Jackie Robinson's influence in baseball, not to mention sports in general, was once again celebrated by the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday.

To commemorate the MLB's Jackie Robinson Day on April 15, the entire Dodgers team gathered for a powerful moment of remembrance and reflection.

The team congregated near the Jackie Robinson statue outside Dodger Stadium ahead of their game against the Colorado Rockies. Following tradition, each player donned Robinson's iconic No. 42 jersey.

The MLB also announced that its players will be wearing Jackie Robinson-themed Air Griffey Max 1 cleats on the field.

On this day 74 years ago, Robinson broke the color barrier when he became the first African American player to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era. He started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers, marking the end of racial segregation in professional baseball.

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The league began celebrating Jackie Robinson Day in 2004, which soon evolved into one of MLB's most sacred traditions.

“I have often stated that baseball's proudest moment and its most powerful social statement came on April 15, 1947 when… Robinson first set foot on a Major League Baseball field,” former MLB commissioner Bud Selig once said about Jackie Robinson Day.

“On that day, Jackie brought down the color barrier and ushered in the era in which baseball became the true national pastime. Fifty years after that historic event, in April 1997, I was proud to join Rachel Robinson and President Bill Clinton at Shea Stadium to honor Jackie by retiring his uniform number 42 in perpetuity. By establishing April 15 as ‘Jackie Robinson Day' throughout Major League Baseball, we are further ensuring that the incredible contributions and sacrifices he made — for baseball and society — will not be forgotten.”

Robinson's inspiring story, meanwhile, has been told several times on the big screen. The late actor Chadwick Boseman was lauded for his portrayal of Robinson in the 2013 film 42.