"Jackie Robinson ... 195-pound Robinson was the Rookie of the Year and two years later he was MVP. His lifetime average was .311 and he was voted into the Hall of Fame in his first year of ...

On April 15, 1947, Robinson, wearing the number 42, became the first African American player in the Major Leagues ... and winning the first ever “Rookie of the Year” award.

297 with 12 home runs and 29 steals to win the National League Rookie of the Year award. Later that year, Larry Doby debuted with Cleveland as the first black ... Rickey and Jackie Robinson wanted to ...

But then again, there haven't been many people like Jackie ... of Americans." Robinson went hitless, but did score the winning run. That season, the 28-year-old rookie played first base, the ...