The first elections for this honor were held in 1936. The plaques were put up when the hall opened in 1939.
If you mean the Baseball Hall of Fame, it was Jackie Robinson who was elected in 1962.
1936 The first players elected were Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson, and Walter Johnson.
In 1962, Jackie Robinson became the first African American baseball player to be elected into the National Hall of Fame. He was also the very first African American player to play in the National Baseball league.
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No. Warren Moon retired after the 2000 season and players are not eligible to be elected to the Hall of Fame until five years after their retirement. He was elected in his first year on the Hall of Fame ballot which was 2006.
When the inaugural Hall of Fame ballots were counted in 1936, five players had received at least 75% of the votes cast - the standard set for election by the Baseball Writers' Association of America that still exists today. Those players were the first five men elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. The five players were, in order of votes: Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson.
There are 231 players, 8 umpires, 19 managers, and 31 pioneers and executives that have been elected to the Hall of Fame
I'm pretty sure it was Jackie Robinson.
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In 1936 when Ty Cobb received 222 votes (98.2%), Babe Ruth received 215 votes (95.1%), Honus Wagner received 215 (95.1%), Christy Mathewson received 205 votes (90.7%) and Walter Johnson received 189 votes (83.6%) were all elected to the Hall of Fame.
Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson, and Walter Johnson in 1936.
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