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Who was the first foreign-born player elected to baseball hall of fame?
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Roberto Clemente, born in Puerto Rico and elected in 1973.
Harry Wright, born in England, was elected as an executive in 1953. Wright played 4 full seasons with the Boston Red Stockings (1871-1874 at centerfield and pitcher) and was manager of the Red Stockings, Providence Grays, and Philadelphia Quakers/Phillies between 1871-1893. He was also the center fielder and captain of the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings, the first openly professional Baseball team in U.S. history.
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Who was the first Latino baseball player to be elected to baseball's hall of fame?
Roberto clemente
Who was the first African American baseball player to be elected in the Hall of Fame?
If you mean the Baseball Hall of Fame, all players elected to the H of F that year, were elected by the Veterans Committe, and only one Black player was elected by the Special Committee on Negro Leagues, Satchel Paige. Regular election to the H of F were elected by the Baseball Writers Association of America, and no modern day player received enough votes to be elected that year.
Who has been elected to the Baseball hall of fame in their first year of eligibility?
No one.
Was Johnny bench elected to the hall of fame in his first year of elegibility?
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Who was the first Puerto Rican baseball player to play with the New York Yankees?
Roberto Clemente, who played with the Pittsburgh Pirates between 1955-1972, was not only the first Puerto Rican but the first Latin American player ever elected to baseball's Hall of Fame.
Who was the first Latino baseball player to be elected to baseball's hall of fame?
Roberto clemente
The first hispanic baseball player to go into the hall of fame?
The first hispanic baseball player elected into the Hall of Fame was Roberto Clemente in 1973.
Who and in what year was the first black player elected into the National Hall of Fame?
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Who was the first Hispanic baseball player elected to the Coppertown hall of fame?
Roberto clement
Who is the first black player elected into national hall of fame?
If you mean the Baseball Hall of Fame, it was Jackie Robinson who was elected in 1962.
Who was the first African American baseball player to be elected in the Hall of Fame?
If you mean the Baseball Hall of Fame, all players elected to the H of F that year, were elected by the Veterans Committe, and only one Black player was elected by the Special Committee on Negro Leagues, Satchel Paige. Regular election to the H of F were elected by the Baseball Writers Association of America, and no modern day player received enough votes to be elected that year.
Who was the first Latin American player elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame and when?
That would be Roberto Clemente, elected posthumously on 1973 March 20.
In 1971 this person became the first Negro League Player elected the baseball hall of fame?
Satchel Paige.
Who was the first Cleveland Indian player to be elected into the baseball hall of fame?
Tris Speaker. Speaker played for the Indians between 1916-1926 and was elected to the HoF in 1937.
When was the first black player elected to play baseball?
People aren't "elected" to play professional sports, they are drafted by teams or independently signed to contracts ("free agents"). The first African American to play major league baseball was Jackie Robinson in 1947.
Who was the first baseball player to get in the baseball hall of fame?
The first baseball player was BABE RUTH. Note: Actually Ruth was one of five men elected to the first Hall of Fame class in 1936. The others: Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson and Honus Wagner.
Who became the first black player inducted into the baseball hall of fame?
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.
