All members of the baseball Hall of Fame had some relationship with baseball either as a player, executive or baseball writer.
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.
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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When you enter the hall where all the plaques are displayed, Babe Ruth's plaques is located at the other end of the hall with the first members of the Hall of Fame.
No. The Baseball Hall of Fame members are elected by a committee established by the Baseball Writers Association of America and the office of the Commissioner of Baseball.
The first Hall of Fame class was in 1936 and featured the induction of five members: Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson (posthumously), Babe Ruth and Honus Wagner.
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 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.
A permanent exhibit of "Who's on First" is in the National Baseball Hall of Fame museum in Cooperstown, NY.