Dodgers president Branch Rickey issued a brief statement to the press. It was to announce the team had purchased the contract of Jackie Robinson from the Montreal Royals, and he was expected to ...

Jackie Robinson signs what is, at the time, the highest-paying contract in the history of the Brooklyn Dodgers. It was for $35,000 per year (still just $455,000 in today’s dollars). Sheesh—how ...

No. 3 Jackie Robinson signs a contract with Brooklyn Dodger's ... He came from the Montreal team, The Dodgers played an exhibition game against the New York Yankees today. "Life is not a spectator ...

More Bettmann/Getty Images Robinson joined a Dodgers club that went on ... but they got a petition against playing with Jackie. They came to me and said to sign it, but I never signed it.