Jackie Robinson never played for the Montreal Expos , but he did play for the Minor League Montreal Royals in 1948.
Actually, Robinson played for the Montreal Royals, a Brooklyn Dodgers AAA farm club in the International League, in 1946. He joined the Dodgers to start the 1947 and remained with the team for his entire 10 year career. In 1948 he spent the entire season with the Dodgers playing in 118 games at second base, 30 games as a first baseman and 6 games at third base. He hit .296 with 12 home runs, led the team with 85 RBIs and stole 22 bases.
Jackie Robinson played in just one game at short stop for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1953 and did not start. He made 2 putouts, had 3 assists, and committed no errors, equivalent to 0 errors per game (estimate based on total games played in). He had no double plays.
How many times must this question be answered. Jackie Robinson was the first African American in the modern era to play Major League Baseball when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers to start the 1947 season.
John Boccabella played in just one game at first base for the Montreal Expos in 1973 and did not start. He made no putouts, had no assists, and committed no errors, equivalent to 0 errors per game (estimate based on total games played in). He had no double plays.
Moses Fleetwood Walker played on an major league integrated team, the Toledo Blue Stockings of the American Association, in 1884. Over the next few years, about a dozen blacks played minor league ball. An ban on such players -- sometimes unofficial, sometimes explicit -- began about 1890. Professional teams, and later professional leagues, consisting solely of blacks began soon afterwards. The first black baseball player in MLB after that was Jackie Robinson, in 1947.
Tom Hutton played in just one game at pitcher for the Montreal Expos in 1980 and did not start. He played for a total of 3 outs, equivalent to .11 9-inning games. He made no putouts, had no assists, and committed no errors, equivalent to 0 errors per 9-inning game. He had no double plays.
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After he retired from baseball, he became an executive for Chock-Full-O-Nuts.
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Jackie Robinson
When Jackie Robinson was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers, there was no "draft" in effect in baseball. Robinson had played for the Kansas City Monarchs of the old Negro League in 1945, when he got the attention of Branch Rickey of the Dodgers who signed him and sent him to the Dodgers' farm team in Montreal. After one season at Montreal he was brought up to the Dodgers in 1947 and retired following th 1956 season, playing his entire Major League career with the Dodgers.
Jackie Robinson played in just one game at short stop for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1953 and did not start. He made 2 putouts, had 3 assists, and committed no errors, equivalent to 0 errors per game (estimate based on total games played in). He had no double plays.
How many times must this question be answered. Jackie Robinson was the first African American in the modern era to play Major League Baseball when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers to start the 1947 season.
Jackie Robinson's first year in professional ball was 1946 when he played for the Montreal Royals, the Brooklyn Dodgers Triple-A minor league team. He played one year for Montreal and then played for the Dodgers between 1947-1956. He retired after the 1956 season.
Yes ... Jackie's first All-Star game was in 1949 and he started at second base and batted second in the order. He played the entire game and had 1 hit in 4 at bats.