Hank Aaron, Frank Robinson, Travis Jackson, and Happy Chandler were elected in 1982.
Hank Aaron and Frank Robinson were elected in 1982.
1936 The first players elected were Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson, and Walter Johnson.
Robinson was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962 at the age of 43.
Satchel Paige was elected to the Baseball Hall Of Fame in 1971, years after Jackie Robinson
Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson, and Walter Johnson in 1936.
The last year that happened was 1960. Prior to that, there were no electees in 1958, 1950, 1943, 1941, and 1940.
Jackie Robinson was elected in 1962
Stan "The Man" Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1969.
There are 231 players, 8 umpires, 19 managers, and 31 pioneers and executives that have been elected to the Hall of Fame
If you mean the Baseball Hall of Fame, it was Jackie Robinson who was elected in 1962.
If you mean the Baseball Hall of Fame, all players elected to the H of F that year, were elected by the Veterans Committe, and only one Black player was elected by the Special Committee on Negro Leagues, Satchel Paige. Regular election to the H of F were elected by the Baseball Writers Association of America, and no modern day player received enough votes to be elected that year.
Rickey Henderson, elected in 2009, is the sole 'throws lefty, bats righty' player in the HoF.