Today is Jackie Robinson day, and to celebrate, ESPN Research writer Mark Kelly put together this fascinating look (by the numbers) at Jackie Robinson's career and life. Here are the first 10, and if you want to see the rest, click here.
By Mark Kelly, ESPN Research
1 MVP award and Rookie of the Year award won.
2 Number of World Series HRs
3 Number of ABs in his first game
4 Number of sports lettered in at
UCLA
5 The youngest of 5 children
6 Number of World Series appearances
7 Number of seasons he scored 99 or more runs Inning that he stole home in
Game 1 of 1955 WS
8 More runs than strikeouts in World Series career
9 Number of times he was hit by a pitch in rookie season
10 Number of seasons in MLB.
To continue reading this list, click here.
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