Every year on April 15, known as Jackie Robinson Day, all of the players, managers, coaches, and umpires in the MLB wear the number 42 as a way to pay tribute to Robinson.

There’s a scene in “42” in which Jackie Robinson, the first black player in modern Major League Baseball, endures intolerably cruel racial slurs from the Philadelphia Phillies’ manager.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - There's a scene in "42" in which Jackie Robinson, the first black player in modern Major League Baseball, endures intolerably cruel racial slurs from the Philadelphia Phillies ...

Jackie Robinson's number 42 is the only number to be universally retired by Major League Baseball team. His legacy lives on with a special tradition.

For Jackie Robinson Day, all players across baseball will don the number 42. One former member of the Oakland Athletics, Dave Henderson, wore the number in his playing days as a tribute.

Robinson's No. 42 is retired leaguewide, and each year on this date, the entire league dons that number on their backs. It's one of the coolest scenes in sports.

This week, active players displayed Robinson’s number 42, retired in 1997, to commemorate his ground-breaking professional career that began on April 15 some 78 years ago.

June 4, 1972: Robinson’s number 42 is retired in a ceremony at Dodger Stadium. In 1997, Commissioner Bud Selig retires the number in perpetuity across all teams in a tribute to Robinson.

Every April 15, Major League Baseball celebrates Jackie Robinson Day. Players wear No. 42 for Robinson, the first Black player in the league in the 20th century. The celebrations serve not only as ...

April 15, 1947 marked Jackie Robinson's first game with the Brooklyn Dodgers. April 15, 1947, opening day at Ebbets Field: playing first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers was number 42, Jackie Robinson.

On Jackie Robinson Day players from all the 30 MLB teams wear the No. 42 jersey to pay homage to the baseball icon. On Tuesday, Trout made his feelings known about wearing the jersey and paid his ...