All 30 clubs will honor Robinson, who broke baseball’s color barrier in 1947, on April 15 and April 16.
The MLB will pay homage to one of its most iconic players over the next two days, with the league and all 30 teams celebrating Jackie Robinson Day. In 1947, Robinson broke the so-called baseball color line when he made his debut for the Brooklyn Dodgers—which have since relocated to Los Angeles—in front of 26,000 fans at Ebbets Field, New York, becoming the first African American player to feature in the majors. For almost eight decades the color line had excluded players of African American descent from playing for MLB teams and their minor league affiliates, until Robinson tore the barrier down on Opening Day of the 1947 season, which fell on April 15. Robinson was named Rookie of the Year in 1947 and was a six-time All-Star during 10 seasons in the MLB, winning the World Series Title in 1955 as the Dodgers defeated the New York Yankees 4-3. A first-ballot Hall of Famer in 1962, Robinson made history again three years later, becoming the first Black television analyst in MLB history, when he worked on ABC ‘s Major League Baseball Game of the Week telecasts.
