Jackie Robinson played for the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro League in 1945, Montreal of the International League (AAA) in 1946, and the Brooklyn Dodgers of the National League between 1947-1956.
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Jackie Robinson played his first MLB game on April 15, 1947 at the age of 28 and his last MLB game on September 30, 1956 at the age of 37. He was born January 31, 1919.
Over his career with the Kansas City Monarchs, Robinson played 47 games while at short stop. His average was .387, and he had a registered 5 home runs and 13 stolen bases.
Jackie Robinson was the first African American baseball player who became the first black player in the major league of baseball
Jackie Robinson was the first African-American to play Major League Baseball. In college, he played basketball, football, baseball and ran track.
He played his entire major-league career (1947-1956) with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
If you are asking how many spectators came to watch Jackie Robinson's game as the first African American playing in major league baseball then the answer is 26,623 spectators. That date was April 15, 1947. Of course this was not the 'first' baseball game that Jackie played.
Jackie Robinson died in 1972. The only event of historical significance (in the 90s) in relation to Jackie Robinson is his number, 42, being retired throughout Major League Baseball. This happened in 1997.