Braves lead MLB charge on Jackie Robinson Day tribute
Braves have 15 players from eight different countries.
Braves lead MLB charge on Jackie Robinson Day tribute originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . No MLB franchise embodies the meaning behind Jackie Robinson Day more than the Atlanta Braves .
On this day, Robinson broke the MLB color barrier by representing the Brooklyn Dodgers. Since then, the league has welcomed players of all kinds. When the Braves line up Wednesday evening at Truist Field, wearing No.
42 in honor of Jackie Robinson Day, they will be the most diverse starting team among all the starting lineups in the MLB. Their projected starting lineup will include three Black players, three White players, and a player each from Venezuela, Curaçao and Honduras. Atlanta is tied with the San Diego Padres , with each side having 15 international-born players on their roster.
The Braves have players from the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Colombia, Honduras, Curaçao and South Korea. In the starting lineup, Ronald Acuna Jr. is from Venezuela, Ozzie Albies from Curacao and Mauricio Dubon from Honduras.