Why did they do it? Beats the hell out of me. I was just a scared kid from Kentucky, and these guys had been up in the majors for a while. I guess it was because I was just such a helluva nice kid - if you'll accept that.

When Pee Wee reached out to Jackie all of us in the Negro League smiled and said it was the first time that a white guy had accepted us. '” His role in nurturing Jackie Robinson aside 1947 was a superb year for Reese as he batted. No other non-Yankee ballplayer has appeared in that many World Series for the same team.

A ten-time All Star Reese contributed to seven National League championships for the Dodgers and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1984. Harold Peter Henry "Pee Wee" Reese (July 23 1918 – August 14 1999) was an American professional baseball player. Reese is also famous for his support of his teammate Jackie Robinson the first modern African American player in the major leagues especially in Robinson's difficult first years.