Jim Grant
date: label: date made
content: 1964
name: label: depicted
content: Grant, Jim Mudcat
label: maker
content: Topps Chewing Gum
label: Associated Name
content: Cleveland Indians
label: Associated Name
content: Minnesota Twins
label: Associated Name
content: Montreal Expos
label: maker
content: Topps Chewing Gum
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Jim <i>Mudcat</i> Grant (1935-2021) was one of many players featured on collectible coins made by Topps and included in packs of baseball cards.
label: Description (Brief)
content: A right handed pitcher who played for the Cleveland Indians (1958-64,) Minnesota Twins (1964-67,) Los Angeles Dodgers (1968,) Montreal Expos (1969,) St. Louis Cardinals (1969,) Oakland Athletics (1970, 1971), and PIttsburgh Pirates (1970-71,) Grant was the first African American in the American League to win 20 games in a season (1965.)
label: Description (Brief)
content: A two-time All-Star, <i>Mudcat</i> also became the first African American to pitch for an American League team in a World Series (Twins, 1965.)
label: Description (Brief)
content: Also emembered for being the Montreal Expo's first opening day pitcher (1969.) Grant compiled a a lifetime 145-119 win-loss record with a 3.63 earned run average.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Following his career, Grant remained in sports in publicity and broadcasting, and authored the book <i>Black Aces, Baseball's Only African-American Twenty-Game Winners </i> (2007.)
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport or game
content: Baseball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: level of sport
content: Major League
label: Subject
content: African American
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0566.03
label: accession number
content: 1982.0566
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0566.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bottle cap
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in; 3.81 cm