Annual Major League Baseball commemoration since 2004
Jackie Robinson Day
Robinson in 1954
Observed by
Major League Baseball
Type
Cultural
Significance
Honoring the legacy of Jackie Robinson
Observances
All players and umpires wear uniform number 42
Date
April 15
Frequency
Annual
Robinson's number displayed at Citi Field
Jackie Robinson Day is a traditional event which occurs annually on April 15 in Major League Baseball (MLB), commemorating and honoring the day Jackie Robinson made his major league debut. Celebrated at MLB ballparks, on that one day, all players, coaches, and managers on both teams, and the umpires, wear Robinson's uniform number, 42. April 15 was Opening Day in 1947, Robinson's first season in the major leagues.
Initiated for the first time on April 15, 2004, the festivity is a result of Robinson's memorable career, best known for becoming the first black major league baseball player of the modern era in 1947.[1][2] His debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers (today's Los Angeles Dodgers) ended approximately 80 years of baseball segregation, also known as the baseball color line, or color barrier.[2] Robinson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962.[2]
Shea Stadium was one of the prominent venues hosting the event, having commemorated the retirement of Robinson's number 42 jersey in 1997. Bob DuPuy, the president and chief operating officer of Major League Baseball, described Jackie Robinson Day as a significance "not only for baseball, but for our country in general."[3]
^Rothe, Anna, ed. (1948). Current Biography, Who's News and Why 1947. New York: H.W. Wilson Co. p. 544. ISBN 9997376730.
^ abc"Jackie Robinson, Los Angeles Dodgers Hall of Fame Baseball Player, Civil Rights Leader and Humanitarian". africanamericans.com. Archived from the original on October 11, 2008. Retrieved October 8, 2008.
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