Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, John Smoltz and Craig Biggio are going to Cooperstown as they were voted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame Tuesday.
The New York Times noted that the three aces elected easily got the 75 percent of the votes needed to be enshrined in just their first year on the ballot.
Johnson, arguably one of the most dominant pitchers of a steroid-plagued era, received an astounding 97.3 percent, while pitching greats Martinez and Smoltz got 91.1 and 82.9 percent respectively.
Collectively, the pitchers have won nine Cy Young awards.
"Whoever played with Pedro, whoever covered Pedro for a while, you know that this is a guy that being in the Hall of Fame is well-deserved," Red Sox slugger and Martinez’s former teammate David Ortiz told the Boston Herald. "We're talking about a player who did it all, on and off the field, the way he was supposed to."
The Baseball Writers' Association of America also announced that Houston Astros star Biggio was elected after his third year on the ballot. This year, the second baseman who complied 3,060 career hits, received 82.7 percent of the votes.
Some notable players that did not garner the number of votes needed to get in but remain on the ballot include former New York Mets catcher Mike Piazza, former San Francisco Giants outfielder Barry Bonds and former pitcher Curt Shilling.