 In 1962 , Feller was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum along with Jackie Robinson . Both were the first to be elected on their first ballot appearance since the original induction class of 1936 . At the time of his induction only Ty Cobb ( 98 @.@ 2 % ) , Babe Ruth ( 95 @.@ 1 % ) , and Honus Wagner ( 95 @.@ 1 % ) had a higher percentage of ballot votes . In 2010 , after Feller had been admitted to hospice , a reporter released a story recalling a 2007 interview with an aged Feller where he brought up Feller and Robinson 's occasional dislike for each other . " They overhyped Jackie Robinson . He was a good baserunner . He was a fair hitter . He was an average second baseman . He was not as good a ballplayer as Larry Doby . There were a lot of better black ballplayers than Jackie Robinson " , said Feller . 
