As the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum celebrates 85 years in 2024, we turn back the clock to the grand opening and first induction ceremony on June 12, 1939. Four classes representing the greatest collection of baseball talent ever assembled were on hand to celebrate the sport's centennial, in turn adding a new tradition to the storied fabric of our game. Learn more about the men, myths and legends that put the best-known sports shrine in the world on the map in Cooperstown.

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