Hey, Rich:
Welcome to the board! There are many knowledgeable people here that can certainly help point you in the right direction. A good start might be the OldCardboard website where a Baseball HOF Rookie Card database was recently compiled. Here's a link to the webpage:
http://www.oldcardboard.com/ref/rookies/RookiesList.asp
If you have any questions on it, please feel free to ask.