Brooklyn Dodger Jackie Robinson poses in his batting stance. Robinson broke baseball's color barrier when he joined the Dodgers in April 1947, going...
Jackie Robinson , first black major league baseball player of the 20th century. He made it in to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962.
Not only did Bucky Walters, of the Cincinnati Reds, pitch a two-hit game against the Brooklyn Dodgers today, August 26th, but he helped himself along...
Jackie Robinson , Brooklyn Dodger from 1947-1956, the first black major league baseball player of the 20th century. He was entered into the Baseball...
New York, NY: Dodgers rush to the mound to embrace young southpaw Johnny Podres after he hurled the final ball in today's 2-0 victory over the Yanks....
New York, NY: These Brooklyn rooters get an early start cheering the Dodgers on to victory, so they hope. Noisemakers in the bleacher stands before...
Loyal fans of the Brooklyn Dodgers lost no opportunity to prove to "them bums" that they were back on friendly soil, i.e. Ebbets Field for the third...
New York, NY: ...AND THEN THERE WAS PANDEMONIUM. Johnny Podres, 23-year-old lefthander who won his second and the Dodgers' final World Series victory...
Catcher Toby Atwell scrambles for Dodger second baseman Jackie Robinson, who crosses home plate to score the winning run in the last half of the...
New York, NY: Youthful Brooklyn Dodger's rooters and fans, reach over from behind the dugout at Ebbets field today, trying to get an autograph from...
American baseball player Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers, USA, 28th August 1949. The Dodgers played the Pittsburgh Pirates at Ebbets Field in...
American professional baseball player Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers, dressed in a road uniform, crouches by the base and prepares to catch...
Pray for President's Recovery. New York, New York: Players and fans bow their heads in silent prayer at Yankee Stadium for the speedy recovery of...
Members of the 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers are, L-R, Spider Jorgensen, Eddie Stanky, Pee Wee Reese, and Jackie Robinson. In 1947 Robinson made his debut...
Jackie Robinson, of the Brooklyn Dodgers, slides home on a steal in the fourth inning of the first game of a double header with the Phillies July 2....
Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking the color barrier this season as the first African-American to play in the Major Leagues, crosses...
New York, NY: This view of fans seated in Yankee Stadium watching the sixth World Series game illustrates the extreme anxiety and tenseness of the...
Jackie Robinson , first Negro to make a Major League, bids goodbye to Clay Hopper, manager of Montreal, Dodger farm team, as he leaves the club April...
Jackie Robinson , Brooklyn Dodger from 1947-1956, the first black player in the major leagues of the 20th century. He made it into the Baseball Hall...
As the last out was registered today that gave the Dodgers their first World's Championship, this was the scene on the diamond. Gil Hodges, first...
New York, NY: Jackie Robinson, gets a big hand from young Dodger rooters, who arrived early for the exhibition game between the Dodgers and Monteal....
New York Giants star outfielder Willie Mays smiles as he stands with Brooklyn Dodgers catcher Roy Campanella at the Polo Grounds in New York. Ca....
American baseball player Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers in action sliding past the other players towards home plate during a baseball game,...
Portrait of members of the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team as they pose on Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, New York, New York , 1947. Among those pictured are...
Portrait of members of the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team pose in the dugout, 1954. From left, Americans Carl Furillo and Gil Hodges , Cuban Sandy...
Daily News front page October 5 Headline: THIS IS NEXT YEAR!, Brooklyn Dodgers win pennant series 2-0
Jackie Robinson, Brooklyn Dodgers tries to steal home during World Series against the New York Yankees. Yankee Catcher Yogi Berra has the ball and...
Jackie Robinson leaps into the air in an attempt to make a double play as Hank Sauer slides into second. The action took place during the second...
New York, NY: Yankee and Dodger fans are jamming the Yankee Stadium today for the opening of the World Series, to root for their teams. To W.M....
Jackie Robinson holds his contract to play with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Robinson spent 1946 with the Dodgers' minor league team in Montreal, becoming...
Brooklyn, NY-Jackie Robinson, the first Negro to win a place on a major league baseball club, is shown being congratulated by former Senator James...
Jackie Robinson, Brooklyn Dodgers' star first baseman, signs autographs for baseball fans at spring training camp in the Dominican Republic.
The News that Brooklyn Dodgers will become the Los Angeles Dodgers, here happy fans whoop up for joy. From left, Roy Johnson, Bill Redden and Ben...
American baseball player Jackie Robinson, of the Brooklyn Dodgers, stealing home plate during the World Series game against the New York Yankees, New...
American baseball player Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers takes a cut at a ball during the Dodgers' game where the Bums beat the Tulsa Oilers...
Front Page of the Daily News for Wednesday, Oct. 9 Headline: DODGERS GO TO L.A. NEXT YEAR, Subhead: Move Ends NL Ball in N.Y., Brooklyn Dodgers leave...
Jackie Robinson the Brooklyn Dodgers Negro first base recruit is shown here in a close up of himself swinging a batt on the field in his Dodgers...
Philadelphia, PA.: Little Davie Goes To "Down." Little Davie O'Brien of the Philadelphia Eagles is shown lugging the ball around end for a first down...
If early indications count for anything, the season of 1950 may be the big one for Jackie Robinson, second sacker of the Brooklyn Dodgers, who is...
Marcia Fruchter, a Yankees fan, cheers enthusiastically at the Yankees-Red Sox game, September 23 while her friend, Ruth Holstein, trains her...
New York, NY: There's no doubt that these fans are rooting 100% for the Brooklyn Dodgers. They were among the early bids at the Yankee Stadium for...
Jackie Robinson of the Dodgers is congratulated here by teammate Pete Reiser as he scored on his homer in the 1st inning of an afternoon game at...
Don Newcombe of the Brooklyn Dodgers awaits a train at the Newark Penn Station. Newcombe is going to rejoin his teammates in Philadelphia following...
It looks like this was the year Dodger fans were talking about when they said "Wait 'till next year". The powerful New York Yankees were expected to...
New York, NY: In downtown Brooklyn dodger fans hold a mock wake for Casey Stengle, Yankee Pilot, following Dodger victory over the Yanks, 2-0, today....
Baseball World Series 1947. Bronx, New York, New York: Crowd scenes at Yankee Stadium during first game of the World Series between the NY Yankees...
Woman Dodger fan broke the police lines to hug Peewee Reese, Dodger Captain, as he arrived this evening at Hotel Bossert for the club's victory...
New York, NY: Among the earliest birds into the Yankee Stadium for the opening game of the World Series was this block of Brooklyn Dodgers fans. They...