His first major-league game was on April 15, 1947 as the Brooklyn
Dodgers played the Boston Braves at Ebbets Field. Robinson went 0-for-4 but scored the go-ahead run in Brooklyn's 5-3 victory. April 15 has become "Jackie Robinson Day" in Major League Baseball and every player wears Robinson's No. 42 during their games.
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I think Jackie Robinson was 52 years old when he hit his first home run in the Major League.
Jackie Robinson debuted for the Major League Baseball (MLB) Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947.
Baseball is an American treasure. When Jackie Robinson began playing for Brooklyn, he broke barriers and dealt with a lot discrimination. He handled it with courage and inspired others and helped to change the opinion of others. This all helped the Civil Rights Movement.
Jackie Robinson played major league baseball and became a civil rights activist after his 10 year long career with the Dodgers - which broke the assumed colour barrier in national sport. Martin Luther King Jr was a civil rights activist who gave one of the greatest speeches of the 20th century to 250,000 people in a march demanding an end to racism. Basically Martin Luther King was a famous civil rights activist and Robinson adapted to become one after his notorious baseball career.
Lou Gehrig played professional baseball from June 15, 1923 to April 30, 1939. He played his entire career for the New York Yankees.
Tom Brady never played professional baseball. He was an 18th round draft choice by the Montreal Expos in the 1995 draft but opted to go to the University of Michigan for football.
The first MLB All Star game was played in 1933 at Comiskey Park in Chicago.