When Major League Baseball celebrates Jackie Robinson’s historic 1947 debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers on Monday, April 15, a small number of players wearing No. 42 in his honor will be African ...

The last time MLB had a lower percentage of African-American players was when the league was 89.8% white in 1955, according to SABR research. That was one year before Robinson retired from the ...

Arguably one of the greatest baseball players of all time, Jackie Robinson changed the sport irrevocably when he played for the the Brooklyn Dodgers for the first time on April 15, 1947, breaking ...

Baseball history: In 1945, Brooklyn Dodgers President Branch Rickey chose Robinson to become the first Black player in the major leagues. In 1947, he broke the color barrier with the Dodgers.

Dario Otero Jr., affectionately known as DJ, admires Jackie Robinson for making history as the first Black American to play Major League Baseball. DJ, 13, said Robinson proved that Black players ...

When Major League Baseball celebrates Jackie Robinson’s historic 1947 debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers on Monday, April 15, a small number of players wearing No. 42 in his honor will be African ...