Famous Baseball Players By: Emily
Jackie Robinson Facts *Played for the Brooklyn Dodgers *Played *Won 4 awards Rookie of the Year, Most Valuable Player, Sporting News Rookie of the Year Award, Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame. *Dodgers won 1955 World Series *Played 2 nd Base *Number 42 Career Statistics- *Batting.311 *Hits 1,518 *Home Runs 137 *Runs Batted In 734 *Stolen Bases *Broke Baseball Color Line *Worked with Martin Luther King Jr. in Civil Rights Movement
Pee Ree Weese *Played for Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers for 18 years ( ). Got in baseball Hall of Fame in Played shortstop. Was number 1. *Didn’t play baseball until he was a senior in high school. * Was a teammate with Jackie Robinson. Career Statistics Batting-.269 Home Runs- 126 Runs batted in- 885
Babe Ruth *Played for Boston Red Soxs, New York Yankees, and Boston Brave.. Played in * Two time all- star player, won World series 7 times, was an All- Star MVP. Played pitcher on Boston Red Soxs and was an out fielder on other teams. His real name was George Herman Ruth Jr. First player to hit 60 home runs in a season. Batted and threw LEFT HANDED. Career Statistics Batting Average.342 Home Runs 714 Hits 2,873 Runs Batted In 2,217 Win-Loss Record Earned Run Average 2.28
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