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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).
In 1999, Little League Baseball launched its "Urban Initiative," which led to the launch of inner city Little League programs across the United States, including the Jackie Robinson West Little League. Jackie Robinson West (JRW) was the second Little League formed from the Urban Initiative to make it all the way to the Little League World Series.
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.
The nonprofit baseball league unveiled the new Jackie Robinson statue on Monday. ‘A great day for healing:’ League 42 unveils new Jackie Robinson statue after theft Skip to main content
A stolen and destroyed statue of Jackie Robinson in Wichita, Kansas, will be replaced by MLB and its 30 clubs. Bob Lutz, the founder of the League 42 baseball program that built the statue ...
A Kansas youth baseball league will be able to replace a statue of Jackie Robinson that was stolen and destroyed last week after a flood of private donations – and a commitment by Major League ...
League 42, a non-profit organization which promotes youth baseball for children in Wichita and was named after Jackie Robinson's jersey number, raised $50,000 for a life-sized statue of Robinson in McAdams Park where their baseball field was located.
MLB was dangerously close to losing this year's Jackie Robinson Day due to extended lockout negotiations, but a well-timed agreement saved the league's 162-game season and one of the most ...