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Regular season splits and loads of other data are on the page honoring Jackie Robinson for the 60th anniversary of his debut.
| Full name Jack Roosevelt Robinson |
| Born January 31, 1919, Cairo, Georgia |
| Died October 24, 1972, Stamford, Connecticut |
| Buried at Cypress Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York (Section 6- Lot: West Half Of P- Grave 8) |
| First Game: April 15, 1947; Final Game: October 10, 1956 |
| Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 11.5" Weight: 195 |
| Related to Rod Booker |
| Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1962 |
| Named NL Most Valuable Player by Baseball Writers' Association of America (1949) |
| Named Major League Rookie of the Year by Baseball Writers' Association of America (1947) |
| Named Major League Rookie of the Year by The Sporting News (1947) |
| Named second baseman on The Sporting News Major League All-Star Team (1949 to 1952) |
| Ejections: 1948 (2), 1949 (1), 1950 (4), 1951 (1), 1952 (3), 1953 (2), 1954 (2), 1956 (1). Total: 16 |
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Batting Record Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team 1947 BRO N Daily Splits 151 590 125 175 31 5 12 48 74 3 36 9 28 0 18 5 29 11 .297 .383 .427 0.3 1947 BRO N 1948 BRO N Daily Splits 147 574 108 170 38 8 12 85 57 2 37 7 8 0 18 7 22 14 .296 .367 .453 2.9 1948 BRO N 1949 BRO N Daily Splits 156 593 122 203 38 12 16 124 86 12 27 8 17 0 13 22 37 16 .342 .432 .528 5.1 1949 BRO N 1950 BRO N Daily Splits 144 518 99 170 39 4 14 81 80 14 24 5 10 0 9 11 12 5 .328 .423 .500 5.0 1950 BRO N 1951 BRO N Daily Splits 153 548 106 185 33 7 19 88 79 6 27 9 6 0 14 10 25 8 .338 .429 .527 7.6 1951 BRO N 1952 BRO N Daily Splits 149 510 104 157 17 3 19 75 106 8 40 14 6 0 13 16 24 7 .308 .440 .465 6.1 1952 BRO N 1953 BRO N Daily Splits 136 484 109 159 34 7 12 95 74 5 30 7 9 0 13 12 17 4 .329 .425 .502 3.7 1953 BRO N 1954 BRO N Daily Splits 124 386 62 120 22 4 15 59 63 4 20 7 5 4 0 8 13 7 3 .311 .413 .505 2.3 1954 BRO N 1955 BRO N Daily Splits 105 317 51 81 6 2 8 36 61 5 18 3 6 3 0 6 8 12 3 .256 .378 .363 0.9 1955 BRO N 1956 BRO N Daily Splits 117 357 61 98 15 2 10 43 60 2 32 3 9 2 0 10 9 12 5 .275 .382 .412 2.5 1956 BRO N Total (10 Years) Splits 1382 4877 947 1518 273 54 137 734 740 61 291 72 104 9 0 122 113 197 76 .311 .409 .474 36.4 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
World Series Batting Record Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1947 BRO N Daily Splits 7 27 3 7 2 0 0 3 2 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 .259 .310 .333 1947 BRO N 1949 BRO N Daily Splits 5 16 2 3 1 0 0 2 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .188 .350 .250 1949 BRO N 1952 BRO N Daily Splits 7 23 4 4 0 0 1 2 7 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 .174 .367 .304 1952 BRO N 1953 BRO N Daily Splits 6 25 3 8 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .320 .346 .400 1953 BRO N 1955 BRO N Daily Splits 6 22 5 4 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 .182 .250 .318 1955 BRO N 1956 BRO N Daily Splits 7 24 5 6 1 0 1 2 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .250 .379 .417 1956 BRO N Total ( 6 Years) Splits 38 137 22 32 7 1 2 12 21 2 14 0 2 0 0 2 5 6 0 .234 .335 .343 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
All-Star Game Batting Record Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1949 NL Daily Splits 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .400 .500 1949 NL 1950 NL Daily Splits 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 1950 NL 1951 NL Daily Splits 1 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .600 .500 1951 NL 1952 NL Daily Splits 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 1.333 1952 NL 1953 NL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1953 NL 1954 NL Daily Splits 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1954 NL Total ( 6 Years) Splits 6 18 7 6 2 0 1 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .400 .611 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Fielding Record Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1947 BRO N Daily Splits 1B 151 151 147 1326.1 1323 92 16 144 0 .989 1948 BRO N Daily Splits 2B 116 114 98 988.1 308 315 13 80 0 .980 1948 BRO N 1B 30 22 21 214.2 203 15 1 16 0 .995 1948 BRO N 3B 6 5 3 36 3 12 1 1 0 .938 1949 BRO N Daily Splits 2B 156 156 153 1404 395 421 16 119 1 .981 1950 BRO N Daily Splits 2B 141 141 128 1218.2 359 390 11 133 0 .986 1951 BRO N Daily Splits 2B 150 149 124 1264.2 390 435 7 137 0 .992 1952 BRO N Daily Splits 2B 146 145 123 1235 353 400 20 113 0 .974 1953 BRO N Daily Splits OF 75 73 44 601.1 145 9 3 0 0 .981 75 0 0 1953 BRO N LF 75 73 44 601.1 144 9 3 0 0 .981 1953 BRO N 3B 44 43 38 366.1 34 84 3 14 0 .975 1953 BRO N 2B 9 8 5 69 16 25 0 7 0 1.000 1953 BRO N 1B 6 5 3 40.1 41 5 0 4 0 1.000 1953 BRO N SS 1 1 1 9 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1954 BRO N Daily Splits OF 64 63 33 496.2 110 4 0 0 0 1.000 63 0 1 1954 BRO N LF 63 62 33 488.2 106 4 0 0 0 1.000 1954 BRO N 3B 50 48 32 376.2 43 95 7 6 0 .952 1954 BRO N 2B 4 4 4 36 13 10 0 0 0 1.000 1954 BRO N RF 1 1 0 8 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1955 BRO N Daily Splits 3B 84 82 74 712 74 180 9 18 0 .966 1955 BRO N LF 10 8 4 64 10 1 0 0 0 1.000 1955 BRO N OF 10 8 4 64 11 1 0 0 0 1.000 10 0 0 1955 BRO N 1B 1 1 1 9 11 0 1 0 0 .917 1955 BRO N 2B 1 1 1 10 4 2 0 1 0 1.000 1956 BRO N Daily Splits 3B 72 71 63 595 61 173 8 15 0 .967 1956 BRO N 2B 22 22 8 170.2 39 49 1 17 0 .989 1956 BRO N 1B 9 9 2 61.1 67 8 0 5 0 1.000 1956 BRO N LF 2 2 1 17 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1956 BRO N OF 2 2 1 17 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 2 0 0 Total ( 9 Years) Splits 2B 745 740 644 6396.1 1877 2047 68 607 1 .983 Total ( 5 Years) 3B 256 249 210 2086 215 544 28 54 0 .964 Total ( 5 Years) 1B 197 188 174 1651.2 1645 120 18 169 0 .990 Total ( 4 Years) OF 151 146 82 1179 268 14 3 0 0 .989 150 0 1 Total ( 4 Years) LF 150 145 82 1171 262 14 3 0 0 .989 Total ( 1 Year ) RF 1 1 0 8 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 Total ( 1 Year ) SS 1 1 1 9 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
World Series Fielding Record Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1947 BRO N Daily Splits 1B 7 7 7 60 49 6 0 8 0 1.000 1949 BRO N Daily Splits 2B 5 5 5 44 12 9 1 1 0 .955 1952 BRO N Daily Splits 2B 7 7 7 64 10 19 0 4 0 1.000 1953 BRO N Daily Splits OF 6 6 4 49.1 8 0 0 0 0 1.000 6 0 0 1953 BRO N LF 6 6 4 49.1 8 0 0 0 0 1.000 1955 BRO N Daily Splits 3B 6 6 6 51 4 18 2 3 0 .917 1956 BRO N Daily Splits 3B 7 7 7 61 5 12 0 1 0 1.000 Total ( 2 Years) Splits 3B 13 13 13 112 9 30 2 4 0 .951 Total ( 2 Years) 2B 12 12 12 108 22 28 1 5 0 .980 Total ( 1 Year ) 1B 7 7 7 60 49 6 0 8 0 1.000 Total ( 1 Year ) LF 6 6 4 49.1 8 0 0 0 0 1.000 Total ( 1 Year ) OF 6 6 4 49.1 8 0 0 0 0 1.000 6 0 0 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
All-Star Game Fielding Record Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1949 NL Daily Splits 2B 1 1 1 9 1 1 0 1 0 1.000 1950 NL Daily Splits 2B 1 1 0 10 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1951 NL Daily Splits 2B 1 1 0 8 3 1 1 0 0 .800 1952 NL Daily Splits 2B 1 1 1 5 2 2 0 1 0 1.000 1954 NL Daily Splits OF 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0 1954 NL LF 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 - Total ( 4 Years) Splits 2B 4 4 2 32 9 6 1 2 0 .938 Total ( 1 Year ) LF 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 - Total ( 1 Year ) OF 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
Ejection Information Date Team Umpire Reason 8-24-1948 BOX BRO N Butch Henline Bench jockeying 9- 5-1948 BOX BRO N Larry Goetz Balls and strikes 9-21-1949(1) BOX BRO N Bill Stewart Balls and strikes 7- 2-1950(2) BOX BRO N Jocko Conlan Called third strike 7- 7-1950 BOX BRO N Lou Jorda Bench jockeying 8-23-1950 BOX BRO N Scotty Robb Called third strike 9- 4-1950(1) BOX BRO N Artie Gore Call at 2B 9- 2-1951 BOX BRO N Al Barlick Bench jockeying 6- 2-1952 BOX BRO N Larry Goetz Called third strike 7-17-1952 BOX BRO N Augie Guglielmo Call at 2B (Kicked glove) 7-26-1952 BOX BRO N Lon Warneke Bench jockeying 6-20-1953 BOX BRO N Augie Donatelli Bench jockeying 7- 5-1953 BOX BRO N Frank Secory Bench jockeying 6- 2-1954 BOX BRO N Lee Ballanfant Arguing about count (Threw bat) 7- 7-1954 BOX BRO N Babe Pinelli Bench jockeying 6-24-1956(2) BOX BRO N Augie Donatelli HBP non-call
Transaction Information Signed as a free agent by Brooklyn Dodgers (October 23, 1945). Traded by Brooklyn Dodgers to New York Giants in exchange for Dick Littlefield and $30000 (December 13, 1956); Jackie Robinson refused to report to New York Giants; trade voided (December 13, 1956).
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