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Jackie was born
He was born in a farmhouse near Cairo, Georgia. soon after, his dad left the family so they moved to Pasedena, California. -
Jackie attended Muir Technical High school.
He stared in football, basketball, baseball track, and tennis. -
Jackie went to Pasedena Junior College.
There he also was star in football, basketball, baseball, and track. -
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Jackie goes to UCLA
he starred in football, baseball, basketball, and track. -
Jackie was drafted to the army
In early 1942 Jackie was drafted for "limited service." -
Jackie is honorably discharged from army.
Jackie requested the discharge for medical reasons and to got to visit rachel. -
jackie tried out for the Monarchs
Jackie made the team in an all african american league. -
Jackie is goes to the minor leagues
Branch Rickey, the owner of the dodgers organization, wanted to bring an african american to bome to the major leagues so he caught up with Jackie and brought him to the minor league team, the Royals. -
jackie plays his first game with the royals
They played in Jersey city. his first at bat was a ground out to shortstop. His second at bat there were two people on base and the infeild moved in expecting a bunt. Jackie homered for a three run home run. next at bat he bunted and then stole to second and then got to third on a hit and the pitcher balked which sent him home to score. -
Jackie Jr. is born
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Jackie is signed to the dodgers
During a spring training game when jackie was at bat a brooklyn official handed a a press release to a journalist that said jackie was on the dodgers. -
Jackie had a great rookie year
He scored 125 times, stole 29 bases, had 174 hits,12 homeruns, and 28 sacrifice hits. he also won rookie of the year -
the dodgers played in the wrold series
jackie batted 7 for 27(.259). They lost the world series -
Jackie had another great season
he batted .296, scored 108 runs and batted in 85, hit 12 home runs, stole 22 bases, and hade 170 hits. at second base he had a feilding average of .983. -
Jackie has a career high year.
He batted .342, had dubles, scored 122 runs, had 12 triples, 124 RBIs, and 203 hits. he also had 16 homeruns and 37 stolen bases. -
Now jackie was 30 and fell off from the last year
he only batted .328 which is still great. -
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Jackie was getting older and going down hill in his career
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Jackie had yet another great year
He batted .338, hit 19 homeruns, had a feilding average of .992, and participated in 133 double plays. -
Jacckie retired from baseball
