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 ...

Former Major League Baseball all-star pitcher Jim “Mudcat” Grant, the first Black 20-game winner in the American League who helped the the Minnesota Twins make it to their first World Series in 1965, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Jim "Mudcat" Grant, a key figure on the Twins' 1965 World Series team, died at the age of 85, the team announced Saturday. Grant pitched for seven teams during his 14-year big-league career and was ...

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 ...

Fifty years ago today, Minnesota was in a state of hopeful hysteria over its baseball team. Fifty years ago today, the upstart Twins were halfway to a World Series championship. Fifty years ago today, ...

Jim “Mudcat” Grant, who led the 1965 Minnesota Twins to the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, has died at the age of 85. The Twins announced his death on Twitter but did not provide ...

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 ...

Though it was a room-temperature evening in Cleveland Stadium on Sept. 16, 1960, with a gentle breeze blowing off Lake Erie, Cleveland pitcher Jim “Mudcat” Grant was hot. Red hot. Angry hot. It was ...