A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2009. We present it here as Major League Baseball commemorates the ...

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To see No. 42 on a baseball jersey today is to think of Jackie Robinson. It’s inescapable, with anyone in uniform every April ...

As other sports have adapted to technology advancement, popular opinion and culture shifts, baseball ... (Thearon W. Henderson / Getty Images) "We have about 55% of major league players using ...

In his first full season the following year, Henderson went on to bag the AL Rookie of the Year award and has since been one of the brightest young stars in the league. The same can be said of ...

Jackie Robinson, who served in the Army during World War II, became the first Black man to play in a Major League Baseball game.

T he Athletics are one of the most storied franchises in the history of baseball. One of the original American League teams, ...

Liam Hendriks knew the number as if it was his career saves or ERA: 680 days. The 36-year-old right-hander was back on a major league roster with the Boston Red Sox, in position to make his first big ...

It's the day every year that Major League Baseball honors Robinson. His debut on April 15, 1947, ended 80 years of segregation in the sport. It's celebrated at every major league park hosting ...