As was the case with Honus and Larry Lajoie 15 years or so earlier, it seems entirely apropos that Ty Cobb and Eddie Collins have simultaneously called "time" on their careers, which greatly paralleled each other, and will undoubtedly share the same year of HOF enshrinement.
Ty, of course, retires as the league's all-time hit leader with 4125 (doffs cap to devs), and also leads with 12174 AB, 1982 R, 5685 TB, 281 3B, 1729 RBI and 758 SB. His final career slash was 339/404/467, with 132.9 WAR to his name. He won the Player of the Week 30 times, the Batter of the Month 23 times, 9 Silver Slugger Awards, 4 MVPs, 4 WS MVPs and 10 Championships - 9 of them with us.
Here are his career stats in full:
Cocky Collins came up the year after Ty and finishes his career with 3627 hits (currently 2nd but Tris Speaker needs only 5 to pass him), a 308/403/399 slash and 113.9 WAR. He won the RoY and 1 MVP, along with 11 Silver Sluggers and 4 Championships.
Here are his stats:
We wish both of these legends of the game all the best for their post-baseball lives.