Forget for a moment the circumstances around Jackie Robinson's career. Forget what he was up against. Forget that he had played barely a season and a half of professional baseball when he broke in with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, or that he was learning a new position (first base) or that, oh yes, he was bearing a societal weight unlike any borne by a major leaguer before or since. Forget all of that and let's look at the numbers. Let's look at how he played.