Editing Jackie Robinson (section)

====World Championship and retirement (1954–1956)====
In 1954, Robinson had 62 runs scored, a .311 batting average, and 7 steals. His best day at the plate was on June 17, when he hit two home runs and two doubles.<ref name="stats"/><ref name="lester"/> The following autumn, Robinson won his only championship when the Dodgers defeated the New York Yankees in the [[1955 World Series]].<ref>[[#Schoor|Schoor]], pp. 243–248.</ref> Although the team enjoyed ultimate success, 1955 was the worst year of Robinson's individual career. He hit .256 and stole only 12 bases. The Dodgers tried Robinson in the outfield and as a [[third baseman]], both because of his diminishing abilities and because Gilliam was established at second base.<ref>[[#Eig|Eig]], p. 269.</ref> Robinson, then 36 years old,<ref>{{cite news|last=Shaikin|first=Bill|title=It's Jackie Robinson Day on Wednesday. Here's how you can watch him play|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=April 14, 2020|url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/story/2020-04-14/dodgers-jackie-robinson-day-brooklyn-1955-world-series-vin-scully-yankees|access-date=September 4, 2020}}</ref> missed 49 games and did not play in Game 7 of the World Series.<ref name="Impact"/> He missed the game because manager [[Walter Alston]] decided to play Gilliam at second and [[Don Hoak]] at third base. That season, the Dodgers' [[Don Newcombe]] became the first black major league pitcher to win twenty games in a year.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hoffman |first1=Benjamin |title=In Don Newcombe, Baseball Got Its First Black Ace |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/20/sports/don-newcombe-black-aces.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=February 20, 2019}}</ref>

In 1956, Robinson had 61 runs scored, a .275 batting average, and 12 steals.<ref name="stats"/> By then, he had begun to exhibit the effects of [[diabetes]] and to lose interest in the prospect of playing or managing professional baseball.<ref name="Tygiel 2002, p. 34"/> Robinson ended his major league career when he struck out to end Game 7 of the [[1956 World Series]].<ref>[[#Schoor|Schoor]], pp. 249–253.</ref> After the season, the Dodgers traded Robinson to the arch-rival [[New York Giants (NL)|New York Giants]] for [[Dick Littlefield]] and $35,000 cash (equal to ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|35000|1956}}}} today). The trade, however, was never completed; unbeknownst to the Dodgers, Robinson had already agreed with the president of [[Chock full o'Nuts]] to quit baseball and become an executive with the company.<ref name=Lingep114>[[#Linge|Linge]], p. 114.</ref> Since Robinson had sold exclusive rights to any retirement story to [[Look (American magazine)|''Look'']] magazine two years previously,<ref name=Lingep114/> his retirement decision was revealed through the magazine, instead of through the Dodgers organization.<ref name=mlb.com>{{cite web |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070603&content_id=2003372&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb |title=Jackie Robinson: Gone but not forgotten |access-date=May 5, 2019 |last=Bloom |first=Barry M. |date=June 4, 2007 |work=[[Major League Baseball|MLB.com]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080302110739/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070603&content_id=2003372&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb |archive-date=March 2, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref>