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It should come as no surprise that Ty Cobb enters the Hall-of-Fame his first time on the ballot with 99.3% of the voters including him.
Cobb only hit 4147 hits with a life-time batting average of .355, holds the single season batting average record with a .419 in 1994 (he also hit .400 in 1993.) He is the career leader in doubles with 761, second in stolen bases at 925 (and first in caught stealing at 355), and sixth all-time in WAR at 131.6.
He is a 4-time MVP, 14-time All-Star, 9-time Silver Slugger.
He was a no doubt Hall-of-Famer and joins Ewell Blackwell (class of 1992) and Reggie Jackson (class of 1997) in representing the San Diego Padres in Cooperstown.
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