Who were the original five Baseball Hall of Fame inductees?

Answer 1

The Hall had a special election in 2006, held by the Committee on African-American Baseball, of Negro League and pre Negro League players and executives. As a result, 18 people were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006, 17 of those from the Committee on African-American Baseball. In those 17 included the first woman to be elected to the Hall, Effa Manley, a Negro League executive. Negro League inductees - Ray Brown, Willard Brown, Andy Cooper, Frank Grant, Pete Hill, Biz Mackey, Effa Manley, Jose Mendez, Alex Pompez, Cumberland Posey, Louis Santop, Mule Suttles, Ben Taylor, Cristobal Torriente, Sol White, J.L. Wilkinson, and Jud Wilson

MLB inductee - Bruce Sutter

Answer 2

The Baseball Hall of Fame was founded in 1936 and elected five members in its initial class; Pitchers Walter Johnson and Christy Mathewson, shortstop Honus Wagner an outfielders Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb.

Originally, the plan was that these would be the last players inducted for quite some time, but the following year, pitcher Cy Young was added due to his importance to codifying the pitcher's modern role.

The following year, outfielder Tris Speaker and second baseman Nap Lajoie were also added, completing the first eight players.

Answer 3

The five players were, in order of votes: Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson.

Answer 4

The first five inductees into the baseball hall of fame were all elected in the first year of the HOF, 1936. They were Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner, Babe Ruth, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson.

Answer 5

The baseball Hall of Fame started in 1936 with five original inductees: Ty Cobb; Honus Wagner; Babe Ruth; Christy Mathewson; and Walter Johnson.