Ty Cobb facts for kids

Quick facts for kids
Ty Cobb
Quick facts for kidsTy Cobb
	Outfielder
	Born: December 18, 1886; Narrows, Georgia
	Died: July 17, 1961 (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 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);
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.

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

Images for kids

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
Cobb (left) and Honus Wagner during a World Series game between Detroit and Pittsburgh, 1909
Charles M. Conlon's famous picture of Cobb stealing third base during the 1909 season
Cobb and "Shoeless" Joe Jackson in Cleveland
Cobb in 1911
Cobb in 1916
Cobb slides into third base for a triple against the Washington Senators at Griffith Stadium, August 16, 1924
Cobb's plaque in the Baseball Hall of Fame
Cobb sliding spikes-high into St. Louis Browns catcher Paul Krichell
Sam Crawford and Ty Cobb clown around with a camera, c. 1908