Subject(s): Jackie Robinson Sport: Baseball Location: Los Angeles Dodgers, Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, CA Unveiled: 15/4/2017 Sculptor: Branly Cadet Material: Bronze Status: In Situ Inscription(s): Inscribed on plinth, side 1: Jackie Robinson [Signature]. 42. BROOKLYN DODGERS. Inscribed on plinth, side 2: "A life is not important except in the impact it has on others lives." Inscribed on plinth, side 3: "I’m not concerned with your liking or disliking me… All I ask is that you respect me as a human being." Inscribed on plinth, side 4: JACKIE ROBINSON. 42. BROOKLYN DODGERS 1947 - 1954. Inscribed on plinth, top: Jackie Robinson January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972. On April 15, 1947, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, N.Y., Jack Roosevelt Robinson, at the age of 28, became the first African-American in the 20th century to play for a Major League Baseball team. A dynamic player who appeared in 6 World Series throughout his 10-year career, Robinson in 1947 was named baseball’s first Rookie of the Year, an award which today bears his name. Robinson won national MVP honors in 1949 after hitting a league best of 342 with 37 steals. In his career he stole home 19 times during the regular season, and once in the 1954 series against the New York Yankees. Links: Sculptor