what years did jackie robinson play baseball?
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 Jack Roosevelt " Jackie " Robinson ( January 31 , 1919 – October 24 , 1972 ) was an American Major League Baseball ( MLB ) second baseman who became the first African American to play in the major leagues in the modern era . Robinson broke the baseball color line when the Brooklyn Dodgers started him at first base on April 15 , 1947 . The Dodgers , by playing Robinson , heralded the end of racial segregation that had relegated black players to the Negro leagues since the 1880s . Robinson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962 . 

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 During the season , Robinson pursued potential major @-@ league interests . The Boston Red Sox held a tryout at Fenway Park for Robinson and other black players on April 16 . The tryout , however , was a farce chiefly designed to assuage the desegregationist sensibilities of powerful Boston City Councilman Isadore Muchnick . Even with the stands limited to management , Robinson was subjected to racial epithets . Robinson left the tryout humiliated , and more than fourteen years later , in July 1959 , the Red Sox became the last major league team to integrate its roster . 

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 On October 8 , 1946 , 6 months before his major league debut Jackie Robinson played with his African American all @-@ stars against Honus Wagner 's all @-@ stars . 

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 Jackie Robinson Day is a traditional event which occurs annually in Major League Baseball , commemorating and honoring the day Jackie Robinson made his major league debut . April 15 was Opening Day in 1947 , Robinson 's first season in the Major Leagues . Initiated for the first time on April 15 , 2004 , Jackie Robinson Day is celebrated each year on that day . The festivity is a result of Robinson 's memorable career , best known for becoming the first black major league baseball player of the modern era in 1947 . His debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers ( today known as the Los Angeles Dodgers ) ended approximately eighty years of baseball segregation , also known as the baseball color line , or color barrier . He also was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962 , remembered for his services with the number 42 jersey . 

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 Racial pressure on Robinson eased in 1948 as a number of other black players entered the major leagues . Larry Doby ( who broke the color barrier in the American League on July 5 , 1947 , just 11 weeks after Robinson ) and Satchel Paige played for the Cleveland Indians , and the Dodgers had three other black players besides Robinson . In February 1948 , he signed a $ 12 @,@ 500 contract ( equal to $ 123 @,@ 113 today ) with the Dodgers ; while a significant amount , this was less than Robinson made in the off @-@ season from a vaudeville tour , where he answered pre @-@ set baseball questions , and a speaking tour of the South . Between the tours , he underwent surgery on his right ankle . Because of his off @-@ season activities , Robinson reported to training camp 30 pounds ( 14 kg ) overweight . He lost the weight during training camp , but dieting left him weak at the plate . 
