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Article: Baseball. (African American athletes) (Blacks in Sports: 1947-1992: The Legacy)
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- Ebony
- Article date:
- August 1, 1992
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WHEN Jackie Robinson made his major-league baseball debut at Ebbets Field, he not only broke the color barrier, but he also paved the way for other Black players who, like Robinson, brought new dimensions to the game and redefined the limits of what could be accomplished in the sport.
As the first Black player to join the major leagues in the modern era, Robinson was taunted, ridiculed and had to deal math one racial insult and indignity after another. But he chose to fight back with his performance on the field and earned the Rookie of the Year award with a .297 batting average, 12 home runs and 48 runs batted in.
"Many times Jackie would slide into a ...