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Jackie Robinson

Awards And Accomplishments



1939 Named Southern California Junior College Most Valuable Baseball Player
1946 Named Most Valuable Player of the International League while playing for the Montreal Royals, a Brooklyn Dodgers-affiliated farm team
1947 Integrates major league baseball by joining the Brooklyn Dodgers; led league with 29 stolen bases; named Rookie of the Year
1949 Leads league with highest batting average (.342) and most stolen bases (37)
1949 Named National League Most Valuable Player
1949-54 Selected for All-Star team
1952 Leads league with an on-base percentage of .440
1962 Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on July 23

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