Jackie Robinson was inducted into the Major League Baseball (MLB) Hall of Fame in 1962, his first year on the ballot, receiving 124 votes.
Jackie Robinson was elected in 1962
Robinson was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962 at the age of 43.
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Satchel Paige was elected to the Baseball Hall Of Fame in 1971, years after Jackie Robinson
If you mean the Baseball Hall of Fame, it was Jackie Robinson who was elected in 1962.
Jackie Robinson played baseball and was in the baseball hall of fame.
Jackie Robinson was a first ballot Hall of Famer (retired 1956 and elected to the HOF in 1962).
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Jackie Robinson was inducted into the MLB Hall of Fame 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.
Jackie Robinson got inducted in 1962.
In 1947, the year he broke baseball's color barrier as a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers.