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George Howard Brett is an American former professional baseball player who played 21 seasons, primarily as a third baseman, in Major League Baseball for the Kansas City Royals. Brett’s 3,154 career hits are second most by any third baseman in major league history and rank 18th all-time.
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Brett was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1999, with what was then the fourth-highest voting percentage in baseball history (98.2%), trailing only Tom Seaver, Nolan Ryan, and Ty Cobb. In 2007, Cal Ripken Jr. passed Brett with 98.5% of the vote. His voting percentage was higher than all-time outfielders Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Stan Musial, Ted Williams, and Joe DiMaggio.
