1961 Topps baseball card of former major league pitcher Jim “Mudcat” Grant, who threw for 7 different teams in a 14 year career in the big leagues. He started out in Cleveland and was traded to the Minnesota Twins, where he had his most success. In 1965 he became the first black pitcher in the American League to win 20 games, securing his place with the “Black Aces”, a group of African American hurlers who accomplished that feat. He also helped the Twins reach the World Series that year, and although the Twins lost the Series to the Dodgers, he pitched 2 complete game victories. After he retired, Grant was involved with professional softball leagues as a director, and dabbled in broadcasting with Cleveland and the Oakland A’s. He died in 2021 at the age of 85.