15. Jackie Robinson was 1947's Rookie of the Year. He also won Rookie of the Year in 1947 with a batting average of .297, 175 hits, 12 home runs, and 48 runs batted in. 16. He was close friends ...

Second Baseman Robinson led the International League in batting (with a .349 average) and in fielding (with a .985 average). Montreal won the pennant, and the fans, after one game, chaired Jackie ...

349 batting average and ... She appeared at the Jackie Robinson Museum in New York City in celebration of Jackie Robinson Day in April 2025. Robinson was a vocal champion for Black athletes ...

every MLB player wears the number for “Jackie Robinson Day.” In his 10-year career in pro baseball, Robinson was the Rookie of the Year, the National League MVP, the NL batting champion ...

the 61st anniversary of Jackie breaking the big league color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field. Robinson became NL Rookie of the Year, the 1949 NL batting champion and MVP ...

One of the people told me that the Black section, which was on the left field side, filled up really fast so they opened up ...

Robinson achieved a batting average of .311 with 137 home runs, 734 RBI, 197 stolen bases, .409 OBP, and .883 OPS. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962. Jackie Robinson made his ...

When Jackie Robinson came to Washington in the summer of 1945 for a Negro League game, people already were talking him up him as a potential major leaguer, two years before he broke baseball’s ...

The Department of Defense has restored a story dedicated to the Army history of Jackie Robinson, who defiantly ... a Rookie ...

Why is April 15 Jackie Robinson Day across MLB ... throughout his career with the Dodgers — players will honor Robinson during batting practice with Nike t-shirts that have the phrase ...

April 15th was Tax Day, but it was also Jackie Robinson Day. In 1947 ... long career in the sport he introduced the farm system, batting cages, pitching machines, and batter’s helmets.