Across
- 1. coach that was very willing to help jackie be one of the first african Americans to play in the mlb
- 4. overcome year of mediocrity
- 8. was used to determind the one game AL pennant playoff
- 9. signed to dogers and was the first african American player
- 12. won NL MVP in 1946
- 15. some of jackies future teammates mades this so they didn’t have to play with jackie
- 16. last of the original eight fanchises to win its first pennant
- 18. retired 1947 yankees pitcher with the highest winning percentage
- 19. the 1942 season proceeded without any drastic effects from this
Down
- 2. bringing african Americans into baseball breaks this
- 3. the kid,20 year old with a batting average of .327, second to babe ruth
- 5. one of jackies baseball teams
- 6. the streak, yanks player with a 56 game hitting streak in 1941
- 7. was another african American who had to eat on the bus with jackie
- 10. moved to Pittsburgh after saying he did not want to play with jackie
- 11. Led the lowly browns to the fanchises sole American League pennant
- 13. 1942 lost multiple players to the war
- 14. founded by chicagoan william shulbert in 1876
- 17. wins 1948 AL MVP award