The first elections for the baseball Hall of Fame were conducted in 1936. The Hall of Fame building in Cooperstown, New York was constructed afterwards and the first inductions into the baseball Hall of Fame were in 1939.
The first elections to the baseball Hall of Fame were in 1936. Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner, Babe Ruth, Christy Mathewson, and Walter Johnson were the first players elected. The first induction ceremony in Cooperstown was in 1939.
Satchel Paige was introducted into the hall of fame in 1971. He was the first African American to be introducted into the baseball hall of fame.
The first hispanic baseball player elected into the Hall of Fame was Roberto Clemente in 1973.
The first elections for this honor were held in 1936. The plaques were put up when the hall opened in 1939.
A permanent exhibit of "Who's on First" is in the National Baseball Hall of Fame museum in Cooperstown, NY.
Baseball and it was in 1936
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All members of the Baseball Hall of Fame are considered equal -- you either are a Hall of Famer or you aren't. The year that you join is called your "class," and the first such class -- ie, the "first class" -- is given a special room at the Hall of Fame. These five are, indeed, considered the cream of the crop of baseball players.
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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello are the two members that "are" in the Hall of Fame. Actually, Abbott and Costello are not in the Hall of Fame, but the gold recording of "Who's on First" is.
If you mean the Baseball Hall of Fame, it was Jackie Robinson who was elected in 1962.