RBI Program

Commissioner’s Statement Regarding John Young

Baseball Commissioner Robert D. Manfred, Jr. issued the following statement today regarding the passing of former player, front office executive, scouting director and founder of the Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities (RBI) program John Young, who was 67: “All of us at Major League Baseball are saddened by the loss of John Young, a trailblazer and champion of both professional and youth baseball.  Following a championship collegiate baseball career and a Minor and Major League playing career that spanned from 1969 through 1978, John became the first African-American director of scouting when he was hired by the Detroit Tigers in