Jackie Robinson Day 2024 - MLB.com
Apr 13, 2024 · Every year, April 15 is a special day in baseball as Major League Baseball celebrates Jackie Robinson Day. As you might recall from prior years, every MLB player wears No. 42 on this day, a tradition that has existed since 2009.
Jackie Robinson Day - Wikipedia
Jackie Robinson Day is a traditional event which occurs annually on April 15 in Major League Baseball (MLB), commemorating and honoring the day Jackie Robinson made his major league debut.
Jackie Robinson Day | MLB Together - MLB.com
On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson broke Baseball's color barrier when he made his historic MLB debut. Every year on April 15, Baseball honors Jackie's legacy by celebrating his life, values and accomplishments.
JACKIE ROBINSON DAY - April 15, 2025 - National Today
Jackie Robinson Day is April 15 every year. We celebrate the debut of one of the biggest icons of Major League Baseball, Jackie Robinson. Born to sharecroppers in segregated Georgia, Jackie Robinson rose to the country’s greatest heights of professional athletics.
Jackie Robinson ‑ Facts, Quotes & Stats - HISTORY
Oct 29, 2009 · Jackie Robinson, the first Black athlete to play Major League Baseball, joined the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947, a date now famous as Jackie Robinson Day.
April 15: Jackie Robinson Day | The Jackie Robinson Museum
Apr 15, 2024 · For fans celebrating in the stands, in Brooklyn, and Harlem, the first Jackie Robinson Day was a way for New York’s Black communities to show their support for Robinson and the desegregation of Major League Baseball.
Jackie Robinson Day 2023 - MLB.com
Apr 15, 2023 · At the Jackie Robinson Training Complex in Vero Beach, Fla., MLB and USA Baseball will host the 2023 Trailblazer Series, an annual youth baseball experience for young women aged 13 and under from across the country. Sonya Pankey, the first grandchild of Jackie and Rachel Robinson, will attend to observe the event and speak to the athletes.
Why is today Jackie Robinson Day? The reason MLB players wear …
April 15 marks not just an important date in baseball history, but one in American history. Back on April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson made his Major League debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers,...
Jackie Robinson Day (2004-2022) - Baseball Almanac
The first Jackie Robinson Day was observed on April 15, 2004, a historical start to an annual tradition throughout Major League Baseball and an inspirational reminder about what happened on that day exactly fifty-seven years earlier, when one baseball player took the …
Jackie Robinson Day - BR Bullpen - Baseball-Reference.com
Aug 28, 2020 · Jackie Robinson Day is an annual celebration put on by Major League Baseball to remember the major league debut of Jackie Robinson on April 15, 1947. The day is an occasion to remember the pioneer of integration and to celebrate diversity.