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Both entrants are RL HOFers who were inducted into the previous HOF. We now have 23 players that have been inducted into both OOTP HOFs, we have 18 RL HOFers inducted into this one, and 6 RL HOFers that have been inducted into both OOTP HOFs.

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George Sisler was selected with the 9th pick overall by the Brewers in 2011. He chose not to sign with them and agreed to terms with the Cubs, who used the 5th pick in 2012 to select him.

In 2015 he won the WS with the Cubs....and could stop here, because that really is enough to get into the HOF.....

Sisler had a career BA of .343. That is 5th All-Time. No eligible player who has a higher BA is not in the HOF. Sisler is also 41st on the All-Time SB list, with 425.

In 2016, he had an absolutely incredible year. He batted what is still a league record .421 and collected what is still a league record 283 hits. He also hit 41 HRs which made him the first player in the league to hit over .400 and have over 40 HRs. He also ripped a career high 54 doubles as he brought home his one career MVP. He slashed 421/470/707 for a npa OPS+ of 218.

As in RL (and in the previous OOTP league) Sisler began his career as an all world player, then injuries hit and he became mortal. In his first 8 seasons, he never hit bellow .337. 6 times in those 8 seasons he had over 200 hits. He also never stole fewer than 36 bases in any of those seasons.

He was drafted by Dallas in the expansion draft of 2018. In 2019 he was on their historic back-to-back WS winning teams in their first two seasons as a franchise. Steve Garvey and Harry Salisbury are fellow HOFers who were also on those teams. Sisler also won the 2028 WS as a member of the Cardinals. No other player on either the Cub or Cardinal WS winners have been inducted into the HOF, yet.

In 80 post season games, Sisler slashed 356/410/526.

For his career, Sisler appeared in 7 ASGs and collected 2342 hits (61st). He had a career slash line of 343/392/525 for a npa OPS+ of 151.

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

Black Ink: 40 (29)
Gray Ink: 149 (198)
HOFm: 225 (200)
HOFs: 51 (44)

Gorilla Composite: 5.0 (4.6)

ADD: Sisler has the longest hitting streak in League History, 45 games.

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Ty Cobb enters the HOF as the All-Time leader in hits with 3600, on the nose.

He is currently ranked 3rd All-Time in career batting average with a mark of .3608. Two active players are ahead of him.

Cobb was the first player selected in the 2005 draft. He signed with the Brewers, the same team Sisler opted to say "No" to. Cobb and Sisler on the same team would have been ridiculous. And Cobb could have used him, because he never saw a WS.

Cobb, as expected, had an amazing career. Not only is he the All Time hit leader, he is also 4th on the All Time SB list with 817.

He hit what would be his career average in his rookie season, a .361 mark. 228 hits at that clip earned him ROY honors.

He won his first of 5 MVPs in 2010 when he hit .398 with 61 HRs and 52 SBs. He slashed 398/462/750 for a npa OPS+ of 223. The most HRs he hit in any other season is 31.

8 times Cobb had 200 hits in a season. 3 times he had over 250. 11 times he had 50, or more, SBs. 3 times he hit over .400.

For his career, he had 344 HRs, 756 doubles (2nd), 74 triples (t- 39th), 1622 RBI (24th), and 1918 runs scored (5th). His slash line of 361/426/555 gave him an elite HOF npa OPS+ of 167.

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

Black Ink: 77 (154)
Gray Ink: 218 (417)
HOFm: 442 (445)
HOFs: 77 (75)

Gorilla Composite: 8.9 (13.1)

ADD: Cobb won 9 batting titles, including 6 straight from 2008-2013. He was sidelined by injury in 2007. Had he won the batting race that year, he would have had 8 straight going back to his rookie 2006 season. He led the league in SB 5 times.

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In league news, the Diamondbacks have moved to Austin and the Reds have moved to Denver.