Branch Rickey
Subtitle: a biography
By: Murray Polner ; foreword by Branch B. Rickey.
Edition: Rev. ed.
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9780786426430
Subjects: Rickey, Branch, -- 1881-1965.; Executives -- United States -- Biography.; Baseball -- United States -- History.
Genres: Biography.
Description: "Rickey managed the St. Louis Browns and Cardinals at the end of the deadball era. Rickey made early use of statistical analysis and pressed for the expansion of major league baseball. He is best known for integrating organized baseball, at a time when the U.S. armed forces were still segregated and the Civil Rights movement was years away"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.