Who is Jackie Robinson
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Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson is not only my all-time favorite Dodger but a hero to me as well. What he had to endure during his lifetime not only as a baseball player but as a human being is an inspiration to me. I created this page to honor his memory and spread the word so that e never forget about what he accomplished.
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Jackie Robinson Stats
Name: Jack Roosevelt Robinson
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11"
Weight: 204 lb.
Born: January 31, 1919 in Cairo, GA
Schools: University of California, Los Angeles
Signed as a Free Agent with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1945. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1947
Final Game: September 30, 1956
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1962 (124/160 ballots).
Lifetime Batting Average: .311
Hits: 1518
Stolen Bases: 197
All-Star Games Voted: 6
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11"
Weight: 204 lb.
Born: January 31, 1919 in Cairo, GA
Schools: University of California, Los Angeles
Signed as a Free Agent with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1945. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1947
Final Game: September 30, 1956
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1962 (124/160 ballots).
Lifetime Batting Average: .311
Hits: 1518
Stolen Bases: 197
All-Star Games Voted: 6
Lots of reasons to love Jackie Robinson
* According to a poll conducted by Jimmie Fidler in 1947, Robinson was the second most popular man in the country, behind Bing Crosby. [28]* In March 1984, President Ronald Reagan posthumously awarded Robinson the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
* In 1987, Major League Baseball renamed the Rookie of the Year Award the Jackie Robinson Award in his honor.
* On April 15, 1997, Jackie Robinson's #42 was retired by Major League Baseball, meaning that no future player on any major league team could wear it. Players wearing #42 at the time, some of whom said they did so as a tribute to Robinson, were allowed to continue wearing it, thereby grandfathering the number's retirement. The only player currently wearing the number is New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera.
* In 1999, he was named by Time Magazine on its list of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century.[29]
* In 2000, he ranked number 44 on The Sporting News's list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players, and was elected to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team.
* On October 29, 2003, the United States Congress posthumously awarded Robinson the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest award the Congress can bestow. Robinson's widow accepted the award in a ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda on March 2, 2005.
* At the November 2006 groundbreaking for a new New York Mets ballpark, Citi Field, scheduled to open in 2009, it was announced that the main entrance, modeled on the one in Brooklyn's old Ebbets Field, will be called the Jackie Robinson Rotunda. Additionally, Mets owner Fred Wilpon said that the Mets and Citigroup would work with the Jackie Robinson Foundation to create a Jackie Robinson Museum and Learning Center in lower Manhattan, as well as fund scholarships for "young people who live by and embody Jackie's ideals."[30]
* On August 20, 2007, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and First Lady Maria Shriver announced that Jackie Robinson will be inducted into the California Hall of Fame this December 5, 2007 located at The California Museum for History, Women and the Arts in Sacramento.
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- Official Web site of Jackie Robinson
- The Official Site
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- The official site of the Dodgers
- The Jackie Robinson Foundation
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