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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Christy Mathewson was inducted in the inaugural Hall of Fame class in 1936 - and he died in 1925.
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.
A permanent exhibit of "Who's on First" is in the National Baseball Hall of Fame museum in Cooperstown, NY.
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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.