Heres a long lost diary entry from Jackie Robinson. This diary entry is talking about his major league debut as the first colored person to play baseball  and he's also talking about how he felt on that day.

April 14 1947
So today was probably one of the biggest days of my life. I woke up today fully energized and I turn on the television and everyone’s talking about it. The day the first African American plays major league baseball. I have been waiting for this day for a pretty long time now and I’ll be honest, I’m kind of nervous. Although I’m not going to tell anyone nor show anyone because I’m one of those guys who likes to stay strong. I’m not going to show anyone any weaknesses. It’s just going to come back and bite me in the butt. I’ve heard things on the television where people are talking about how I’m going to play second base and they’re saying I’m going to be seeing a lot of flying cleats. But I’m not going to let that stop me at all. I’m going to play hard no matter what people say or do. I don’t like people underestimating me.  So I drove over to the stadium at 3 o clock this afternooon so I can get ready and put on my brand new number 42 uniform. I would have to say, it felt really good putting on that jersey for the first time. So as I was stretching out and playing catch I started to look around the stadium and that is when I realized how that this is where I belong. I’m here for a reason. To change the game of baseball forever. So the game starts and I’m batting lead off. Although I did go 0-4 I still scored 1 run and played a big role in our win. Not only did I break the color barrier for baseball but also I broke it for all other sports. I have to say; it feels really good knowing how big of an accomplishment I had done. Just to see all the Negroes at the game with big smiles on their face really brightened everything up and when I’m walking down the street and Negroes are just coming up to me saying thank you and shaking my hand. That really makes you stop for a while and just try to take everything in. knowing that you have changed sports around the world really makes you feel so great. Although I did face some racist ball players and fans I never stopped play my hardest. I even got death threats and threats about my family being killed’ but again, that did not stop me. I also remember the newspaper paper today with the head title. Jackie Robinson becomes hero of the day?” I’m pretty sure I was a hero to many people today.
- Jackie Robinson

Heres another entry from Jackie Robinson's long lost diary. In this entry Jackie is talking about how he was treated back then and how the blcks were segragated from the whites. Jackie Robinson really expresses his feelings in this last entry.

April 20 1947
For a long time black have been segregated form the whites. Whether it was at schools, busses, or even the drinking fountains; black and whites were always separated. As a black man like me it’s not really easy at times. Especially if you’re trying to fulfill your dreams. Some people out there can be really cruel. But I managed to change that. Being a black ball player I got a lot of racist remarks. I got cleated at second base and also threats. But that’s what comes with being black at this time. Yet I managed to break the color barrier in all sports. I, Jackie Robinson, being the first major league athlete ever. It actually feels really good to just right that right now. It also feels good hearing me say my name and how I have changed sports dramatically. Although I’m pretty sure someone would have broke it if I didn’t but in my opinion I think I’m the only one that could handle it. Yeah I know other people joined just a little bit after me. But I was the one who got it started, when I say I think I’m the only one who can probably handle it its because I think I’m the strongest African American baseball player out there, well mentally that is. I don’t think many people can handle all the death threats it came with and all the flying cleats coming at you. All though not all players were mean to me. Well on my team that is. I remember Pee Wee Reese. He was a fine man. He wasn’t scared to talk to me or scared what other people said about him. He just did what he wanted to do. I later got joined by another African American man by the name of Larry Doby who played for the Cleveland Indians. Knowing that there was another African American playing professional ball with me kind of relieved some of the stress. But then more and more kept coming and to a point all the stress was gone and I had not as many problems. Of course you can’t get rid of all problems but I’m pretty sure I got rid of a lot. I would say we have some new laws now. African Americans (colored people) are now allowed to play major league baseball. All thanks to me and the people who believed in me. Thank you everyone. Never stop believing.

- Jackie Robinson

Heres Jackie Robinson's career statistics in his 10 years with the major league Brooklyn Dodgers.

 BRO: Brooklyn Dodgers; KAN: Kansas City Monarchs (Negro League); MON: Montreal Royals (International League). *Total reflects his 10 years with the Brooklyn Dodgers (excludes play in Negro League and International League).
Yr Team Avg GP AB R H HR RBI BB SO SB E
1945 KAN .387 47 163 36 63 5 23 – – 13 –
1946 MON .349 124 444 113 155 3 66 92 27 40 10
1947 BRO .297 151 590 125 175 12 48 74 36 29 16
1948 BRO .296 147 574 108 170 12 85 57 37 22 15
1949 BRO .342 156 593 122 203 16 124 86 27 37 16
1950 BRO .328 144 518 99 170 14 81 80 24 12 11
1951 BRO .338 153 548 106 185 19 88 79 27 25 7
1952 BRO .308 149 510 104 157 19 75 106 40 24 20
1953 BRO .329 136 484 109 159 12 95 74 30 17 6
1954 BRO .311 124 386 62 120 15 59 63 20 7 7
1955 BRO .256 105 317 51 81 8 36 61 18 12 10
1956 BRO .275 117 357 61 98 10 43 60 32 12 9
*TOTAL .311 1382 4877 947 1518 137 734 740 291 197 117

An artifact extracted from the home of Robinson's mother depicting Jackie on this rare, ornamental card.