Fortunately, we got to see other NLB players join an integrated MLB a short time into their careers.
Bettmann Archive/Getty ImagesFormer NLB players who joined the integrated MLB got on base more frequently (.361) than the average (.324).
Hulton Archive/Getty Images Robinson was a formidable athlete in college, lettering in four sports at UCLA.
Bettmann Archive/Getty Images Robinson poses in the dugout with Dodgers teammates as he makes his historic debut on April 15, 1947.
Rogers Photo Archive/Getty Images Robinson leaps into the air to try to turn a double play in 1952.
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