Jackie Robinson

By mhillegeist1

  • New Jackie Robinson

    Born: January 31, 1919 in Cairo, Georgia.

  • Jackie Robinson

    First black player in major league baseball. Played football with Honolulu Bears, 1941; played on Kansas City Monarchs baseball team, Negro National League,

  • Jackie Robinson

    From 1942 to 1944, Robinson served as a second lieutenant in the United States Army.

  • DONT MESS WITH ROBINSON

    owners and sportswriters were against this integration, claiming that it would destroy major league baseball, but both Rickey and Robinson were confident of the move

  • Jackie go boy go

    His successful year led to his promotion with the Dodgers, and subsequently, his history-making designation as the first African-American player in Major League Baseball.

  • Boot Camp Jackie Robinson

    He never saw combat, however. During boot camp in 1944 in Fort Hood

  • Jackie stay with it my freind

    Baseball Commissioner Happy Chandler, Jewish baseball star Hank Greenberg and Dodgers shortstop and team captain Pee Wee Reese.

  • Jackie Robinson baseball

    1945; signed with Montreal Royals, late 1945; professional baseball player with the Brooklyn Dodgers, 1947-56. Had career batting average of .311 with the Dodgers; compiled .333 batting average as National League All-Star; helped Dodgers win six National League pennants and one World Series.

  • BASEBALL

    Robinson signed a contract with Rickey to play for one of the Dodgers' farm teams, the Montreal Royals in the International League.

  • KEEP WITH IT JACKIE

    Others defended Jackie Robinson's right to play in the major leagues, including League President Ford Frick,

  • Jackie Robinson

    He joined the all-white Montreal Royals, a farm team for the Brooklyn Dodgers, in 1946.

  • ITS IN THE MOVIE ALSO!!!!

    In one incident, while fans harassed Robinson from the stands, Reese walked over and put his arm around his teammate, a gesture that has become legendary in baseball history.

  • Jackie Robinson good at stealing stuff

    1947; led league in stolen bases, 1947 and 1949

  • MOVING TO THE BIG LEAGUE

    Robinson later moved to Florida to begin spring training with the Royals, and played his first game in Ebbets Field for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947—becoming the first black player to compete in the major leagues.

  • Jackie ROBINSON GOIN TO THE BIG LEAGUES

    Robinson began playing in the Negro Leagues, but he was soon chosen by Branch Rickey, president of the Brooklyn Dodgers, to help integrate major league baseball

  • BIG HITS

    In his first year, he hit 12 home runs and helped the Dodgers win the National League pennant

  • Jackie Robinson Da REAL MVP

    National League MVP, 1949

  • Achieved greatness in Baseball Jackie

    1949-54; NAACP Spingarn Medal, 1956; elected to Baseball Hall of Fame, 1962.

  • Jackie Robinson

    died of a heart attack