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[[File:Jackie_Robinson,_Brooklyn_Dodgers,_1954.jpg|400px250px|thumbnail|left|Jackie Robinson]]
Jackie Robinson was the first African-American to play in major league baseball on April 15, 1947. He went 0 for 3. He reached base once, scoring a run in a Brooklyn Dodgers victory. As a statistical line it was not the most auspicious of debuts. That Robinson debuted at all was the greatest accomplishment of the day.