Robinson, Campanella, the Dodgers’ Joe Black, and Braves’ Sam Jethroe could have autographed the card while there. “I saw that it was a scorecard for a baseball game and that struck me as at ...

Major League Baseball will celebrate and honor the legacy of Jackie Robinson Friday, 75 years after he broke the color barrier and became the first African American to play in the majors.

The historic deal made him the first black player in the major. Now, the contract Jackie Robinson signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers could go on permanent display.

IN 1947, ROBINSON SIGNED ON WITH THE BROOKLYN DGEODRS, SUCCESSFULLY BREAKING THE COLOR BARRIER IN BASEBL.AL AND TO MARK THIS DAY, THE NEGRO LEAGUES BASEBALL MUSEUM IN KANSAS CITY’S 18TH AND VIN ...

Jackie Robinson was an absolute legend. Robinson was the first African American to play baseball in the major leagues when he signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947, ...

But one guest brought in a baseball signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1952, the year they won the pennant. The ball is signed by the whole team, including Jackie Robinson.

One is a ball autographed at the 1969 Centennial of Baseball cocktail party by 20 Hall of Famers. From 1962 through 1968, I was the stadium announcer for the Washington Senators (before, during ...

A baseball signed by Jackie Robinson along with Carolyn Magid’s letter to her children explaining how it came into her possession. WATCH: Point your smartphone camera at the QR code and click ...

Very few 1948 Leaf Jackie Robinson cards have received high grades from companies like PSA. In 1948, his second MLB season, Robinson continued to impress after winning Rookie of the Year in 1947.

Robinson was paid $5,000 for the season. Kontilai has letters from Robinson's 93-year-old widow, Rachel, and the Jackie Robinson Foundation supporting the eventual sale of the contracts.

First, he signed with the Kansas City Monarchs in late March in what seemed to many a publicity stunt (“The versatile Jackie Robinson, of football fame, is due at camp this week” the ...

The contract was signed on April 11, 1947 – four days before Robinson's historic debut. It guaranteed the Dodgers would pay him $5,000 for the season.