Ty Cobb facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Ty Cobb |
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Outfielder | |||
Born: Narrows, Georgia |
December 18, 1886|||
Died: July 17, 1961 Atlanta, Georgia |
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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 | ||
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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
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Cobb (left) and Honus Wagner during a World Series game between Detroit and Pittsburgh, 1909
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Cobb and "Shoeless" Joe Jackson in Cleveland
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Cobb's plaque in the Baseball Hall of Fame
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Cobb sliding spikes-high into St. Louis Browns catcher Paul Krichell
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