MLB chose to celebrate Jackie Robinson Day on April 15 to mark the anniversary of his first game with the Dodgers. Robinson ...

Before he broke barriers and records with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Jackie Robinson was a four-sport phenom at UCLA, starring in ...

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 ...

Jackie Robinson Day this year comes just a few weeks after the Trump administration tried to erase the baseball icon and American hero.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jackie Robinson’s legacy is being celebrated around the major leagues on Tuesday, with the day named for ...

Gathering at the Jackie Robinson statue in Centerfield Plaza has become a special annual tradition for the Dodgers every ...

Kansas City Royals infielder Tyler Tolbert sat at his locker wearing a “Breaking Barriers” T-shirt in honor of MLB legend ...

Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier was No. 1. Jack Roosevelt Robinson was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1962, his first year of eligibility. “Today, everything is complete,” he ...

Even so, he excelled on the field, winning the Rookie of the Year award in his ... that rule to celebrate Robinson. Here's everything you need to know about Jackie Robinson Day.

But standing up for Jackie Robinson should not be a subversive ... Robinson, meanwhile, was Rookie of the Year in 1947 and the NL MVP two years later. In his 10 years in the majors, he was either ...