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MLB history: The 10 best games of Jackie Robinson’s career

By Bill Felber

MILWAUKEE - 1954. Jackie Robinson slides safely home, as Milwaukee Braves catcher Charley White misses the tag, during a 1954 contest at Brooklyn's Ebbets Field. (Photo by Mark Rucker/Transcendental Graphics, Getty Images)
MILWAUKEE - 1954. Jackie Robinson slides safely home, as Milwaukee Braves catcher Charley White misses the tag, during a 1954 contest at Brooklyn's Ebbets Field. (Photo by Mark Rucker/Transcendental Graphics, Getty Images) /
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BROOKLYN, NY – OCTOBER 1952: (l to r) Outfielder Duke Snider #4, infielders Jackie Robinson #42 and Pee Wee Reese #1 of the Brooklyn Dodgers hold up an oversized bat which states the Dodgers are National League Champions for the 1952 season prior to a World Series game against the New York Yankees at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York. (Olen Collection/Diamond Images/Getty Images)
BROOKLYN, NY – OCTOBER 1952: (l to r) Outfielder Duke Snider #4, infielders Jackie Robinson #42 and Pee Wee Reese #1 of the Brooklyn Dodgers hold up an oversized bat which states the Dodgers are National League Champions for the 1952 season prior to a World Series game against the New York Yankees at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York. (Olen Collection/Diamond Images/Getty Images) /

Jackie Robinson’s five most impactful MLB postseason games

5. Game 1, Sept. 28, 1955, Yankees 6, Dodgers 5. Robinson’s second-inning triple set up Brooklyn’s first run. His eighth inning steal of home under Yogi Berra’s tag attempt — moving Brooklyn within a run at 6-5 — remains one of the game’s most hotly debated umpire calls. Robinson Win Probability Added: 0.110.

4. Game 5, 1952, Oct. 5, 1952, Dodgers 6, Yankees 5. Robinson walked and scored on Andy Pafko’s second-inning home run. From that point on, New York’s strategy for dealing with Robinson became avoidance. With the go-ahead run in scoring position in the seventh, he was intentionally walked. He was walked again in the top of the ninth of a tie game and intentionally walked in the 11th after Duke Snider had doubled home what would turn out to be the winning run. Robinson Win Probability Added: 0.128.

3. Game 1 Oct. 1, 1952, Dodgers 4, Yankees 2. Jackie’s home run leading off the second put Brooklyn ahead. Robinson Win Probability Added: 0.145.

2. Game 6, Oct. 9, 1956, Dodgers 1, Yankees 0. We are one day removed from Don Larsen’s perfect game and back at Ebbets Field as the Yankees try to close out the Series. Through nine innings, starters Bob Turley and Clem Labine have been untouched.

Then, in the bottom of the 10th, with two out and the winning run at second base, Robinson finally broke the scoring ice. His line single to left scored Jim Gilliam and sent the Series to a decisive seventh game … which would be won by the Yankees. Robinson Win Probability Added: 0.240.

1. Game 3, Oct. 2, 1953, Dodgers 3, Yankees 2. In the fifth inning, Robinson doubled and took third when Vic Raschi was called for a balk. He scored on Billy Cox’s sacrifice. His sixth-inning single sent Duke Snider across with a second and go-ahead Brooklyn run. Robinson Win Probability Added: 0.240.

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