1971
Satchel Paige Enters the Hall of Fame
Satchel Paige becomes the first player elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame primarily for his career in the Negro Leagues.
Collection
Hall of Fame moments
Elections, inductions and the opening of the Hall itself.
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Moments
1936
First
1971
Most recent
1970s · 1
1960s · 1
1962
Jackie Robinson Enters the Hall of Fame
Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, fifteen years after breaking the sport's color line.
1930s · 2
1939
The Baseball Hall of Fame Opens
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum opens in Cooperstown, New York, marking the sport's presumed centennial and enshrining its first classes of inductees.
1936
The Hall of Fame's First Five
The Baseball Writers' Association of America announces the first five players elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame: Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson, and Walter Johnson.