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He was born in a farmhouse near Cairo, Georgia. soon after, his dad left the family so they moved to Pasedena, California.
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He stared in football, basketball, baseball track, and tennis.
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There he also was star in football, basketball, baseball, and track.
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he starred in football, baseball, basketball, and track.
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In early 1942 Jackie was drafted for "limited service."
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Jackie requested the discharge for medical reasons and to got to visit rachel.
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Jackie made the team in an all african american league.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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He scored 125 times, stole 29 bases, had 174 hits,12 homeruns, and 28 sacrifice hits. he also won rookie of the year
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jackie batted 7 for 27(.259). They lost the world series
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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.
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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.
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he only batted .328 which is still great.
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He batted .338, hit 19 homeruns, had a feilding average of .992, and participated in 133 double plays.
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