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Jackie Robinson
Robinson with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1954 Second baseman Born:January 31, 1919
Cairo, Georgia, U.S. Died:October 24, 1972(aged53)
Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.

Batted:Right

Threw:Right

Professional debut NgL:1945,for theKansas City Monarchs MLB:April 15,1947,for theBrooklyn Dodgers Last MLB appearance October 10,1956,for theBrooklyn Dodgers MLB statistics Batting average .313 Home runs 141 Runs batted in 761 Teams

Negro leagues

• Kansas City Monarchs(1945)

Major League Baseball

• Brooklyn Dodgers(19471956)

Career highlights and awards

• NgL All-Star(1945)
• 6All-Star(19491954)
• World Serieschampion (1955)
• NL MVP(1949)
• MLB Rookie of the Year(1947)
• NL batting champion(1949)
• 2NL stolen base leader(1947, 1949)
• Los Angeles Dodgers No. 42retired
• No. 42 retired by all MLB teams
• UCLA Bruins No. 42retired^[1]
• Monument Parkhonoree
• Major League Baseball All-Century Team

Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame Induction 1962 Vote 77.5% (first ballot) Military career Allegiance United States Service/branch United States Army Yearsof service 19421944 Rank Second lieutenant Unit 761st Tank Battalion

Jack Roosevelt Robinson(January 31, 1919 October 24, 1972) was an American professionalbaseballplayer who became the first African American to play inMajor League Baseball(MLB) in the modern era.^[2]Robinson broke thebaseball color linewhen he started atfirst basefor theBrooklyn Dodgerson April 15, 1947.^[3]When the Dodgers signed Robinson, it heralded the end ofracial segregationin professional baseball that had relegatedblack playersto theNegro leaguessince the 1880s.^[4]Robinson was inducted into theBaseball Hall of Famein1962.^[5]

During his 10-year MLB career, Robinson won the inauguralRookie of the Year Awardin 1947, was anAll-Starfor six consecutive seasons from 1949 through 1954, and won theNational LeagueMost Valuable Player Awardin 1949the first black player so honored.^[6][7]Robinson played in sixWorld Seriesand contributed to the Dodgers’1955 World Serieschampionship.

In 1997, MLBretiredhis uniform number 42 across all major league teams; he was the first professional athlete in any sport to be so honored. MLB also adopted a new annual tradition, “Jackie Robinson Day“, for the first time on April 15, 2004, on which every player on every team wears No.42.

Robinson’s character, his use ofnonviolence, and his talent challenged the traditional basis of segregation that had then marked many other aspects of American life. He influenced the culture of and contributed significantly to thecivil rights movement.^[8][9]Robinson also was the first black television analyst in MLB and the first black vice president of a major American corporation,Chock full o’Nuts. In the 1960s, he helped establish theFreedom National Bank, an African-American-owned financial institution based inHarlem, New York. After his death in 1972, Robinson was posthumously awarded theCongressional Gold MedalandPresidential Medal of Freedomin recognition of his achievements on and off the field.