Jackie Robinson

Yes, MLB retired the number on April 15, 1997 in honor of the 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's first game in MLB. However, anyone who was wearing #42 at that time could continue to wear it until they retired. There were a few players that continued to wear the number that included Mo Vaughn of the Red Sox and Mariano Rivera of the Yankees.

In the 2009 season, only one player wears the #42 and that is Rivera. Once he retires no other MLB player will wear the #42.

Jack Roosevelt Robinson Career Statistics:

Batting Average: .311

Stolen Bases: 197

Strikeouts: 291

RBI: 734

Runs: 934

Hits: 1518

Walks: 740

Errors: 117

Home Runs: 137

Games Played: 1382

At Bats: 4877

He suffered from a heart attack and fought back but it just wasn't enough.
he was the black man to play on a white mans base ball team

No, Jackie Robinson spent his entire MLB career, 1947-1956, with the Brooklyn Dodgers.

No. He died on October 24, 1972, at 53 years old.

Jackie Robinson's first year in professional ball was 1946 when he played for the Montreal Royals, the Brooklyn Dodgers Triple-A minor league team. He played one year for Montreal and then played for the Dodgers between 1947-1956. He retired after the 1956 season.

Yes, Jackie Robinson was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1962.

No, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis passed away on May 19th, 1994 from Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a form of cancer that started in her lymph nodes. She was 64 years old at the time of her death. Time of death was at 10:15 P.M. EST, in her 5th Avenue, New York City Apartment.

This is the official version of the story. In fact, Jackie retired from public life on this day, and went to Quebec, before leaving America to live incognito abroad. It will be her 20th death anniversary, this year.

jackie robinson was brave because he went threw the racism that was going on and that the whites didn't want him to play baseball pit he still stood there like nothing and he became a famous baseball player

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Jackie Robinson was the first African American baseball player who became the first black player in the major league of baseball

Jackie Robinson had three children, Jack, Jr., David and Sharon whom produced 16 grandchildren. As of 2014, the family has increased and includes two great grandchildren.

Can't find his elementary school, but in 1935, Robinson graduated from Dakota Junior High School and then went to John Muir High School.

He did not put an end to segregation, that was President LBJ and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. who got a lot of civil rights legislation passed in the 1960's.

However, Jackie Robinson Helped to end segregation by being the first black baseball player in the major leagues-the Brooklyn Dogers in the 1950's.

Jackie Robinson was interested I baseball because it took her mind of stress and it made her think she escaped the real world and wanted to be herself if you suckers out there think this is true then your so stupid she liked it because of her boyfriend

Jackie Robinson was a Major League Baseball player who played 2nd base for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He is famous because in April of 1947, he broke baseball's color barrier by becoming the first ever African American to play in a Major League Baseball game for a Major League Baseball team.

Jackie Robinson was born during the time when African Americans were largely discrimintated against and he was civil rights activist in addition to a baseball player. In addition to being mistreated for a silly thing such as skin color, it was hard on him because his single mother was left to provide for his family on her own which meant they had little money to spend on the necessities like food, shelter and clothes. Fun Fact: Jackie Robinson was born on January 31, 1919 and Jackie's brother Matthew won the silver metal at the 200-meter dash in the Olympic in 1936.

Jackie Robinson's career as a professional baseball player helped civil rights because of the attention that he drew as the first African American in the Major Leagues. He paved the way for others to follow, and is celebrated as a hero.

Jackie Robinson died on October 24, 1972 at age 53.

Jackie Robinson showed teamwork by telling the team that they are going to make and win that game against that team they are going against. That's how he showed Teamwork.

Jackie Robinson ended up getting 74 walks in 1947, 57 walks in 1948, 86 walks in 1949, 80 walks in 1950, 79 walks in 1951, 106 walks in 1952, 74 walks in 1953, 63 walks in 1954, 61 walks in 1955 and 60 walks in 1956 however 5 walks in 1955 were intentional walks and 2 walks in 1956 were intentional walks, he had a total of 740 walks in his career.

American baseball player Jackie Robinson attended John Muir High School (known as Muir Tech). There here played four sports at the varsity level: football, basketball, track, and baseball. He also played tennis.

He was the first pro African American baseball player and even though he was on the team he still was discriminated against. When the team stayed at a hotel or ate at a restaurant he couldn't go there. The white team members treated him with rude and disrespectful comments. Many African Americans who step out and become the first to do something faced the same thing he did. Singer Sammy Davis Jr. in the 1960-70's couldn't stay at the Las Vegas hotel where he was the headline star. He had to stay off the strip.

• -Robinson's stand made him more popular than Robeson
• -Robeson took a more radical approach to equality than Robinson
• -Robeson spoke well of the Soviet Union, Robinson did not
• -Robinson's stand made him more popular than Robeson