42 This Know about Jackie Robinson

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MVP award and Rookie of the Year award won
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Number of World Series HRs
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Number of ABs in his first game
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Number of sports lettered in at UCLA
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The youngest of 5 children
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Number of World Series appearances
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Number of seasons he scored 99 or more runs

Inning that he stole home in Game 1 of 1955 WS
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More runs than strikeouts in World Series career
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Number of times he was hit by a pitch in rookie season
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Number of seasons in MLB
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Lifetime BA of .311
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Number of HR in his rookie season
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Traded by Brooklyn Dodgers to NY Giants on Dec. 13, 1956. Robinson retired rather than play for the Giants
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Most times he was hit by pitch in a season (1952)
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Made his debut on April 15, 1947
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Number of home runs in his MVP season
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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
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Number of All-Star ABs
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Career-high for HR set in 1951 and 1952

Number of times he stole home in his MLB career
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Family moved to Pasadena in 1920
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Number of World Series walks
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Number of World Series runs
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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
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Number of more points he had than runner-up Larry Jansen in ROY voting
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Number of years after his major league debut that he threw out the ceremonial first pitch of Game 2 of the 1972 World Series
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Years it had been since a NL player stole their way around the bases, which he did in 1954
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Number of extra-base hits in his final MLB season
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Age he was when he made his MLB debut
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Stolen bases in rookie year
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Played in first World Series game on Sept. 30, 1947
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Number of doubles in his rookie season
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Number of postseason hits
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Price of postage stamp in 1999 when U.S. Postal Service issued a Jackie Robinson stamp as part of their "Celebrate the Century" program
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Average number of strikeouts per 162-game season
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Age when he stole his way around the bases in 1954

Number of Negro League players in HOF
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Number of strikeouts in his rookie season
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Age during final season
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Number of postseason games
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Entered UCLA in 1939
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Career-high for strikeouts set in 1952
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Played pro football for Honolulu Bears in 1941
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His number retired by MLB