A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2006. We present it here once more as Minor League Baseball celebrates Black History Month with stories of Black baseball pioneers.

Dodgers great Jackie Robinson was a household name before he broke the Major League Baseball color barrier in 1947. In ...

Jackie Robinson ... for the Montreal Royals, the Dodgers' top farm team, batted an International League-leading .349 and stole 40 bases and led them to the Little World Series championship.

Jackie Robinson played in Louisville before he broke Major League Baseball's color barrier. He also came to Kentucky for the March on Frankfort.

After a stint with the minor-league Montreal Royals, Jackie Robinson was ... of a post-racial society? When Robinson played for the Royals, the neighbourhood of Little Burgundy in the southwest ...

In his 10-year career in pro baseball, Robinson was the Rookie of the Year, the National League MVP, the NL batting champion, a World Series champion ... 1946 with the Montreal Royals.

"Jackie Robinson ... Montreal Royals, the Dodgers' top farm team, batted an International League-leading .349 and stole 40 bases. After Montreal defeated Louisville to win the Junior World Series ...