When the inaugural Hall of Fame ballots were counted in 1936, five players had received at least 75% of the votes cast - the standard set for election by the Baseball Writers' Association of America that still exists today. Those players were the first five men elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. The five players were, in order of votes: Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson.
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Babe Ruth was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1936 and inducted in 1939 when the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum opened (June, 1939).
Babe Ruth was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1936 with Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson, and Walter Johnson.
Babe Ruth first played baseball when he was 7 years of age at St. Mary's Industrial School. Babe Ruth made is Major League debut On July 11, 1914 with the Boston Red Sox