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Who was the first Major League Baseball player to get into the Hall of Fame?
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∙ 16y ago
The first MLB was in 1871 and called the National Association. There were nine teams in the League representing the cities of Philadelphia, Chicago, Boston, Washington, New York, Troy, Ft. Wayne, Cleveland, and Rockford. Each team had 12 or 13 players, two or three being pitchers. So there really wasn't a 'first' player in the MLB, it was more like the 'first' teams in the MLB. If you click on the 'First MLB Game' link on this page, you can read about the first MLB game ever played. The date was May 4, 1871.
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∙ 12y agoThe first time a group of Baseball writers were assembled to determine which player was the "most important and useful player to the club and to the league" was in 1911, and it was sponsored by the Chalmers Auto Corporation. The winners were Ty Cobb in the American League and Fred Schulte in the National League.
An award of similar stature, determined by a vote of the Baseball Writers Association, was first given in 1931. The winners were 'Lefty' Grove in the American League and Frankie Frisch in the National League.
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∙ 16y agoThe first elections for baseball's Hall of Fame were held in 1936. Five players were elected: Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson, and Walter Johnson.
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∙ 16y agoHistory has not recorded who the first baseball player was. The first organized team was the New York Knickerbockers in the mid 1840s.
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∙ 15y agobaseball is a team sport and can not be played alone so there for no single person can deem themselves the first person to play the game.
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∙ 11y agoTY Cobb
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∙ 12y agojoey jay
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Because he is the oldest i can think of.
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