Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro league player to be voted into the USA's Baseball Hall of Fame.

Satchel Paige

American baseball player and coach (1906–1982)

Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige was an American professional baseball pitcher who played in Negro league baseball and Major League Baseball (MLB). His career spanned five decades and culminated with his induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Negro league baseball

The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams of African Americans. The term may be used broadly to include professional black teams outside the leagues and it may be used narrowly for the seven relatively successful leagues beginning in…

National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

Professional sports hall of fame in New York, U.S.

The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is a history museum and hall of fame in Cooperstown, New York, operated by a private foundation. It serves as the central collection and gathering space for the history of baseball in the United States displaying baseball-related…