Jackie Robinson, 1962. Also he was the first player ever to be inducted in his first year of eligibility
Jackie Robinson entered the hall of fame in 1962.
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Ferguson Jenkins in 1991
No, but he was the first from his country to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Jackie Robinson
Roberto Clemente
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.
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Christy Mathewson was inducted in the inaugural Hall of Fame class in 1936 - and he died in 1925.
Jackie Robinson was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1962.
Bill Russell of the Boston Celtics in 1975.