After breaking Major League Baseball’s color barrier in April 1947, Brooklyn Dodgers first baseman Jackie Robinson became MLB’s inaugural Rookie of the Year on Sept. 19 of the same year. Robinson batted .297 with 175 hits including 12 home runs, 31 doubles, and five triples in 151 games as a rookie, and he also knocked in 48 runs, scored 125 times, stole 29 bases, and walked (74) more than twice as many times as he struck out (36).
After breaking Major League Baseball’s color barrier in April 1947, Brooklyn Dodgers first baseman Jackie Robinson became MLB’s inaugural Rookie of the Year on Sept. 19 of the same year. Robinson batted .297 with 175 hits including 12 home runs, 31 doubles, and five triples in 151 games as a rookie, and he also knocked in 48 runs, scored 125 times, stole 29 bases, and walked (74) more than twice as many times as he struck out (36).
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