A statue of Jackie Robinson was unveiled at Dodger Stadium in 2017.
The Dodgers dedicated the bronze sculpture on April 15, 2017, Jackie Robinson Day, exactly 70 years after Robinson made his historic major-league debut. Sculptor Branly Cadet created the statue, which shows Robinson sliding into home plate as a rookie. It was the first statue the Dodgers had unveiled at Dodger Stadium.
The location is significant because Robinson spent his entire 10-year MLB career with the Dodgers organization, first playing for Brooklyn and later Los Angeles. The statue originally stood in the stadium’s left-field plaza. During renovations, it was moved to the center-field plaza, where it stands near a statue of fellow Dodgers legend Sandy Koufax, unveiled in 2022.
A common mix-up is confusing this monument with other Robinson statues. A separate statue of Robinson and Pee Wee Reese was unveiled at KeySpan Park in Brooklyn in 2005, while the Dodger Stadium sculpture dates specifically to 2017.