Breaking down Jackie Robinson Day
Every April 15th, all MLB teams wear No. 42 to honor Jackie Robinson breaking baseball’s color barrier.
Video Transcript
Every April fifteenth, everyone in Major League Baseball, players, managers, coaches, even umpires, wear number forty two to honor Jackie Robinson.
You see, for decades, Black players were shut out of the league due to the gentlemen's agreement, an unwritten rule among team owners to ban Black players.
That changed on April fifteenth, nineteen forty-seven when Robinson broke MLB's color barrier, debuting with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
He went on to have an incredible career and made history off the field as well.
Jackie Robinson number forty two is now retired across all of Major League Baseball, the first time any sport has honored a player that way.
Today, every team wears forty two in Dodger blue to celebrate his legacy on Jackie Robinson Day.
