42 Things To Know About Jackie Robinson

Today is Jackie Robinson Day, celebrating the day that Jackie Robinson had his Major League debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers that ended approximately eighty years of baseball segregation

Here are 42 facts about Jackie Robinson (he wore number 42):

1	MVP award and Rookie of the Year award won
2	Number of World Series HRs
3	Number of ABs in his first game
4	Number of sports lettered in at UCLA
5	The youngest of 5 children
6	Number of World Series appearances
7	Number of seasons he scored 99 or more runs
	Inning that he stole home in Game 1 of 1955 WS
8	More runs than strikeouts in World Series career
9	Number of times he was hit by a pitch in rookie season
10	Number of seasons in MLB
11	Lifetime BA of .311
12	Number of HR in his rookie season
13	Traded by Brooklyn Dodgers to N.Y. Giants on Dec. 13, 1956. Robinson retired rather than play for the Giants
14	Most times he was hit by pitch in a season (1952)
15	Made his debut on April 15, 1947
16	Number of home runs in his MVP season
17	Dodgers play Montreal Royals on March 17, 1946, with Robinson in the lineup marking the first appearance of an integrated team in organized baseball this century
	Named first-ever Rookie of the Year on Sept. 17, 1947, 11 days before the last game of the regular season
18	Number of All-Star ABs
19	Career high for HRs set in 1951 and 1952
	Number of times he stole home in his MLB career
20	Family moved to Pasadena in 1920
21	Number of World Series walks
22	Number of World Series runs
23	Branch Rickey announces signing of Robinson on Oct. 23, 1945
	Selected for MLB HOF on January 23, 1962
	Inducted into MLB HOF on July 23, 1962
24	Number of more points he had than runner-up Larry Jansen in ROY voting
25	Number of years after his major league debut that he threw out the ceremonial first pitch of Game 2 of the 1972 World Series
26	Years it had been since a NL player stole their way around the bases, which he did in 1954
27	Number of extra-base hits in his final MLB season
28	Age he was when he made his MLB debut
29	Stolen bases in rookie year
30	Played in first World Series game on Sept. 30, 1947
31	Number of doubles in his rookie season
32	Number of postseason hits
33	Price of postage stamp in 1999 when U.S. Postal Service issued a Jackie Robinson stamp as part of their "Celebrate the Century" program
34	Average number of strikeouts per 162-game season
35	Age when he stole his way around the bases in 1954
	Number of Negro League players in HOF
36	Number of strikeouts in his rookie season
37	Age during final season
38	Number of postseason games
39	Entered UCLA in 1939
40	Career-high for strikeouts set in 1952
41	Played pro football for Honolulu Bears in 1941
42	His number retired by MLB

from espn.com

jackie robinson day