nytimes June 13, 2021 12:00am Mudcat Grant, American League’s First Black 20-Game Winner, Dies at 85 #baseball #blackpeople #deathsobituaries #raceandethnicity #americanleague #clevelandindians #minnesotatwins #grantmudcat19352021 #news Mudcat Grant, American League’s First Black 20-Game Winner, Dies at 85 After 14 major league seasons, he wrote a book about Black pitchers and sang in nightclubs. “I made way more money in music than I did in baseball,” he said.