<P> In 2002, the Hall launched Baseball As America, a traveling exhibit that toured ten American museums over six years . The Hall of Fame has since also sponsored educational programming on the Internet to bring the Hall of Fame to schoolchildren who might not visit . The Hall and Museum completed a series of renovations in spring 2005 . The Hall of Fame also presents an annual exhibit at FanFest at the Major League Baseball All - Star Game . </P> <P> Jeff Idelson replaced Petroskey as president on April 16, 2008 . He had been acting as president since March 25, 2008, when Petroskey was forced to resign for having "failed to exercise proper fiduciary responsibility" and making "judgments that were not in the best interest of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum ." </P> <P> Among baseball fans, "Hall of Fame" means not only the museum and facility in Cooperstown, New York, but the pantheon of players, managers, umpires, executives, and pioneers who have been enshrined in the Hall . The first five men elected were Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson, chosen in 1936; roughly 20 more were selected before the entire group was inducted at the Hall's 1939 opening . As of January 2018, 323 people had been elected to the Hall of Fame, including 226 former Major League Baseball players, 35 Negro league baseball players and executives, 22 managers, 10 umpires, and 30 pioneers, executives, and organizers. 114 members of the Hall of Fame have been inducted posthumously, including four who died after their selection was announced . Of the 35 Negro league members, 29 were inducted posthumously, including all 24 selected since the 1990s . The Hall of Fame includes one female member, Effa Manley . </P> <P> The newest members elected on January 24, 2018, are players Chipper Jones, Jim Thome, Vladimir Guerrero, and Trevor Hoffman . They were officially inducted on July 29, 2018, alongside players Jack Morris and Alan Trammell . </P>

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