What Is Jackie Robinson's Greatest Achievement

Jackie Robinson was a very talented man growing up he was best at “playing baseball, football,basketball,and track.” Then he played for the Kansas City Monarchs, and then traded over to the Montreal Royals(“Jackie... Britannica”). The first game he played with the Royals, he hit three home runs, but he went hitless the whole year with the Royals. At the last game they were winning four to three and Robinson bunted and got someone home and won the game(“Burgan 16”). Robinson was made Rookie of the year.” Two years later he was named Most valuable player”, and played ten seasons with the Royals. “In the ten seasons Robinson played with the Royals he stole 29 bases home”(“Burgan 17”). Robinson had the “greatest achievement” ever in baseball, and

He went to “school at John Muir High School, and Pasadena Junior College.” “The real name is Jack Roosevelt Robinson; he was a very good athlete and good at all sports”(“Jackie...Bio.com”). “Robinson's older brother “inspired Robinson to pursue his talent” in baseball. “The older brother won a silver medal at the 200-meter dash just behind Jesse Owens.” ”Robinson was the first person to win varsity”(“Jackie...Bio.com”). He was forced to leave UCLA by financial hardship; then he moved to Honolulu, Hawaii”(“Jackie...Bio.com”). He had an excellent reputation. “After the army he went to professional baseball, and received racial slurs in some games(“Jackie...Bio.com”). “Then he moved to Florida, and sometimes his family received threats from other people (“Jackie...Bio.com”). ” Although he had a very good start in professional baseball, and for his first year he had a .349 batting average and a .985 fielding average”(“Jackie...Bio.com”). ”Sometimes opposing teams threatened not to play against the Dodgers, and sometimes own teammates threatened to sit out”(“Jackie...Bio.com”). “He broke the color barrier and the law.” “Since he couldn’t eat in same restaurants as the whites, and at some games he couldn’t play on the field at some games(“Burgan 14”).

“Robinson became a hero for changing baseball history.” “ Whenever Robinson set the league record, he hit 12 home runs in his first year of baseball (“Jackie...Bio.com”). ”He set the highest batting average ever in baseball history” (“Jackie...Bio.com”). Best person at stealing bases, and he had a song subjected about him. “Some fans were excited to see Robinson play” (“Jackie...Bio.com”). In 1951 he hit 19 home runs and in 1955 he hit 8 home runs. “He was the first black to play with the white since the 1880’s” (“Burgan 16”). “Robinson liked playing on the home field because he didn’t get threat notes.” “Martin Luther King Jr. made the right equal for blacks to play baseball” (“Burgan 16”). “He played for the dodgers for a decade, and the best baseball player ever” (“Jackie...Bio.com”). “Then Robinson publicly called out the Yankee’s as a racist organization.” “He was a vocal champion and the first black to get civil rights” (“Jackie...Bio.com”) . “The number he had was 42, and he retired that number 42” (“Jackie...Bio.com”). “He played for four teams, and stole 197 bases home in his career” (“Jackie...Britannica”). Some teams got mad at the team for letting him play. “On his first year for the Dodgers he started at first base” (Burgan