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Lobby card for The Jackie Robinson Story, 1950, with Minor Watson (left, playing Dodgers president Branch Rickey) and Robinson. In 1950, Robinson led the National League in double plays made by a second baseman with 133. [150] His salary that year was the highest any Dodger had been paid to that point: $35,000 ($443,237 in 2023 dollars).
42 is a 2013 American biographical sports drama film produced by Howard Baldwin and distributed by Legendary Pictures.Written and directed by Brian Helgeland, 42 is based on baseball player Jackie Robinson, the first black athlete to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) during the modern era. [4]
The Jackie Robinson Story is a 1950 biographical film directed by Alfred E. Green (who had directed The Jolson Story, "one of the biggest hits of the 40s") [4] and starring Jackie Robinson as himself. The film focuses on Robinson's struggle with the abuse of bigots as he becomes the first African-American Major League Baseball player of the ...
Apr. 15—Today is the 75th anniversary of history. Jackie Robinson became the first black man, on April 15, 1947, to play in the major leagues. That moment, and Robinson's career, have been well ...
Jackie Robinson Day is a traditional event which occurs annually on April 15 in Major League Baseball (MLB), commemorating and honoring the day Jackie Robinson made his major league debut. Celebrated at MLB ballparks , on that one day, all players, coaches, and managers on both teams, and the umpires, wear Robinson's uniform number , 42.
Jackie Robinson Day honors the first Black player in modern baseball to take the field. On Opening Day 75 years ago, Jackie Robinson's debut made history.
This would be the only time in Jackie Robinson's career when he did not play in his team's World Series game. Don Hoak replaced Robinson in the line-up, and played third base. For the first time in Series history, an MVP was selected—Johnny Podres, winning pitcher of Games 3 and 7. He won and pitched complete games in both of his starts ...
Jackie Robinson and his 1950 team are part of a baseball exhibit at the City of Raleigh Museum. Remembering the day Jackie Robinson played in Raleigh, breaking the city’s race barrier Skip to ...