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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