 However, as the season progressed, Yogi Berra began to take over as the starting catcher.Robinson ended the year with a .270 batting average in 82 games, with 5 home runs and 36 runs batted in, as the Yankees went on to win the American League pennant.In the 1947 World Series, Robinson appeared in three games and started in Games 5 and 7, getting 2 hits in 10 at-bats, as the Yankees defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers in a seven-game series.