Jackie Robinson gets 1st hit in MLB...
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April 18, 1947
THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 18, 1947
* Jackie Robinson gets 1st hit in MLB... 1st Negro baseball player
* Texas City explosion disaster
This 44 page newspaper has a seven column headlines on page 28: "Dodgers Trounce Braves With 13-Hit Attack Against Five Pitchers" with subheads (see photos). Within the report of the game reads: "Jackie Robinson made his first major league hit in the fifth, dropping a perfect bunt down the third base line that Bob Elliott failed to spear with a flying bare hand stab."
This was his first ever hit in MLB and it was a bunt. This is actually the first hit by a negro in Major League Baseball as well. Box scores included.
Other news of the day throughout including various advertising. Rag edition in great condition.
wikipedia notes: Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson (January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972) was the first African-American Major League Baseball player of the modern era. While not the first African-American player in major league history, Robinson broke the baseball color line when he debuted with the Brooklyn Dodgers organization in the mid-1940s. This ended a nearly sixty-year era of segregation in professional baseball, in which African-Americans were prohibited from competing in Major League Baseball and its affiliated minor league systems, and relegated instead to the Negro Leagues. Since segregation dominated most aspects of American life at the time, Robinson's baseball career had a major cultural impact beyond sports, and was a significant precursor to the subsequent Civil Rights Movement.
Apart from his cultural impact, Robinson had an exceptional baseball career. He played on six World Series teams, including a World Championship with the Dodgers in 1955. He was also selected for six consecutive All-Star Games from 1949 to 1954, was the recipient the inaugural MLB Rookie of the Year Award in 1947, and won the National League MVP Award in 1949 – the first black player so honored. Robinson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962. On April 15, 1997, the 50-year anniversary of his debut, Major League Baseball retired Robinson's jersey number 42 across all major league teams in recognition of his accomplishments.
Robinson is also known for his pursuits outside the baseball diamond. He was the first African-American television analyst in Major League Baseball, and the first African-American Vice-President of a major American corporation. In the 1960s, he helped to establish the Freedom National Bank, an African-American-owned and controlled entity based in Harlem, New York.[11] In recognition of his on- and off-field achievements, Robinson was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal.
* Jackie Robinson gets 1st hit in MLB... 1st Negro baseball player
* Texas City explosion disaster
This 44 page newspaper has a seven column headlines on page 28: "Dodgers Trounce Braves With 13-Hit Attack Against Five Pitchers" with subheads (see photos). Within the report of the game reads: "Jackie Robinson made his first major league hit in the fifth, dropping a perfect bunt down the third base line that Bob Elliott failed to spear with a flying bare hand stab."
This was his first ever hit in MLB and it was a bunt. This is actually the first hit by a negro in Major League Baseball as well. Box scores included.
Other news of the day throughout including various advertising. Rag edition in great condition.
wikipedia notes: Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson (January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972) was the first African-American Major League Baseball player of the modern era. While not the first African-American player in major league history, Robinson broke the baseball color line when he debuted with the Brooklyn Dodgers organization in the mid-1940s. This ended a nearly sixty-year era of segregation in professional baseball, in which African-Americans were prohibited from competing in Major League Baseball and its affiliated minor league systems, and relegated instead to the Negro Leagues. Since segregation dominated most aspects of American life at the time, Robinson's baseball career had a major cultural impact beyond sports, and was a significant precursor to the subsequent Civil Rights Movement.
Apart from his cultural impact, Robinson had an exceptional baseball career. He played on six World Series teams, including a World Championship with the Dodgers in 1955. He was also selected for six consecutive All-Star Games from 1949 to 1954, was the recipient the inaugural MLB Rookie of the Year Award in 1947, and won the National League MVP Award in 1949 – the first black player so honored. Robinson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962. On April 15, 1997, the 50-year anniversary of his debut, Major League Baseball retired Robinson's jersey number 42 across all major league teams in recognition of his accomplishments.
Robinson is also known for his pursuits outside the baseball diamond. He was the first African-American television analyst in Major League Baseball, and the first African-American Vice-President of a major American corporation. In the 1960s, he helped to establish the Freedom National Bank, an African-American-owned and controlled entity based in Harlem, New York.[11] In recognition of his on- and off-field achievements, Robinson was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal.
Category: The 20th Century
