After Robinson was discharged in 1944, he started to play professional baseball. When he started to play he was in the negro leagues. Robinson started his career with the Kansas City Monarchs in 1945.
After he was purchased by Branch Ricky, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, he went to the triple-A Montreal Royals. After one year in the minors as a first baseman, he he was called up to the big leagues as a Brooklyn Dodger. He played his first game at Ebbets Field for the Dodgers on April 15,1947. When Jackie joined the Dodgers, Branch Rickey made Jackie promise not to fight back when he was confronted by racists. People in the crowds would jeer him and his family would be threatened by many people. His career with the Royals was the main reason Jackie was promoted to the majors. The Dodgers manager Leo Durocher even said he would trade the white players before Jackie after they had threatened to sit out.
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