On October 24, 1972, just nine days after the festival, Jackie Robinson died at Jackie Robinson's home of a heart attack. Jackie Robinson died of a heart attack at the age of 25 after breaking baseball's color barrier in his debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers. On Jackie Robinson Day, the jersey number worn by 42-year-old Brooklyn Dodgers Jackie Robinson, who retired from Major League Baseball in 1997, is "unassembled," and all players, coaches and referees are on the day's Wear this jersey during the game.
Three years later
Three years later, star slugger Ken Griffey Jr. received permission from baseball commissioner Bud Selig to wear the Robinsons' jersey number on Jackie Robinson Day, and the Robinsons' annual indefatigable number gained more supporters when the National League decided in 2009 that all players, coaches and judges will wear number 42 every 15 April. Others defended the Robinsons' right to play in Major League Baseball, including league president Ford Frick, baseball commissioner Happy Chandler, Jewish baseball star Hank Greenberg, and Dodgers shortstop and captain Pee Wee Reese. Although major league membership was, and remains, the most important cultural event in baseball history, major league baseball entered the 1972 season with no plan to mark the occasion.
Nearly six decades
Robinson's major league debut ended nearly six decades of isolation in professional baseball, known as baseball's colorful line. Robinson thus became the first black player to publicly represent a minor league team against a major league team since baseball's de facto color line was introduced in the 1880s. On April 15, 1947, Robinson made history by playing Robinson's first game for the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbetts Field, becoming the first black player to play in Major League Baseball in the 20th century. After retiring from the U.S. Army in 1944, Robinson began playing professional baseball.
Army
In 1942, Robinson joined the United States Army and attended Officer Candidate School; in 1943 he became a lieutenant. Robinson left UCLA in his third year to help his mother take care of the family. A prominent all-rounder at Pasadena College and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Robinson excelled in football, basketball, track and field, and baseball. Robinson continued his education at UCLA, where he became the first college student to earn a college degree in four sports.
12 home runs
In his freshman year, Robinson hit .297 with 12 home runs and helped the Brooklyn Dodgers win the National League pennant. During his 10-year baseball career, Robinson won six World Series while competing in the 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers World Series championship. Jackie Robinson became one of baseball's top players, winning the Rookie of the Year award in 1947, the National League MVP in 1949, and the World Series title in 1955. performances with Martin Luther King Jr. Since his introduction in 1962, Robinson has become the first person of color in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, NY.
Breaking Color Barrier
Every major team celebrates Jackie Robinson Day on April 15 each season to commemorate Robinson breaking the color barrier in baseball and becoming the first African-American player of the 20th century to play in an American or national league. Robinson hit stolen base in the 1949 season and won the National League Most Valuable Player Award. Two years later, in 1949, Robinson was named National League MVP when he led the league with a .342 batting average and 37 interceptions while hitting 124 RBIs. During Robinson's decade-long career, Robinson established himself as one of the most talented and interesting players in Major League Baseball, hitting an impressive .311 at-bat during his career Rate.
World series
At the end of the 1972 season, before Game 2 of the World Series, the baseball agency did the right thing by correctly acknowledging Jackie Robinson. Dodgers manager Leo Durocher's love for Robinson set the tone for the remainder of Robinson's career with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Another point MLB used to lure Jackie Robinson was also to pay tribute to Robinson's son Jackie Jr., who died earlier that summer, and to support and donate to Daytop, a drug rehab center. Where is Robinson's son Jackie. The younger one is being treated. 13 Robinson eventually agreed to attend the awards ceremony before Game 2 of the World Series and withdrew from the first kickoff.
There are many reasons to be skeptical of Commissioner Bowie Kuhn's claim, including the fact that he claims the meeting took place on June 20, 1972, just three days after the death of Jackie Robinson's son. Jackie Jr. also claims that when Robinson committed to his field request for a black manager in Major League Baseball, he expressed gratitude to Kuhn for supporting the cause. This culminated on October 23, 1945, when Jackie Robinson, a freshman of the Kansas City Black Monarchs, officially signed with the National League Brooklyn Dodgers. Larry Dobie (who broke the American League color barrier on July 5, 1947, just 11 weeks after Robinson) and Satchel Page played for the Cleveland Indians, and the Brooklyn Dodgers had three other black players in addition to Robinson.
