Von der Horst Abell, C. Ebbets, Hanlon & Medicus C. Ebbets & Medicus C. Ebbets, E. McKeever & S. McKeever Brooklyn Trust Company, G. Ebbets, Gilleaudeau & Stephen McKeever Brooklyn Trust Company, G. Ebbets, Gilleaudeau, J. Mulvey & D. Mulvey J. Mulvey & D. Mulvey, W. O'Malley, Rickey & Smith W. O'Malley Los Angeles Dodgers ( 1958 -- present ) W. O'Malley P. O'Malley Fox Entertainment Group McCourt Guggenheim Baseball Management ( Walter, Johnson, Guber, Kasten, Patton and Boehly ) Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers presidents Brooklyn Atlantics / Grays / Bridegrooms / Grooms / Superbas / Robins / Dodgers ( 1883 -- 1957 ) Charles Byrne Charles Ebbets Ed McKeever Wilbert Robinson Frank B. York Stephen McKeever Larry MacPhail Branch Rickey Walter O'Malley Los Angeles Dodgers ( 1958 -- present ) Walter O'Malley Peter O'Malley Bob Graziano Jamie McCourt Dennis Mannion Stan Kasten Pittsburgh Pirates general managers McKnight ( 1882 -- 1883 ) Converse ( 1884 -- 1887 ) Nimick ( 1887 -- 1890 ) O'Neill ( 1891 ) Temple ( 1892 ) Buckenberger ( 1893 ) Kerr ( 1894 -- 1897 ) Watkins ( 1898 ) Kerr ( 1899 ) Dreyfuss ( 1900 -- 1932 ) Benswanger ( 1932 -- 1945 ) Kennedy ( 1946 ) Hamey ( 1946 -- 1950 ) Rickey ( 1951 -- 1955 ) Brown ( 1956 -- 1976 ) Peterson ( 1976 -- 1985 ) Brown ( 1985 ) Thrift ( 1985 -- 1988 ) Doughty ( 1988 -- 1991 ) Simmons ( 1992 -- 1993 ) Bonifay ( 1993 -- 2001 ) Smith ( 2001 ) Littlefield ( 2001 -- 2007 ) Graham ( 2007 ) Huntington ( 2007 -- present ) Branch Rickey -- awards and honors Sporting News Executive of the Year Award 1936 : Rickey 1937 : Barrow 1938 : Giles 1939 : La. MacPhail 1940 : Briggs 1941 : Barrow 1942 : Rickey 1943 : Cl. Griffith 1944 : DeWitt 1945 : Wrigley 1946 : Yawkey 1947 : Rickey 1948 : Veeck 1949 : Carpenter 1950 : Weiss 1951 : Weiss 1952 : Weiss 1953 : Perini 1954 : Stoneham 1955 : O'Malley 1956 : Paul 1957 : Lane 1958 : Brown 1959 : Bavasi 1960 : Weiss 1961 : Topping 1962 : Haney 1963 : Devine 1964 : Devine 1965 : Ca. Griffith 1966 : Le. MacPhail 1967 : O'Connell 1968 : Campbell 1969 : Murphy 1970 : Dalton 1971 : Tallis 1972 : Hemond 1973 : Howsam 1974 : Paul 1975 : O'Connell 1976 : Burke 1977 : Veeck 1978 : Richardson 1979 : Peters 1980 : Smith 1981 : McHale 1982 : Dalton 1983 : Peters 1984 : Green 1985 : Schuerholz 1986 : Cashen 1987 : Rosen 1988 : Claire 1989 : Hemond 1990 : Quinn 1991 : A. MacPhail 1992 : Duquette 1993 : Thomas 1994 : Hart 1995 : Hart 1996 : Melvin 1997 : Bonifay 1998 : Hunsicker 1999 : Beane 2000 : Jocketty 2001 : Gillick 2002 : Ryan 2003 : Sabean 2004 : Jocketty 2005 : Shapiro 2006 : Ryan 2007 : Shapiro 2008 : Friedman 2009 : O'Dowd 2010 : Jocketty 2011 : Dombrowski / Melvin 2012 : Beane 2013 : Cherington 2014 : Duquette 2015 : Anthopoulos 2016 : Epstein Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 1967 BBWAA Vote Red Ruffing ( 86.9 % ) Veterans Committee Branch Rickey Lloyd Waner J.G. Taylor Spink Award Grantland Rice St. Louis Cardinals in the National Baseball Hall of Fame Inducted as a Cardinal Jim Bottomley Lou Brock Dizzy Dean Frankie Frisch Bob Gibson Chick Hafey Jesse Haines Rogers Hornsby Whitey Herzog Joe Medwick Johnny Mize Stan Musial Red Schoendienst Enos Slaughter Ozzie Smith Billy Southworth Bruce Sutter Inductees who played for the Cardinals Grover Cleveland Alexander Walter Alston Jake Beckley Roger Bresnahan Mordecai Brown Jesse Burkett Steve Carlton Orlando Cepeda Charles Comiskey Leo Durocher Dennis Eckersley Burleigh Grimes Miller Huggins Rabbit Maranville John McGraw Kid Nichols Wilbert Robinson Joe Torre Dazzy Vance Bobby Wallace Hoyt Wilhelm Vic Willis Cy Young Cardinals managers Roger Bresnahan Charles Comiskey Frankie Frisch Whitey Herzog Miller Huggins Tony La Russa Bill McKechnie Kid Nichols Branch Rickey Red Schoendienst Billy Southworth Joe Torre Cardinals executives Stan Musial Branch Rickey Frick Award Jack Buck Harry Caray Spink Award Bob Broeg ( St. Louis Post-Dispatch ) Rick Hummel ( St. Louis Post-Dispatch ) J.G. Taylor Spink ( The Sporting News ) J. Roy Stockton ( St. Louis Post-Dispatch ) New York Yankees Hall of Famers Inductees in Yankees cap Yogi Berra Jack Chesbro Earle Combs Joe DiMaggio Bill Dickey Whitey Ford Lou Gehrig Lefty Gomez Joe Gordon Goose Gossage Waite Hoyt Reggie Jackson Tony Lazzeri Mickey Mantle Phil Rizzuto Red Ruffing Babe Ruth Inductees who played for the Yankees Home Run Baker Wade Boggs Roger Bresnahan Frank Chance Stan Coveleski Clark Griffith Burleigh Grimes Bucky Harris Rickey Henderson Catfish Hunter Randy Johnson Willie Keeler Joe McGinnity John McGraw Johnny Mize Phil Niekro Herb Pennock Gaylord Perry Tim Raines Branch Rickey Wilbert Robinson Joe Sewell Enos Slaughter Dazzy Vance Paul Waner Dave Winfield Yankees ' managers Miller Huggins Bob Lemon Joe McCarthy Casey Stengel Joe Torre Yankees ' executives Ed Barrow Larry MacPhail Lee MacPhail George Weiss Frick Award Mel Allen Red Barber Buck Canel Jerry Coleman Joe Garagiola Curt Gowdy Russ Hodges Members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame Pitchers Alexander Bender Blyleven M. Brown R. Brown Bunning Carlton Chesbro Clarkson Cooper Coveleski Cummings Day Dean Dihigo Drysdale Eckersley Faber Feller Fingers Ford B. Foster Galvin B. Gibson Glavine Gomez Gossage Grimes Grove Haines Hoffman Hoyt Hubbell Hunter Jenkins R. Johnson W. Johnson Joss Keefe Koufax Lemon Lyons Maddux Marichal Marquard Martínez Mathewson McGinnity Méndez Morris Newhouser Nichols Niekro Paige Palmer Pennock Perry Plank Radbourn Rixey Roberts Rogan Ruffing Rusie Ryan Seaver H. Smith Smoltz Spahn Sutter Sutton Vance Waddell Walsh Welch Wilhelm J. Williams Willis Wynn Young Catchers Bench Berra Bresnahan Campanella Carter Cochrane Dickey Ewing Ferrell Fisk J. Gibson Hartnett Lombardi Mackey Piazza Rodríguez Santop Schalk First basemen Anson Bagwell Beckley Bottomley Brouthers Cepeda Chance Connor Foxx Gehrig Greenberg G. Kelly Killebrew Leonard McCovey Mize Murray Pérez Sisler Suttles Taylor Terry Thomas Thome Second basemen Alomar Biggio Carew E. Collins Doerr Evers Fox Frisch Gehringer Gordon Grant Herman Hornsby Lajoie Lazzeri Mazeroski McPhee Morgan J. Robinson Sandberg Schoendienst Third basemen Baker Boggs Brett J. Collins Dandridge J. Johnson Jones Kell Lindstrom Mathews Molitor B. Robinson Santo Schmidt Traynor J. Wilson D. White Shortstops Aparicio Appling Bancroft Banks Boudreau Cronin Davis T. Jackson Jennings Larkin Lloyd Maranville Reese Ripken Jr. Rizzuto Sewell O. Smith Tinker Trammell Vaughan Wagner Wallace Ward Wells Yount Outfielders Aaron Ashburn Averill Bell Brock W. Brown Burkett Carey Charleston Clarke Clemente Cobb Combs Crawford Cuyler Dawson Delahanty DiMaggio Doby Duffy Flick Goslin Griffey Jr. Guerrero Gwynn Hafey Hamilton Heilmann Henderson Hill Hooper Irvin R. Jackson Kaline Keeler Kelley K. Kelly Kiner Klein Mantle Manush Mays T. McCarthy Medwick Musial O'Rourke Ott Puckett Raines J. Rice S. Rice F. Robinson Roush Ruth Simmons Slaughter Snider Speaker Stargell Stearnes Thompson Torriente L. Waner P. Waner Wheat B. Williams T. Williams H. Wilson Winfield Yastrzemski Youngs Managers Alston Anderson Cox Durocher Hanlon Harris Herzog Huggins La Russa Lasorda López Mack J. McCarthy McGraw McKechnie W. Robinson Selee Southworth Stengel Torre Weaver D. Williams Executives / pioneers Barrow Bulkeley Cartwright Chadwick Chandler Comiskey Dreyfuss R. Foster Frick Giles Gillick Griffith Harridge Hulbert B. Johnson Kuhn Landis La. MacPhail Le. MacPhail Manley O'Malley Pompez Posey Rickey Ruppert Schuerholz Selig Spalding Veeck Weiss S. White Wilkinson G. Wright H. Wright Yawkey Umpires Barlick Chylak Conlan Connolly Evans Harvey Hubbard Klem McGowan O'Day Members of the National College Baseball Hall of Fame Players Jim Abbott Steve Arlin Joe Arnold Eddie Bane Sal Bando Alan Bannister Floyd Bannister Lance Berkman Bill Bordley Tom Borland Lou Brock Joe Carter Will Clark Matt DeSalvo Darren Dreifort Kirk Dressendorfer J.D. 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Question: who was the owner of the dodgers when jackie robinson played
Answer: Wesley Branch Rickey