Jackie Robinson

they though that Jackie was a good player they though that Jackie was a good player

Before signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Jackie Robinson played for the Kansas City Monarch, a Negro League in 1945, then he played for the Montreal Royals in 1946. The Royals were a AAA farm team of the Dodgers.

30 i will guess because he is the best baseball player.

Jackie Robinson holds the career record for field percentage by a second baseman, .992 (minimum of 150 games). He shares the single-season record for most double plays by a second baseman, 137 in 1951. He led the National League in stolen bases and in double plays by a second baseman on several occasions.

No, he left during his senior year and never finished.

Jackie Jr was born in 1946, Sharon was born in 1950, and David was born in 1952.

well, he showed the world, through a sport that he was good at something even though he was black and this changed alot of people's opinions of blacks and he had a memorial made for him so he would be forever remembered...

After he retired from baseball, he became an executive for Chock-Full-O-Nuts.

If he had injuries they must have been minor. He was released from the military because of his objection to racial order. He refused to sit in the back of a bus.

Jackie robinson played baseball, not basketball

the importance of Jackie Robinson in society is he was the first African American to be let into major league base ball.he showed that blacks could be just as good as whites at not just base ball but at everything .he showed us that it doesnt matter what your skin color is.its what is inside is what matters the most.H didnt let the color of his skin stop him from succeding.He ignored the racial comments and showed the world what he could do.And these are just some of the reasons why he is so important to society thier are so any great things he has done to promote his kind and for that i believe that jack roevelt robinson is a united states hero.

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.

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He had the temperament to not fight back. This was important, because a lot of opponents tried to goad him into a fight in order to have him fired.

Though racist people (both in the stands, in the US, and even his fellow ballplayers) hated him and what he stood for, Robinson kept quiet and persevered through what they said and did. People expected Robinson to become infuriated and/or leave the Brooklyn Dodgers. Instead, he did neither and acted like a gentleman. The racists eventually mellowed, and Robinson and other African American players were accepted into the big leagues.

Jackie Robinsons role model was someone named ____. Look him up.

Moses Fleetwood Walker played 42 games for the Toledo Blue Stockings of the American Association in 1884. The American Association, at the time, was considered a major league. Moses Walker had a brother, Welday Walker, who played 5 games for the Blue Stockings in 1884. Robinson was the first African American to play major league baseball during the 'modern era'. His career spanned 1947-1956 with the Brooklyn Dodgers.

The Kansas City Monarchs, in 1945.

Prior to that, Robinson played baseball at Pasadena Junior College before moving on to UCLA. He withdrew from UCLA to help his mother care for the family, and in 1942 he enlisted in the U.S. Army, where he stayed until receiving a medical discharge in 1945. That summer, he played for the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro League, and on October 23, 1945 he and John Wright, also African-American, signed contracts to play for the Montreal Royals, a minor league team affiliated with the Brooklyn Dodgers. After leading that league in batting average during the 1946 season, he was brought up to play for the major league's Brooklyn Dodgers for 1947, where he played through 1956.

• yes, Jackie Robinson played in high school and college (UCLA). he also played for the Honolulu Bears and after the season with the bears he was going to play for the los angeles bulldogs; but by that time the attack on pearl harbor had happened and he was drafted to the army.

Jackie Robinson passed away from diabetes in 1972.

i do not know but his son Jackie jr is dead from a car accident

what is Jackie Robinson's religion

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Well, Jackie Robinson was the first African American in the MLB. Without him, African Americans may not be able to be part of the MLB- even today. He also inspired many African Americans to prove that they could do anything white people can.

Since 2004 Jackie Robinson Day has been recognized annually in the MLB on April 15.