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 [ ]
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 [ ]
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 [ ]
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 [ ]