Product code: 2013 Topps Factory Chrome on sale Refractor #1 Jackie Robinson
Jack Roosevelt Robinson (January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972) was an American professional baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era.Robinson broke the baseball color line when he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947.When the Dodgers signed Robinson, it heralded the end of racial segregation in professional baseball that had relegated black players to the Negro leagues since the 1880s.Robinson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962. NgL All-Star (1945) 6× All-Star on sale (1949–1954) World Series champion (1955) NL MVP (1949) MLB Rookie of the Year (1947) NL batting champion (1949) 2× NL stolen base leader (1947, 1949) Los Angeles Dodgers No. 42 retired No. 42 retired by all MLB teams UCLA Bruins No. 42 retired MLB statistics Batting average .313 Home runs 141 Runs batted in 761 Teams Negro leagues Kansas City Monarchs (1945) Major League Baseball Brooklyn Dodgers (1947–1956).
Jack Roosevelt Robinson (January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972) was an American professional baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era.Robinson broke the baseball color line when he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947.When the Dodgers signed Robinson, it heralded the end of racial segregation in professional baseball that had relegated black players to the Negro leagues since the 1880s.Robinson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962. NgL All-Star (1945) 6× All-Star on sale (1949–1954) World Series champion (1955) NL MVP (1949) MLB Rookie of the Year (1947) NL batting champion (1949) 2× NL stolen base leader (1947, 1949) Los Angeles Dodgers No. 42 retired No. 42 retired by all MLB teams UCLA Bruins No. 42 retired MLB statistics Batting average .313 Home runs 141 Runs batted in 761 Teams Negro leagues Kansas City Monarchs (1945) Major League Baseball Brooklyn Dodgers (1947–1956).