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Diamond_Dog

(35,178 posts) Wed Mar 2, 2022, 02:37 PM Mar 2022

Ty Cobb's Hall of Fame vote percentage (98.2%) stood as a record for 50 years until....

Ty Cobb, nicknamed The Georgia Peach, was one of the first players to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, historical facts reveal. Moreover, he received more votes than any other players on the ballot, i.e. he got 222 votes out of 226 in total. In fact, the percentage of votes he got (98.2%) stood as a record for over 50 years—it was broken in 1992 when Tom Seaver got 98.8% of the vote. Ty Cobb also holds the record for the highest career hitting average (.366) and the most batting titles (12).

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Ty Cobb's Hall of Fame vote percentage (98.2%) stood as a record for 50 years until.... (Original Post) Diamond_Dog Mar 2022 OP

IMO some of the records set before Jackie Robinson/integration of baseball should... brush Mar 2022 #1

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1. IMO some of the records set before Jackie Robinson/integration of baseball should...

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Wed Mar 2, 2022, 03:02 PM

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have an asterisk next to them. During off-seasons some major league players would barnstorm and play Negro League teams and win some, lose some.

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