Dunno. I thought maybe it was the name of the team in Toledo, but I was wrong.
Dunno. I thought maybe it was the name of the team in Toledo, but I was wrong.
Jim “Mudcat” Grant was a pitcher for the Indians. Fairly early black player in the major leagues. H was one of my heros back when I was in Little League.
“James Timothy “Mudcat” Grant (born August 13, 1935 in Land O’ Lakes, Florida) is a former Major League Baseball 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 and 1971) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1970-71).
He helped the Twins win the 1965 American League Pennant, the Pirates win the 1970 National League Eastern Division and 1971 World Series and the Athletics win the 1971 American League Western Division.”