On this day in sports: April 15

1. 1947 Jackie Robinson, the first African American to break the baseball color line, played his first game in Major League Baseball. Source
2. 1947 Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking baseball's color line. Source
3. 1958 On Walter O'Malley's initiative, the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants played the first Major League Baseball game on the U.S. West Coast. Source
4. 1988 Born: Chris Tillman, American baseball pitcher Source
5. 2012 Died: Dwayne Schintzius, American basketball player (born 1968) Source
6. 2024 Died: Whitey Herzog, American professional baseball outfielder and manager (born 1931) Source

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