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Full Name: Tyrus Raymond Cobb Primary Position: OF
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/175 First Game: August 30, 1905
Birthdate: December 18, 1886 Final Game: September 11, 1928
Birthplace: Narrows, Georgia MLB Experience: 24 years
Died: July 17, 1961
Deathplace: Atlanta, Georgia
Bat/Throw: Left/Right
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Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936

Biography

Ty Cobb (Tyrus Raymond Cobb) was born on December 18, 1886 in Narrows, Georgia. He made his Major League debut on August 30, 1905 for the Detroit Tigers. In 1905, his rookie year, he hit .240 with 1 home run and 15 RBI. Cobb played for the Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia Athletics over the course of his 24 year career.

Ty Cobb is considered by many as the best hitting baseball player of all time. Ty Cobb only batted under .316 once in his 24 year career. He was the first player inducted into the Baseball Hall Of Fame, and at the time he retired held 43 career records for a hitting baseball player. His career .366 B.A. is the best all-time and is likely to never be broken. He was also known for his tough, all out approach to baseball.

"The greatness of Ty Cobb was something that had to be seen, and to see him was to remember him forever." —George Sisler

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Most people believe that Ty Cobb's best season was 1911, when he stole 83 bases, hit for a .420 average and knocked in 127 runs.

Statistics

Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1905 DET A 41 150 19 36 1 15 .240 .287 .300 6 0 10 0 0 4 2 0 0
1906 DET A 98 358 45 113 1 34 .316 .355 .394 15 5 19 0 3 14 23 0 0
1907 DET A 150 605 97 212 5 119 .350 .380 .468 28 14 24 0 5 12 49 0 0
1908 DET A 150 581 88 188 4 108 .324 .367 .475 36 20 34 0 6 14 39 0 0
1909 DET A 156 573 116 216 9 107 .377 .431 .517 33 10 48 0 6 24 76 0 0
1910 DET A 140 506 106 194 8 91 .383 .456 .551 35 13 64 0 4 16 65 0 0
1911 DET A 146 591 147 248 8 127 .420 .467 .621 47 24 44 0 8 11 83 0 0
1912 DET A 140 553 120 226 7 83 .409 .456 .584 30 23 43 0 5 8 61 0 0
1913 DET A 122 428 70 167 4 67 .390 .467 .535 18 16 58 31 4 11 51 0 0
1914 DET A 98 345 69 127 2 57 .368 .466 .513 22 11 57 22 6 6 35 0 0
1915 DET A 156 563 144 208 3 99 .369 .486 .487 31 13 118 43 10 9 96 0 0
1916 DET A 145 542 113 201 5 68 .371 .452 .493 31 10 78 39 2 14 68 0 0
1917 DET A 152 588 107 225 6 102 .383 .444 .570 44 24 61 34 4 16 55 0 0
1918 DET A 111 421 83 161 3 64 .382 .440 .515 19 14 41 21 2 9 34 0 0
1919 DET A 124 497 92 191 1 70 .384 .429 .515 36 13 38 22 1 9 28 0 0
1920 DET A 112 428 86 143 2 63 .334 .416 .451 28 8 58 28 2 7 14 0 0
1921 DET A 128 507 124 197 12 101 .389 .452 .596 37 16 56 19 3 15 22 0 0
1922 DET A 137 526 99 211 4 99 .401 .462 .565 42 16 55 24 4 27 9 0 0
1923 DET A 145 556 103 189 6 88 .340 .413 .469 40 7 66 14 3 22 9 0 0
1924 DET A 155 625 115 211 4 78 .338 .418 .450 38 10 85 18 1 15 23 0 0
1925 DET A 121 415 97 157 12 102 .378 .468 .598 31 12 65 12 5 5 13 0 0
1926 DET A 79 233 48 79 4 62 .339 .408 .511 18 5 26 2 1 13 9 0 0
1927 PHI A 134 490 104 175 5 93 .357 .440 .482 32 7 67 12 5 12 22 0 0
1928 PHI A 95 353 54 114 1 40 .323 .389 .431 27 4 34 16 4 2 5 0 0
Total 3035 11434 2246 4189 117 1937 .366 .433 .512 724 295 1249 357 94 295 891 0 0

Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1905 DET A OF 41 0 0 85 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .958
1906 DET A OF 96 0 0 208 14 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 .961
1907 DET A OF 150 0 0 238 30 11 12 0 0 0 0 0 .961
1908 DET A OF 150 0 0 212 23 14 5 0 0 0 0 0 .944
1909 DET A OF 156 0 0 222 24 14 7 0 0 0 0 0 .946
1910 DET A OF 137 0 0 305 18 14 4 0 0 0 0 0 .958
1911 DET A OF 146 0 0 376 24 18 10 0 0 0 0 0 .957
1912 DET A OF 140 0 0 324 21 22 5 0 0 0 0 0 .940
1913 DET A 2B 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
1913 DET A OF 118 0 0 262 22 16 8 0 0 0 0 0 .947
1914 DET A OF 96 0 0 177 8 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 .949
1915 DET A OF 156 0 0 328 22 18 7 0 0 0 0 0 .951
1916 DET A OF 143 0 0 325 18 17 9 0 0 0 0 0 .953
1916 DET A 1B 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1917 DET A OF 152 0 0 373 27 11 9 0 0 0 0 0 .973
1918 DET A OF 95 0 0 225 12 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 .975
1918 DET A 3B 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1918 DET A 1B 13 0 0 133 12 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 .980
1918 DET A 2B 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .800
1918 DET A P 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1919 DET A OF 123 0 0 272 19 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 .973
1920 DET A OF 112 0 0 246 8 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 .966
1921 DET A OF 121 0 0 301 27 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 .970
1922 DET A OF 134 0 0 330 14 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 .980
1923 DET A OF 141 0 0 362 14 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 .969
1924 DET A OF 155 0 0 417 12 6 8 0 0 0 0 0 .986
1925 DET A OF 105 0 0 267 9 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 .948
1925 DET A P 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1926 DET A OF 55 0 0 109 4 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 .950
1927 PHI A OF 127 0 0 243 9 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 .969
1928 PHI A OF 85 0 0 154 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .964
Total 2B 2 0 0 2 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .556
Total P 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total 3B 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total 1B 14 0 0 143 12 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 .981
Total OF 2934 0 0 6361 392 271 107 0 0 0 0 0 .961

Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1918 DET A 2 0 0 0 4.50 0 2 2 0 0 0 4 6 0 2 0 0 0
1925 DET A 1 0 0 0 .00 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 3 0 0 0 3.60 0 2 2 0 0 1 5 6 0 2 0 0 0

Transactions

  • Sold by Augusta (South Atlantic) to Detroit Tigers (@August 24, 1905).
  • Released by Detroit Tigers (January 27, 1927).
  • Signed by Philadelphia Athletics (February 8, 1927).

Trivia

  • Won 12 batting titles, including 9 in a row from 1907 thru 1915.
  • Won Triple Crown in 1909.
  • MVP in 1911.
  • Third all time in stolen bases with 892.
  • Second in runs scored with 2,245.
  • Second in career hits with 4,191.
  • Led the American League in slugging eight times.
  • Scored 100 runs 11 times in his career.
  • Drove in over 100 runs seven times in his career.
  • Led the American League in runs five times.
  • Led the American League in hits eight times.
  • Played for 24 years; 22 years with Detroit, two with Philadelphia.
  • Youngest AL player to reach 1,000 hit level (24-years old).
  • Triple Crown: 1909
  • AL MVP: 1911
  • One of two members of 4000 hit club, the other member being Pete Rose
  • .366 career batting average


See also

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