How Jackie Robinson changed baseball

How Jackie Robinson changed baseball

 In the early 1900’s baseball was a sport mainly played by white people. Jackie Robinson, a legendary baseball player for the Brooklyn dodgers, was the first African American player to play in the modern era of the Major League Baseball.


 

Jackie Robinson’s career

Born on January 31 1919, Jackie Robinson was a four star student athlete for Pasadena Junior College and the University of California. During his college career he was better known for football than he was for baseball, becoming a star college player with the UCLA football team. He signed with the Kansas City Monarchs of the NLB where he caught the attention of Branch Rickey then general manager of the Brooklyn dodgers who thought Jackie could be the player to break the color barrier of the MLB. At the start of his MLB career, Jackie would face harsh racism and discrimination. He would get booed by his own fans, get unfair calls from the umpire and even face threats from fans all over the league. But he endured all the racism and showed the fans his skillset which resulted the fans to slowly accept him and view him as a great player. He ended his career in 1956 with a rookie of the year, 7 time all-star, 1949 NL MVP and a one-time MLB Champion and got inducted to the baseball hall of fame.  

Jackie Robinson Day

Jackie Robinson day is annually celebrated in April 15 the day when Jackie Robinson made his MLB debut. It was first started in 2004 to celebrate his legendary career and all the players and even the umpires wear the number 42 on their jerseys which was the number used by Jackie Robinson.



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