Full Name: Tyrus Raymond (Ty or Georgia Peach) Cobb
Born: December 18, 1886 Narrows, Banks County, Georgia
Died: July 17, 1961 Atlanta, Georgia

Career Summary

Height: 6'1"
Weight: 175
Batted: Left
Threw: Right
Position: Outfield, Detroit Tigers (1905-26) Philadelphia Athletics (1927-28).

Manager, Detroit Tigers (1921-26).

Insisted that he was not a super athlete, rather that he had a great
desire to win.

Was quoted as saying "I've got to be first all the time — in everything."

Best hitter of his era, if not of all time.

Has a career batting average of .367.

Won 12 batting titles, including 9 in a row from 1907 thru 1915.

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).

Batted under .320 only once in his career.

Batted over .400 three times.

One of the first five players elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame
in 1936 where he received 98.23 percent of the votes (222 out of 226)

Ty Cobb's Career Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	SLG
1905	DET	AL	41	150	19	36	6	0	1		10		2	.240	.300
1906	DET	AL	98	350	45	112	13	7	1		19		23	.320	.406
1907	DET	AL	150	605	97	212	29	15	5		24		49	.350	.473
1908	DET	AL	150	581	88	188	36	20	4		34		39	.324	.475
1909	DET	AL	156	573	116	216	33	10	9		48		76	.377	.517
1910	DET	AL	140	509	106	196	36	13	8		64		65	.385	.554
1911	DET	AL	146	591	147	248	47	24	8		44		83	.420	.621
1912	DET	AL	140	553	119	227	30	23	7		43		61	.410	.586
1913	DET	AL	122	428	70	167	18	16	4		58	31	52	.390	.535
1914	DET	AL	97	345	69	127	22	11	2		57	22	35	.368	.513
1915	DET	AL	156	563	144	208	31	13	3		118	43	96	.369	.487
1916	DET	AL	145	542	113	201	31	10	5		78	39	68	.371	.493
1917	DET	AL	152	588	107	225	44	23	6		61	34	55	.383	.566
1918	DET	AL	111	421	83	161	19	14	3		41	21	34	.382	.515
1919	DET	AL	124	497	92	191	36	13	1		38	22	28	.384	.515
1920	DET	AL	112	428	86	143	28	8	2	63	58	28	14	.334	.451
1921	DET	AL	128	507	124	197	37	16	12	101	56	19	22	.389	.596
1922	DET	AL	137	526	99	211	42	16	4	99	55	24	9	.401	.565
1923	DET	AL	145	556	103	189	40	7	6	88	66	14	9	.340	.469
1924	DET	AL	155	625	115	211	38	10	4	79	85	18	23	.338	.450
1925	DET	AL	121	415	97	157	31	12	12	102	65	12	13	.378	.598
1926	DET	AL	79	233	48	79	18	5	4	62	26	2	9	.339	.511
1927	PHI	AL	133	490	104	175	32	7	5	93	67	12	22	.357	.482
1928	PHI	AL	95	353	54	114	27	4	1	40	34	16	5	.323	.431
			3033	11429	2245	4191	724	297	117	727	1249	357	892	.367	.513
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	SLG

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