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On April 15, 1947, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, N.Y., Jack Roosevelt Robinson, at the age of 28, became the first African-American in the 20th century to play for a Major League Baseball team. A dynamic player who appeared in six World Series during his 10-year career, Robinson in 1947 was named baseball's first Rookie of the Year, an award which today bears his name. Robinson won National League MVP honors in 1949 after hitting a league-best .342 with 37 steals. In his career he stole home 19 times during the regular season and once in the 1955 World Series against the New York Yankees.
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