Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson were the first players all inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1936.
Jackie Robinson in 1962.
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Ferguson Jenkins in 1991
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Christy Mathewson, who was inducted into the baseball hall of fame in 1936. He was buried at Lewisburg Cemetary in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania on October 10, 1925.
first woman inducted into baseball hall of fame.
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Effa Manley (1900-81), who was co-owner of the Newark Eagles of the Negro Leagues in the 1930s and 1940s, was the first woman inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006.
The baseball hall of fame was begun by the Baseball Writers Association in 1936. They voted five players in that year: Ty Cobb; Honus Wagner; Babe Ruth; Christy Mathewson; and Walter Johnson.
Babe Ruth First HOF YankeeBabe Ruth was one of the first five players to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936 when it opened.
Reggie Jackson was inducted into the MLB Hall of Fame in 1993, on his first ballot with 93.6% of the vote.
It was Jackie Robinson, who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1947 to 1956. He was elected to Cooperstown in 1962, his first year of eligibility.