Ty Cobb facts for kids

**Ty Cobb**
Ty Cobb
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	Outfielder
	Born: December 18, 1886; Narrows, Georgia
	Died: July 17, 1961 (aged 74); Atlanta, Georgia
Batted: Left	Threw: Right
MLB debut
	August 30, 1905 for the Detroit Tigers
Last MLB 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 Detroit Tigers (1905–1926); Philadelphia Athletics (1927–1928); As manager Detroit Tigers (1921–1926);
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);
Member of the National
Baseball Hall of Fame
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.

Images for kids

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Cobb and Honus Wagner, 1909
Conlon's famous picture of Cobb stealing third base during the 1909 season
Cobb and Joe Jackson in Cleveland
Cobb in 1916
Cobb slides into third base, August 16, 1924
Cobb baseball card, American Tobacco Company, 1909–11
Cobb's plaque in the Baseball Hall of Fame
Cobb sliding into an opposing catcher
Sam Crawford and Ty Cobb clown around with a camera, c. 1908
Cobb circa 1918