Sign In | Sign Up | Help | Invite    
Advanced Search Ask A Question Community Recent Changes
My:             Contributions   
Contributors
{for ul in pageInfo.page}
${ul.nickName}
{var al = toBreakWord(ul.adUrl,18)} {if ul.adSentence !=''}${ul.adSentence}
{/if} {if ul.adUrl !=''}${al}
{/if}
 
{/for}
Earn Free Advertising   +   Earn Money By Writing What You Know at WISTEME.COM
Question Discussion History

Edit
    Question ID:   6897         Current Version: 1
Question: Who was the first African American to play in Major League baseball?
Category: Sports & Recreation > Team Sports
Keywords: Jackie Robinson, play, player, first, African American, Major League baseball
Type: who
Rating:(0 ratings)    Views: 375    Discussions: 0   In Watch Lists: 1  

 
    Answer:

The crowd roared with applause as one of baseball's greatest heroes, Jackie Robinson, stepped out onto the field. On October 15, 1972, Robinson, then 53, threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the second game of the World Series--25 years after he became the first African American to play in Major League baseball.

Robinson became a legend in 1947 when he debuted with the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking the Major League baseball color line. He finished that first season as baseball's Rookie of the Year, batting .297 and leading the National League in stolen bases with 29.  

In Robinson's phenomenal baseball career, he was voted Most Valuable Player, won a World Series with the Dodgers against their New York rivals, the Yankees, and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. For many of his retired years, Robinson refused to set foot into a stadium in a personal boycott, demanding the hiring of more minorities in baseball's managerial and front-office positions.

Robinson left behind an amazing record of baseball accomplishments and a heroic beginning for others, perhaps some of your favorite players.

Read more questions from WISTEME through
     Add to MSN Add to My AOL
 Rate this Question
   Add to Groups   Add to Watch Lists   Share Question
                          
 
    More Readings :
[QID:6141]    Who was the oldest player ever played in the baseball major leagues?  
[QID:1726]    Who was the first African American senator?  
[QID:6831]    Who was the first African-American supreme court justice?  
[QID:6625]    What do you know about the origin of Fisk School (later Fisk University)?  
[QID:6847]    Who was the first African American to win a tennis championship at Wimbledon?  
[QID:6898]    Who was the first African American to perform at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City  
[QID:6097]    When was the first college basketball game played?  
[QID:4907]    Who is the first feminist?   - No answer
[QID:4690]    When did the dinosaurs first appear on Earth?  
[QID:6165]    What was the U.S. Navy's first submarine?  
     Question ID:  ${question.id}         Current Version:  ${question.version}

{for qh in questionHistory} {if qh.status == 'r'} {else} {/if} {/for}
Version Contributor Date (ET) Voting
${qh.version} ${qh.nickName} ${qh.date} Rejected
${qh.version} ${qh.nickName} ${qh.date} {if qh.status != 'c'} {if qh.status == 'a'} Approved {else} {if qh.rstatus == 'c'} On-going {else} Pending {/if} {/if} {else}   {/if}
Start a New Topic
ID Topics Replies Latest Post (ET)
{if dlist!=null} {for d in dlist} {/for}
${parseInt(d_index)+1} ${d.sentence} ${d.replyNum} ${d.lastestDate}
{else}
No discussion topic.
{/if}
Label Name:
 
Group Name:
 
 
{else}
     You have no group.
{/if}
Advertisements
{if advertisements.length > 0} {else} {/if}
{for ad in advertisements}
${ad.adTitle}
${ad.adSentence}
${ad.adUrl}
{/for}

Home | About Us | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Browse Questions | RSS Feed

Copyright ©2010 WISTEME LLC. All Rights Reserved.