Up on the blog today, we celebrate the 25th anniversary of jackie Robinson's Major league debut in 1947 with a card marking his 1949 MVP season:
After two brilliant seasons in 1947 and
1948, Robinson topped them both with a stellar 1949 campaign, taking
home the league MVP Award after leading the league with a .342 average
and 37 stolen bases, while also scoring 122 runs, with 203 hits, 38
doubles, 12 triples and 16 homers, driving in 124 runs and collecting
313 bases.
The man was all-world!
This performance
helped get the Brooklyn Dodgers back into the World Series after missing
out the previous year, though they once-again would fall to the New
York Yankee juggernaut, who would go on to win five straight
championships through the 1953 season.
Another incredible stat from his 1949 season: in 704 plate appearances that year, he only struck out 27 times!
Just amazing.
