Articles.Jackie-Robinson-Perspectives-on-42 – Society for American Baseball Research

These articles originally appeared in SABR’s “Jackie: Perspectives on 42” (2021), edited by Bill Nowlin and Glen Sparks.

Introduction: Jackie: Perspectives on 42

Larry Lester: My Hero, Jackie Robinson

Before Jackie Robinson: Baseball’s Civil Rights Movement

Jackie Robinson: The Best Athlete on the West Coast

Jackie Robinson, UCLA Tie USC 0-0 in 1939 Pacific Coast Conference Title Game

‘A Disciplinarian Coach’: Jackie Robinson’s Little-Known Stint Coaching College Basketball

There But For The Grace of God: Jackie Robinson and Pearl Harbor, 1941

Lieutenant Jackie Robinson, Morale Officer, United States Army

Jackie Robinson in 1945: From Boston ‘Tryout’ to a Negro Leagues Star

Happy Helping? Inside Commissioner Chandler’s Role in Jackie Robinson’s Great Quest

Jackie Robinson, Jersey City, and His First Game in Organized Baseball

A Great Leap Forward: Jackie Robinson and The View From Montreal

Jackie Robinson: History Made at the 1946 Junior World Series

The Jackie Robinson Barnstorming Tour of 1946

Jackie Robinson’s 1947 Breakthrough Began in Havana

I Met Jackie Robinson’s First Major-League Manager

Jackie Robinson and the Kansas City Call

Ford Frick and Jackie Robinson: The Enabler

Sayonara Jackie Robinson: How An American Hero Finished His Career In Japan

Jackie Robinson Calls It Quits

Jackie Robinson in the MLB All-Star Game

Jackie Robinson and the World Series

Jackie Robinson’s Steals of Home

Analyzing Jackie Robinson as a Second Baseman