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What a killer class this is. Bob Gibson and Willie Mays are RL HOFers who were also in the previous OOTP HOF, and Graig Nettles was an absolute monster, here.

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Bob Gibson is the 48th player inducted into both OOTP HOF, the 44th RL HOFer inducted here, and the 17th RL HOFer to be inducted into both OOTP HOF.

Gibson was the 5th overall pick in the 2042 draft. He went to Kansas City...close to St Louis.

Gibson pitched 17 years and retired after the 2059 season with a career record of 230 wins (t-28th, Jesse Tannehill) and 156 losses. His OOTP ERA of 3.41 is a npa ERA+ of 131.

Gibby fanned 3596 men (20th, sandwiched between Harry Salisbury and Warren Spahn) in 3056 IP. His 9.231 K/9 rate places him in a tie for 63rd with Smokey Joe Wood.

In his sophomore season, he took the Royals to the WS, but they came up short.

When he became a agent in 2047, he signed with the Cardinals. How cool is that. He pitched for the Cardinals until he retired. How cooler is that?

In 2052 he won the CYA with a 20-6 record and an OOTP ERA of 2.33 (npa ERA+ 177). This would be his career high in wins. It would also be his best ERA/ERA+ season. He struck out 265 men in 255 IP.

He took the Cards to the Fall Classic in 2052. In spite of going 4-0 in the post season (he went 7-0 in his final 2 post seasons), the Red Birds fell to Charlie Ferguson and the Red Sox in five games. This would be Gibson's lat crack at a title.

A 5 time All Star, Gibson picked up a GG in a career that shows him with a Gray Ink total above the Hall average. It is by virtue of this number that he enters the HOF.

Black Ink: 15 (20)
Gray Ink: 177 (207)
HOFm: 149.1 (222)
HOFs: 45 (54)

Gorilla Composite: 3.0 (3.9)

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Willie Mays was the second selection of the 2040 draft. He called San Diego his new home.

While a Padre, he won 3 WS. He left for Philadelphia and won another championship with the Phillies. He is the first player from any of these teams to be inducted into the HOF. There are others from these teams who may get in, but there will be some noteworthy careers that will not be honored with enshrinement before this world comes to an end.

Mays had an outstanding career, as would be expected. 3 times he was league MVP. 6 times he won a Gold Glove (4 in CF, 2 in RF). He was named to 16 All Star teams. No one in the HOF was named to that many AS teams.

In 2044 he had his first of 5 50 HR seasons. That he did it in Petco is amazing. In 2046, still in San Diego, he hit a career high 66 HRs. 50 HRs for a Padre has only been accomplished 3 times since the move to Petco. Mays has 2 of those seasons.

In 2055, in the hitter friendly CB Park, Mays hit a career high 209 base hits. He posyed his best npa OPS+ season (though an actual OPS+ was probably had in 2046) with a 193 from a 335/397/705 line.

Of his 3037 career hits 750 were HRs. He also rapped 512 doubles and 76 triples while slashing 300/375/589 for a npa OPS+ of 163.

He ranks 20th in career hits. His HR total is 4th best (7 ahead of Reggie Jackson, 13 behind Albert Pujols). He is tied for 60th on the doubles list, 2 ahead of Gary Sheffield. He is tied with Andre Dawson for 51st most career triples. He is sandwiched between Kevin Mitchell and Beals Becker for 17th on the career slg list, He is 20th on the OPS list, between Hack Miller and Tim Jordan.

Willie Mays ranks 6th on the career RBI list with 2101. His 1912 runs scored (6 fewer than Ty Cobb) rank him 9th. Mays also stole 203 bases.

On the all-time WAR list, he has no peer. His career total of 164.3 is the best ever.

Mays enters on the First Ballot Standard in his first year of eligibility.

Black Ink: 52 (57)
Gray Ink: 219 (337)
HOFm: 413 (376)
HOFs: 81 (76)

Gorilla Composite: 7.8 (8.4)

Mays is the 49th player inducted into both OOTP HOF, the 45th RL HOFer inducted here, and the 18th RL HOFer to be inducted into both OOTP HOF.

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Graig Nettles also gets in on the First Ballot Standard, but he had to wait until his second year of eligibility to be screened. This will not happen in the next league's HOF.

Like Mays, he was drafted in 2040. He was taken by the A's with the 16th pick.

Nettles was rookie of the year in 2041 as he hit 49 HRs and drove in 141 while batting .321.

An 8 time All Star and 8 time winner of the GG (5x3B, 3x1B) Nettles was league MVP three times.

In 2045 Nettles batted .345 with 59 HRs and 152 RBI to win the league Triple Crown. His npa OPS_ of 196 from that year was the best of his career.

Nettles played in 4 post seasons and 2 WS, but never won a title.

His 2834 career hits is 26th most in league history. His 696 HRs is 10th most (one ahead of John Mayberry Sr and 4 behind Rogers Hornsby). His 2075 RBI ranks him 7th and his 1697 runs scored is 18th best.

281/368/537 gives him a career npa OPS+ of 143.

Black Ink: 35 (4)
Gray Ink: 156 (56)
HOFm: 252.5 (63)
HOFs: 69 (31)

Gorilla Composite: 5.5 (1.6)

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Home Run Baker, Roger Clemens, Roy Oswalt, John Smiley, Roy Campanella, Evan Longoria, and Duke Farrell are among the notables to join the league in 2067.