Enamel Pin 42 Jackie Robinson Lapel Pin Baseball Barrier Breaker White Enamel with Blue Number Forty Two Tie Tack Pin Jackie Robinson Day
PREMIUM LIFESTYLE LAPEL PIN ✭ Comes Packaged in a Deluxe Gift Box ✭ Rhodium plated base metal ✭ Approximately 3/4" ☆ N0-Risk Guarantee! If for any reason you are not satisfied with your purchase, simply return them for a full Money Back Guarantee! Rhodium Plated Base Metal Silver Rhodium Plated Hand Crafted by Artisan in the USA Rhodium Plated Silver Butterfly Backing Jack Roosevelt Robinson (January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972) was an American professional baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era. Robinson broke the baseball color line when he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947. When the Dodgers signed Robinson, it heralded the end of racial segregation in professional baseball that had relegated black players to the Negro leagues since the 1880s. Robinson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962. During his 10-year MLB career, Robinson won the inaugural Rookie of the Year Award in 1947, was an All-Star for six consecutive seasons from 1949 through 1954, and won the National League Most Valuable Player Award in 1949—the first black player so honored. Robinson played in six World Series and contributed to the Dodgers' 1955 World Series championship. In 1997, MLB retired his uniform number 42 across all major league teams; he was the first professional athlete in any sport to be so honored. MLB also adopted a new annual tradition, "Jackie Robinson Day"