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On opening day this year, 6.2% of MLB players were Black, up from 6% in 2024 and the first year-over-year improvement since 2018, according to MLB.com. What is Jackie Robinson Day?

MLB created Jackie Robinson Day, but the NBA is showing how to honor it New York Mets players walk off the field after deciding not to play against the Miami Marlins on Thursday.

April 15 will forever be a special day for baseball. On this day 78 years ago, Jackie Robinson made his MLB debut for the Brooklyn Dodgers and broke the sport’s color barrier.

The MLB has been honoring Jackie Robinson Day every year since 2004, with all players and on-field personnel wearing No. 42 on April 15 every year since 2009.

Jackie Robinson Day to be celebrated on 77th anniversary of his groundbreaking MLB debut All 30 teams across the league will wear No. 42 on Monday in honor of the former Dodger.

Seventy years after Jackie Robinson's debut, only 7.73 percent of major leaguers are African-American. We asked a panel of players frank questions about race in baseball. Here's what they said.

73 years ago, Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier by being the first African American to play in the major leagues. The MLB typically celebrates this momentous moment in history on April 15th ...

Jackie Robinson (42) of the Brooklyn Dodgers poses in an undated portrait. Getty Images/MLB Photos While most Americans associate April 15 with tax day, the baseball world fondly marks the date as ...

Jackie Robinson with wife, Rachel, and their son David at their home in Stamford, Conn., on Dec. 13, 1956, the day Robinson was traded from the Dodgers to the rival New York Giants.