Jackie Robinson played his first MLB game on April 15, 1947 against the Boston Braves at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn. He grounded out against Braves pitcher Johnny Sain in his first at-bat. He went 0 for 3 with a run scored. new boyz rokx cauze ur a jerk and ur soo dope <=p -NEW BOYZ
The Dodgers signed Jackie Robinson to a contract after the 1945 season when he hit .387 for the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro League. Robinson spent one season in AAA ball playing for Montreal and then the Dodgers purchased his contract on April 10, 1947 and brought him up to the major leagues. Robinson's first game in MLB for the Dodgers was April 15, 1947 against the Boston Braves.
Jackie Robinson began his baseball career with the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro League in 1945 after being discharged from the Army. He signed with the Dodgers after the season, played with the Montreal Royals of the International League in 1946 and began his career with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.
Field managers do not hire players, General Managers of teams negotiate contracts. Branch Rickey, GM of the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1940s, was the executive that first signed Robinson to a player contract. When Robinson joined the Dodgers in 1947, the Field Manager to start the season was Clyde Sukeforth, who managed one game, with Burt Shotton, the manager for the remainder of the season.
Jackie Robinson was a Major League Baseball player who played 2nd base for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He is famous because in April of 1947, he broke baseball's color barrier by becoming the first ever African American to play in a Major League Baseball game for a Major League Baseball team.
An NFL game was televised for the first time when NBC broadcast the Brooklyn Dodgers-Philadelphia Eagles game from Ebbets Field to the approximately 1,000 sets then in New York. 1939
Yes, Jackie Robinson's first MLB game was April 15, 1947 which was the Brooklyn Dodgers' first game of the season. The Dodgers defeated the Boston Braves, 5-3, and Robinson went 0 for 3 with a run scored.
The Brooklyn Dodgers at the Rubber Bowl in Akron, OH
Don Larsen in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series against the Brooklyn Dodgers.
It was broadcast on August 26, 1939. The game was between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Cincinnati Reds at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, New York.
Don Newcombe was the starting pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1951 pennant game against the NY Giants. Newcombe was relieved by Ralph Branca.
The Yankees didn't play the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1948. The Yankees defeated the Dodgers in the 1947 and 1949 World Series.
The Brooklyn Dodgers.
The Dodgers signed Robinson to a minor league contract with their Montreal farm club in 1945. In 1946 his first year at Montreal he lead the team to victory in the International league World Series. He was called up to the Dodgers in April 1947 and played in his first major league game (first major league game by a negro (as hey were then called in the twentieth century) on opening day, April 15, 1947.
The losing pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers in Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series was Sal Maglie.
1st African American to win a world series game is joe black of the Brooklyn dodgers. The game was on 10-01-1952 and it was the Brooklyn dodgers vs New York yankess.
That was George Shuba of the Brooklyn Dodgers in Game 1 of the 1953 World Series.