| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Robinson, Jack Roosevelt |
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| DATES: | 1919–1972 |
| VARIANTS: | Known as “Jackie.” |
| American baseball player. The first African-American player in the major leagues in the 20th century, he was a second baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers (1947–1956), had a lifetime batting average of .311, and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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