Title: 1871 in baseball
Content:  the first Hispanic player in Major League Baseball history. The 21-year-old Cuban infielder will play as Steve Bellan for the Troy Haymakers of the National Association. ; May 20 – In Boston, Mort Rogers introduces a scorecard with a picture of Harry Wright on the front. Each Red Stockings home game would feature a different player so that spectators could collect them and have a full set of Boston's players by season's end.  This marketing strategy would be used throughout the 19th century and would ultimately evolve into Tobacco cards and, eventually, Baseball cards. ; May 25 – Lip Pike 
Title: 1936 in baseball
Content:  by the Brooklyn Dodgers, the last stop n a career that would eventually lead to the hall of fame. ; February 2 – The baseball writers vote for the first players to be named to the new Baseball Hall of Fame. Ty Cobb‚ Babe Ruth‚ Honus Wagner‚ Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson each receive the requisite 75 percent of ballots cast. Active players also are eligible in this first election‚ with Rogers Hornsby finishing 9th‚ Mickey Cochrane 10th‚ Lou Gehrig 15th‚ and Jimmie Foxx 19th. Hal Chase receives 11 votes for 25th place‚ and Shoeless Joe Jackson has two votes to tie for 36th place. ; March 17 – Rookie Joe DiMaggio makes his spring debut with the 
Title: 2nd Chemical Battalion (United States)
Content: During World War I, several Major League Baseball figures served in the 1st Gas Regiment (as it was then called). These included: ; Branch Rickey, then general manager of the St. Louis Browns (later of the St. Louis Cardinals and Brooklyn Dodgers). ; Ty Cobb, outfielder for the Detroit Tigers and one of the first five inductees into the Hall of Fame in 1936. ; Christy Mathewson, pitcher for the New York Giants and one of the first five inductees into the Hall of Fame in 1936. 
Title: 2015 in baseball
Content: January 6 – For the first time since, the BBWAA elected four players to the Hall of Fame. Pitchers Randy Johnson, Pedro Martínez and John Smoltz, all in their first year on the ballot, received 97.3, 91.1 and 82.9 percent of the ballots, respectively, while second baseman/catcher Craig Biggio, in his third year on the ballot, received 82.7 percent of the votes after falling two votes short of induction in . Four players had been inducted in the 1955 voting; those players were Joe DiMaggio, Ted Lyons, Dazzy Vance and Gabby Hartnett. It is also the first time that three pitchers are enshrined in the same year, as well as the second 
Title: 1955 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting
Content:  Elections to the Baseball Hall of Fame for 1955 followed a system established for odd-number years in 1953. The eligibility of retired players was extended; previously, a player could not be on the BBWAA ballot if he had retired more than 25 years prior. The ballot could now include those who had been retired for up to 30 years. The Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) voted by mail to select from recent major league players and elected four: Joe DiMaggio, Gabby Hartnett, Ted Lyons, and Dazzy Vance. The Veterans Committee met in closed sessions to consider executives, managers, umpires, and earlier players. It selected two players, Frank Baker and Ray Schalk. A formal induction ceremony was held in Cooperstown, New York, on July 25, 1955, with Commissioner of Baseball Ford Frick presiding.
Title: 1939 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting
Content: Cap Anson, a star first baseman from the 1870s through the late 1890s, and also a successful manager, who is now widely recognized as the first player to collect 3000 hits in the topmost professional leagues. ; Buck Ewing, the game's premier catcher in the 1880s and early 1890s. Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn, who won 309 games in an 11-year career in the 1880s, including a record 60 wins in 1884; he had finished seventh in the 1936 vote. ; Albert Spalding, the game's best pitcher in the 1870s (252 wins from 1871 to 1876), who managed Chicago to the first NL pennant and later became not only part owner of the team and the club president, but also the founder of a major sporting goods company. ; Charles 
Title: 1999 in baseball
Content:  Schott and newly acquired outfielder Greg Vaughn. ; February 18 – The U.S. Postal Service issues a Jackie Robinson stamp as part of their "Celebrate the Century" program. Robinson is selected to represent the 1940s, and is the second baseball player chosen. Babe Ruth, chosen in May, represents the 1920s. ; February 18 – The Yankees end the trade rumors by acquiring Cy Young Award winner Roger Clemens from the Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for pitchers David Wells and Graeme Lloyd, and infielder Homer Bush. ; February 21 – Florida Marlins rookie third baseman Mike Lowell, acquired from the New York Yankees on February 1, undergoes surgery for testicular cancer after a small mass is found during a routine exam. 
Title: 1989 Major League Baseball season
Content: January 9 – Johnny Bench and Carl Yastrzemski are elected to the Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers' Association of America in their first year of eligibility. Bench was named on 96.4 percent of the ballots, the third-highest figure in history at the time behind Ty Cobb and Hank Aaron. ; February 3 – Bill White, a former MLB player and broadcaster, was elected president of the National League. ; February 28 – Red Schoendienst, a former second baseman and manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, and Al Barlick, a National League umpire for 28 seasons, are elected to the 
Title: 1928 in baseball
Content:  10th man, or a designated hitter, to bat in place of the pitcher. The NL will vote in favor of the proposal, but the American League will turn it down. ; December 2 – St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Jim Bottomley, who hit 325 with 31 home runs and 126 RBI, is elected National League Most Valuable Player with 76 points for 70 of Freddie Lindstrom, whose .358 batting average was third behind Rogers Hornsby (.387) and Paul Waner (.370). ; December 19 – The Washington Senators trade Hall of fame second baseman Bucky Harris to the Detroit Tigers for Jack Warner. 
Title: January 1962
Content: In his first year of eligibility, Jackie Robinson was elected to the Baseball Hall Of Fame, receiving 124 of the 160 ballots cast and becoming the first African-American to be enshrined at Cooperstown. In addition to being the first black MLB player of the modern era, Robinson had also been a six time All-Star, the 1947 Rookie of the Year, and the 1949 MVP for the National League.  Cleveland Indians pitcher Bob Feller, elected on the same day, was also inducted in his first year of eligibility.  It was the first time since the original five selections (Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Walter Johnson, Honus Wagner and Christy Mathewson) that anyone had won 75% of the votes on their first try. ; Singer Tony Bennett first recorded what 

Question: who was the first baseball player to be featured on a postage stamp?
Answer: Jackie Robinson.