Jackie Robinson, 1962. Also he was the first player ever to be inducted in his first year of eligibility
It was Jackie Robinson, who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1947 to 1956. He was elected to Cooperstown in 1962, his first year of eligibility.
Illinois.
The first African American inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame was Jackie Robinson in 1962.
Jackie Robinson entered the hall of fame in 1962.
Ferguson Jenkins was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame by the BBWAA in 1991.
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first woman inducted into baseball hall of fame.
Albert pujols
No, but he was the first from his country to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Ferguson Jenkins in 1991
Warren Moon ========== Warren Moon, one of only two people to be inducted into both the Canadian Football Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame (Bud Grant is the other) was a rookie with the Edmonton Eskimos in 1978. In 1964, however, Tom Casey became the first black player inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame.