Jackie Pre-Vero Beach
On April 15th of this year, Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball's color barrier.
What is 1947?
The Jackie Robinson Training Complex (Historic Dodgertown) is one of this total number of sports properties on the US Civil Rights Trail.
What is one?
True or False: Jackie Robinson was the first African American inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
TRUE
(1962)
True or False: The first year the SSG Landers (formerly SK Wyverns) trained at this facility was 2012.
FALSE
2011 Fall Camp
This team won the 2023 World Series.
What is the Texas Rangers?
Jackie wore this uniform number playing in the Minor Leagues.
What is #9?
The Jackie Robinson Training Complex originally opened as Dodgertown and hosted its first Dodgers Spring Training camp in this year.
What is 1948?
This title was NOT held by Jackie Robinson:
e) None of the above
These two major additions were made to our facility in 2012.
What are the softball quad and multi-purpose field?
Historically, 15” bases have been used in MLB. As part of the rule changes introduced for the 2023 season, this base size is now being used in MLB.
What are 18" bases?
Jackie wore this uniform number playing in the Negro Leagues.
What is #5?
True or False: The City of Vero Beach was racially desegregated, thus allowing the Dodgers to later create a desegregated Spring Training facility (Dodgertown) for their players.
FALSE
Dodgertown was racially desegregated PRIOR to the City of Vero Beach.
This was the villa that Tommy Lasorda famously used to stay in.
What is room 112?
This is the square footage of Building 42:
d) 38,600
With the launch of the new Pace of Play rules in 2023, this is how many minutes the average MLB regular season game time was reduced by from 2022.
b) 24 minutes
Jackie played for this team in the Minor Leagues.
What is the Montreal Royals?
This is what this property was used for prior to becoming the Dodgers Spring Training home.
What is a US Naval Air Base?
This was the date of the last Dodgers Spring Training game at Dodgertown.
What is March 17, 2008?
This is the year Indian River County purchased Dodgertown (land and facilities) from the Los Angeles Dodgers.
What is 2001?
MLB introduced the pitch clock in 2023. This is how many seconds the pitch timer starts at with runners on base.
What is 20 seconds?
Jackie played for this team in the Negro Leagues.
What is the Kansas City Monarchs?
In 1953, Holman Stadium opened named after this prominent Vero Beach resident and businessman responsible for attracting the Dodgers to the City of Vero Beach.
Who is Bud Holman?
This is which of Jackie's 9 values each of the baseball and softball fields are now named as.
What is:
Teamwork (1), Determination (2), Citizenship (3), Integrity (5), Commitment (6), Courage (7), Excellence (8), Justice (9), Persistence (10)
This is the year Major League Baseball started holding youth development events at this facility.
What is 2015?
This is where the 2024 MLB All-Star game is being held.
Arlington, Texas (Texas Rangers)