page_title: List of members of the Baseball Hall of Fame
section_title: Members
hierarchical_section_title: List of members of the Baseball Hall of Fame / Members
caption_attribution_description: English: Baseball Hall of Famer Albert Goodwill Spalding Deutsch: Der Baseballspieler Albert Spalding
context_page_description: The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York, honors individuals who have excelled in playing, managing, and serving the sport, and is the central point for the study of the history of baseball in the United States and beyond, displaying baseball-related artifacts and exhibits. Elections of worthy individuals to be honored by induction into the Hall of Fame commenced in 1936, although the first induction ceremonies were not held until the hall opened in 1939. Through the elections for 2020, a total of 333 people have been inducted, including 235 former major league players, 31 executives, 35 Negro Leagues players and executives, 22 managers, and 10 umpires. Each is listed showing his primary position; that is, the position or role in which the player made his greatest contribution to baseball according to the Hall of Fame.
  According to the current rules, players must have at least 10 years of major league experience to be eligible for induction. In addition, they must be retired for at least five years if living, or deceased for at least six months.
context_section_description: In the table below, "primary team" is based on the inductees' biographies at the Hall of Fame website. This does not necessarily match the cap logo on the inductee's Hall of Fame plaque (if applicable; those inducted as executives are shown without caps, and many early players are depicted without cap logos because logos were not in use during the individuals' careers).
caption: Albert Spalding, elected 1939
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