Branch Rickey Awards

What awards did Branch Rickey win? This page lists every known baseball award won by Branch Rickey in chronological order. Click the award name and up comes a comprehensive history of that award along with every winner of that particular baseball award.
"Mr. Rickey went out of his way to do so much to put blacks in the major leagues. he could tell you so many things, Mr. Rickey, just like my mother or father reading a book to me as a youngster. He made me a better catcher, a better person on and off the field. He made me a completely changed individual." - Hall of Famer Roy Campanella

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Branch Rickey
 
 
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Birth Name:   Wesley Branch Rickey
Nickname:   The Mahatma
Born On:   12-20-1881  (Sagittarius)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Flat, Ohio
Year of Death Data Died On:   12-09-1965
Place of Death Data Died In:   Columbia, Missouri
Cemetery:   Rushtown Cemetery, Rushtown, Ohio Click For Grave Photo
High School:   Undetermined
College:   Ohio Wesleyan University
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-09   Player Weight Chart Weight:   175
First Game:   06-16-1905 (Age 23)
Last Game:   08-25-1914
Draft:   Not Applicable
Branch Rickey

Awards
1936 Sporting News Executive of the Year Award
1942 Sporting News Executive of the Year Award
1944 Slocum Award
1947 Sporting News Executive of the Year Award
1967 National Baseball Hall of Fame


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