Jackie Robinson ended up getting 74 walks in 1947, 57 walks in 1948, 86 walks in 1949, 80 walks in 1950, 79 walks in 1951, 106 walks in 1952, 74 walks in 1953, 63 walks in 1954, 61 walks in 1955 and 60 walks in 1956 however 5 walks in 1955 were intentional walks and 2 walks in 1956 were intentional walks, he had a total of 740 walks in his career.
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In his 10 year MLB career, Jackie Robinson stole 197 bases with a season's high of 37 in 1949.
In Jackie Robinson's first eight years in MLB (1947-1954) he stole 173 bases.Actually he stole 174
Jackie Robinson had 4877 at bats in 10 major league seasons.Jackie Robinson had 4,877 official at bats in the regular season and 137 official at bats in the World Series.
Jackie Robinson married Rachel Isum. Branch Rickey, the team manager felt it was important that Jackie be married, thinking that the public would accept him more quickly and the white men would not feel threatened that white women would be attracted to Robinson..rachel robinson
Born on January 1, 1919, Jackie Robinson was 36-years-old when he helped his team, the Brooklyn Dodgers, win the Major League Baseball (MLB) World Series. In the 6-game 1955 World Series, between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Yankess, Jackie Robinson had 22 At-Bats (AB) with 4 hits (H)(including 1 Double and 1 Triple), 2 Base on Balls (BB) and 1 Strikeout (K or SO), giving him an overall batting average (AVG.) for the Series of .182. Additionally, he scored 5 times and had 1 Run Batted In (RBI). Although Jackie Robinson appeared in the MLB World Series with the Brooklyn Dodgers 6 times, he and the team were only victorious in 1955.
Unfortunately, yes. He was met with much hatred when he first started playing with the Dodgers and also when he played his one minor league season in Montreal before coming up to the Dodgers. Jackie Robinson's makeup was one of the main reason's Branch Rickey selected him to be the player to break the color barrier. Robinson was very strong emotionally and agreed not to fight back against the hatred. The hatred shown Robinson during his first year with the Dodgers made them a very strong and bonded team. In the 31 seasons prior to Robinson, Brooklyn had made the World Series three times. In the 10 seasons that Robinson played in Brooklyn, they made the World Series five times.
Jackie Robinson was born during the time when African Americans were largely discrimintated against and he was civil rights activist in addition to a baseball player. In addition to being mistreated for a silly thing such as skin color, it was hard on him because his single mother was left to provide for his family on her own which meant they had little money to spend on the necessities like food, shelter and clothes. Fun Fact: Jackie Robinson was born on January 31, 1919 and Jackie's brother Matthew won the silver metal at the 200-meter dash in the Olympic in 1936.