Jackie Robinson Home Runs

Jackie Robinson Career Home Runs Overview

Jackie Robinson was a professional baseball player who is best known for breaking the color barrier in Major League Baseball. He played for the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1947 to 1956 and was a six-time All-Star and the National League MVP in 1949. While Robinson was not known for his home run power, he was still able to hit for both average and power during his career.

Robinson hit a total of 137 home runs during his ten-year career, which is not a particularly high total by today's standards, but it was a respectable total during the era in which he played. Robinson's highest home run total in a single season was 16, which he accomplished in both 1949 and 1951. His career high in home runs came in 1952 when he hit 19 home runs.

While Robinson's home run total may not be as impressive as some of his contemporaries, it's worth noting that his value as a player extended far beyond his power numbers. Robinson was an excellent all-around player who was known for his speed on the base paths, his defensive abilities, and his ability to get on base and create scoring opportunities for his teammates.

In addition to his skills as a player, Robinson was also a pioneer for civil rights in sports and society. His breaking of the color barrier in baseball paved the way for future generations of black athletes to succeed in professional sports and helped to bring attention to the larger struggle for civil rights in the United States.

Overall, while Jackie Robinson's home run total may not be as impressive as some of his contemporaries, he was still an excellent all-around player and a trailblazer for civil rights in sports and society.

Home runs (HR) are hits where the player hits the ball and reaches home in a single play without the benefit of an error or fielders choice. Commonly this is done by the player hitting the ball over the outfield fence in fair territory but it can also occur with a well placed hit that stays inside the park. Generally, for Home Runs, higher is better. (Source)

Jackie Robinson Lifetime Home Runs and Similar Stats

Stats similar to Home Runs for Jackie Robinson

	Jackie Robinson Home Runs	Jackie Robinson Home Runs Per at Bat	Jackie Robinson Home Runs Per Hit
Career	137	0.028	0.09
Season Avg.	14	0.028	0.093
162 Game Avg.	16	0.028	0.09
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Jackie Robinson Home Runs By Year Line Chart

This line chart shows Jackie Robinson's yearly Home Runs for each season of his Major League Baseball career. Also included, for comparison, are yearly player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, 2B, and players from their country of birth. For these groups, averages are calculated for each group's performance for the defined year.

Jackie Robinson Cumulative Home Runs by Year

This line chart attempts to show show how Jackie Robinson's career Home Runs progressed by year. Each year on the chart represents Jackie Robinson's career Home Runs at the end of that season.

Jackie Robinson Home Runs By Year Box Chart

This chart attempts to draw comparisons between Jackie Robinson and related player groups by summarizing Home Runs for each season played by Jackie Robinson. The box represents the middle 50% of the data for each player with the line in the box being the median value. The whiskers represent the ranges for the top and bottom 25% of the data. Review the spread and medians to draw your conclusions!

Jackie Robinson Home Runs Per Season Stats Table

This table shows Jackie Robinson Home Runs stats per season for his full MLB career with the aggregations’ sum, average, minimum, maximum, and median. Also included, for comparison, are season player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, 2B, and players from their country of birth. The comparisons are calculated for each group for each year of Jackie Robinson career.

Note: "—" indicate there were no players for comparison for a specific year. Most commonly this happens for the hall of fame group where there may not have been a hall of famer playing that year.