Today marks an annual celebration across Major League Baseball where one of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ all-time icons Jackie Robinson is celebrated for breaking MLB’s color barrier in 1947.
April 15 is celebrated each year, and Jackie is honored as every player in MLB will wear the number 42. The day marks Robinson to be the first African American to play baseball in the modern era.
(1964; Louisville, KY, USA; Jackie Robinson wore an \”Organization for Civil Rights\” badge when he took part in a Louisville march with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in March of 1964. Mandatory Credit: Bill Strode/The Courier-Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK)
(Bill Strode/The Courier-Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK)
There is always an outpour from the baseball community and its players/media members honoring Jackie and all he accomplished for the game. Today, players do various things in honor of Jackie, and to show their thanks.
Mike Trout also made a post via X.
The Philadelphia Phillies players were also seen warming up with t-shirts that read “Breaking Barriers” as a tribute to Mr. Robinson.
Robinson’s number was retired league-wide in 1997 and remains the only jersey retired by all 30 MLB teams. Jackie joined the Dodgers in 1947 and posted a .297 average with 175 hits in 151 games en route to a Rookie of the Year award. Two years later, he wound up winning the league’s Most Valuable Player after leading MLB in WAR.
In 1955, the Brooklyn Dodgers won the World Series, and Jackie retired from MLB a season later in 1956.
There are many other messages like Mike Trout’s honoring and thanking Jackie for all he has done for the game of baseball, and allowing anyone to be given a fair shot to play the game they love.
