LOS ANGELES — Jackie Robinson’s legacy is being celebrated around the major leagues on Tuesday, with the day named for the first Black baseball player of the modern era and marking the 78th ...

April 15 is Jackie Robinson Day, marking the milestone in 1947 of Robinson breaking baseball's color barrier and joining the Brooklyn Dodgers. To celebrate the day, Major League Baseball stepped ...

Major League Baseball recognizes one of its most important icons, Jackie Robinson, every year on April 15. The league also releases new hats for all 32 teams, which just dropped on Fanatics on ...

Jackie Robinson broke the baseball color line in 1947 and became the first African American to play on a major sports team. On January 31, 1919, Jack Roosevelt Robinson was born in Cairo, Georgia.

Members of Aberdeen''s baseball team are seen where their #42 hats as they take part in a Jackie Robinson Day game with Manchester Valley at Aberdeen High School on Wednesday.

Baseball Player Jackie Robinson with the Montreal Royals club at Sanford, Fla., March 4, 1946. ... Until the team signed him, Black players had been relegated to the Negro Leagues since the 1880s.

FILE - Los Angeles Dodgers and Washington Nationals team members arrive to celebrate Jackie Robinson Tribute Day before a baseball game at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, on Monday, April 15, 2024 ...