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Newspaper headlines covered Robinson's Major League debut
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Jackie Robinson Throws the Opening Pitch
October 15, 1972
Robinson became a legend in 1947 when he debuted with the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking the Major League baseball color line. He finished that first season as baseball's Rookie of the Year, batting .297 and leading the National League in stolen bases with 29.
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