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Ty Cobb
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Outfielder
Born: (1886-12-18)December 18, 1886
Narrows, Georgia
Died: July 17, 1961(1961-07-17) (aged 74)
Atlanta, Georgia
Batted: Left Threw: Right
debut
August 30, 1905, for the Detroit Tigers
Last appearance
September 11, 1928, for the Philadelphia Athletics
Career statistics
Batting average .367
Hits 4,191
Home runs 117
RBIs 1,938
Teams

As player

As manager
Career highlights and awards
  • 1911 AL MVP
  • .367 career batting average (highest ever)
  • 54 career steals of home (most all time)
  • Won 12 batting titles, including 9 in a row from 1907 to 1915. (most all time)
  • Third all time in stolen bases with 892.
  • Second in runs scored with 2,245.
  • Second in career hits with 4,191.
  • Batted under .320 only once in his career.
  • Batted over .400 three times.
  • Major League Baseball All-Century Team
  • Lead AL with a .350 average at age 20 (youngest in MLB history)
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Induction 1936
Vote 98.2%

Tyrus Raymond "Ty" Cobb (December 18, 1886 – July 17, 1961), also known as "The Georgia Peach," was a Major League Baseball player. He is known as the best player of the dead-ball era (before 1920) and as one of the best baseball players of all time.

  • Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube

Images for kids

  • Ty Cobb Birthplace Sign on GA Rt 105

    Faded out sign that shows the birth place of Ty Cobb at the Narrows in Georgia on Route 105 about four miles southeast of Baldwin, GA

  • 1909 Ty Cobb Honus Wagner

    Cobb (left) and Honus Wagner during a World Series game between Detroit and Pittsburgh, 1909

  • Cobb slide into third

    Charles M. Conlon's famous picture of Cobb stealing third base during the 1909 season

  • Cobb jackson

    Cobb and "Shoeless" Joe Jackson in Cleveland

  • Outing (1885) (14753422496)

    Cobb in 1911

  • Ty Cobb 1916-restore

    Cobb in 1916

  • Ty Cobb sliding2-edit1

    Cobb slides into third base for a triple against the Washington Senators at Griffith Stadium, August 16, 1924

  • Ty Cobb HOF plaque

    Cobb's plaque in the Baseball Hall of Fame

  • Ty Cobb's flying feet in 1912

    Cobb sliding spikes-high into St. Louis Browns catcher Paul Krichell

  • SamCrawford4

    Sam Crawford and Ty Cobb clown around with a camera, c. 1908

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