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Satchel Paige,Josh Gibson,Buck Leonard,Smoky Joe Williams,Martin Dihigo,Leon Day,Ray Dandridge,Effa Manley,J.L.Wilkinson,Frank Grant,Sol White,Biz Mckay,Cool Papa Bell,Ray Brown,Willard Brown,Andy Cooper,Jud Wilson,Hilton Smith,Alex Pompez,Cristobal Torriente,Ben Taylor,Oscar Charleston,Pete Hill,Jose Mendez,Louis Santop,John Henry Lloyd,Rube Foster,Bill Foster,Mule Suttles,
Technically, it was Jackie Robinson, who played in the Negro Leagues before he broke Major League Baseball's color line in 1947. But Satchel Paige's induction in 1971 was primarly for his legendary career in Negro League Baseball.
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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.
First woman inducted into the national baseball hall of fame?
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.
Who was the first Latino baseball player to be elected to baseball's hall of fame?
Roberto clemente
What is the first name of Hall of fame baseball player Speaker?
Tristam
Who was the first Hispanic baseball player to be named in the Hall of Fame?
Roberto clemente
In 1971 this person became the first Negro League Player elected the baseball hall of fame?
Satchel Paige.
What baseball player had the nickname Cool Papa?
Cool Pappa Bell was a player in the old Negro League. A native of Mississippi, Bell was elected by the special Negro League committee to the baseball Hall of Fame in 1977.
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.
What league did Buck Leonard play?
Baseball player Buck Leonard played in the Negro League. Buck Leonard was a first baseman in the League and started playing in 1933. IN 1972 he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
What man in Baseball history was given the nickname of Cool Papa?
James "Cool Papa" Bell was a Negro league baseball player. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974.
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.
First woman inducted into the national baseball hall of fame?
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.
Who was the first hispanic baseball player inducted into the baseball hall of fame?
clemente
Who was the first Latino baseball player to be elected to baseball's hall of fame?
Roberto clemente
What is the first name of Hall of fame baseball player Speaker?
Tristam
Who was the first Canadian baseball player inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame?
Ferguson Jenkins in 1991
Who was the first Hispanic baseball player to be named in the Hall of Fame?
Roberto clemente
