In the world of pro sports, athletes are very attached to their numbers. Once a year, though, everyone in Major League ...

On June 4, 1972, the Dodgers retired Jackie Robinson’s uniform number 42, as well as Sandy Koufax’s number 32 and Roy Campanella’s number 39. 34. Jackie Robinson passed away at the age of 53.

MLB chose to celebrate Jackie Robinson Day on April 15 to mark the anniversary of his first game with the Dodgers. Robinson ...

Number 42 broke baseball’s color barrier and ... making the Red Sox the last major league team to integrate. Jackie Robinson had retired two years earlier, in January 1957.

Jackie Robinson Day began with a request by Ken Griffey Jr. asking baseball commissioner Bud Selig if he could wear ...

Third MLB hat pulled over accidental vulgarity as others sell for hundreds online On Jackie Robinson Day, every player and on-field personnel dons the number Robinson wore, 42, which was retired ...

Major League Baseball annually honors the extraordinary contributions of Jackie Robinson and ... This week, active players displayed Robinson’s number 42, retired in 1997, to commemorate his ...

Robinson donned the No. 42 as a player, so players wear that number on Jackie Robinson Day as a tribute to the Dodgers legend. His number was retired across the league in 1997. At the time ...