HISTORIC EVENTS HALL OF FAME ELECTIONS Sort bySearch Days, Events, Players Title (A - Z)Date (Newest) June 17, 1931 Future Hall of Famer Tommy Connolly announces his retirement February 2, 1936 Baseball Writers’ Association announces the results of the first Hall of Fame vote January 19, 1937 Baseball Writers Association of America elects second baseman Napoleon Lajoie, outfielder Tris Speaker and pitcher Cy Young to the Cooperstown shrine January 24, 1939 Baseball writers select Eddie Collins, Willie Keeler and George Sisler to the Hall of Fame June 12, 1939 The official dedication of the Baseball Hall of Fame December 8, 1939 Lou Gehrig gains election to the Hall of Fame June 13, 1940 Bill Nicholson of the Chicago Cubs becomes the first major league player to hit a home run at Doubleday Field January 4, 1942 this day in baseball 105 July 10, 1944 Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis is the lone inductee into Hall of Fame July 10, 1945 Ten new members are inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame June 13, 1946 Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers, and Frank Chance are inducted into the Hall of Fame together July 21, 1947 Mickey Cochrane, Frankie Frisch, Lefty Grove, and Carl Hubbell are inducted into the Hall of Fame.
