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- Ty_Cobb abstract "Tyrus Raymond "Ty" Cobb (December 18, 1886 – July 17, 1961), nicknamed "The Georgia Peach," was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) outfielder. He was born in rural Narrows, Georgia. Cobb spent 22 seasons with the Detroit Tigers, the last six as the team's player-manager, and finished his career with the Philadelphia Athletics. In 1936 Cobb received the most votes of any player on the inaugural Baseball Hall of Fame ballot, receiving 222 out of a possible 226 votes.Cobb is widely credited with setting 90 MLB records during his career. He still holds several records as of the end of the 2013 season, including the highest career batting average (.366 or .367, depending on source) and most career batting titles with 11 (or 12, depending on source). He retained many other records for almost a half century or more, including most career hits until 1985 (4,189 or 4,191, depending on source), most career runs (2,245 or 2,246 depending on source) until 2001, most career games played (3,035) and at bats (11,429 or 11,434 depending on source) until 1974, and the modern record for most career stolen bases (892) until 1977. He still holds the career record for stealing home (54 times) and as the youngest player to compile 4,000 hits and score 2,000 runs. Cobb ranks fifth all-time in number of games played and committed 271 errors, the most by any American League (AL) outfielder.Cobb's legacy as an athlete has sometimes been overshadowed by his surly temperament and aggressive playing style, which was described by the Detroit Free Press as "daring to the point of dementia." Cobb himself wrote shortly before his death, "In legend I am a sadistic, slashing, swashbuckling despot who waged war in the guise of sport." Cobb was notorious for sliding into bases feet first, with his spikes high.Cobb's legacy, which includes a college scholarship fund for Georgia residents financed by his early investments in Coca-Cola and General Motors, has been tarnished by allegations of racism and violence. Cobb's reputation as an extremely violent man was fanned by his first biographer, sportswriter Al Stump (whose views have been discredited as sensationalized and, in large part, fictional) while Cobb's views on race evolved and mellowed after his retirement from baseball.".
- Ty_Cobb activeYearsEndDate "1928-09-11".
- Ty_Cobb activeYearsStartDate "1905-08-30".
- Ty_Cobb battingSide "Left".
- Ty_Cobb birthDate "1886-12-18".
- Ty_Cobb birthPlace Georgia_(U.S._state).
- Ty_Cobb birthYear "1886".
- Ty_Cobb deathDate "1961-07-17".
- Ty_Cobb deathPlace Atlanta.
- Ty_Cobb deathPlace Georgia_(U.S._state).
- Ty_Cobb deathYear "1961".
- Ty_Cobb formerTeam Detroit_Tigers.
- Ty_Cobb formerTeam Oakland_Athletics.
- Ty_Cobb lccnId "n/84/009409".
- Ty_Cobb position Outfielder.
- Ty_Cobb statisticLabel Batting_average.
- Ty_Cobb statisticValue "0.366".
- Ty_Cobb team Detroit_Tigers.
- Ty_Cobb team Oakland_Athletics.
- Ty_Cobb throwingSide "Right".
- Ty_Cobb thumbnail Ty_Cobb_LC-DIG-ggbain-08006_crop.jpg?width=300.
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- Ty_Cobb wikiPageExternalLink the-casey-award.
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- Ty_Cobb wikiPageExternalLink www.tycobbmuseum.org.
- Ty_Cobb wikiPageID "31586".
- Ty_Cobb wikiPageRevisionID "605578545".
- Ty_Cobb align "center".
- Ty_Cobb align "left".
- Ty_Cobb align "right".
- Ty_Cobb allegiance "United States".
- Ty_Cobb bats "Left".
- Ty_Cobb battles Western_Front_(World_War_I).
- Ty_Cobb battles "World War I".
- Ty_Cobb bgcolor "#FAF0E6".
- Ty_Cobb birthDate "1886-12-18".
- Ty_Cobb birthPlace Narrows,_Georgia.
- Ty_Cobb border "4".
- Ty_Cobb br "c/cobbty01".
- Ty_Cobb branch "20".
- Ty_Cobb brm "cobb--001tyr".
- Ty_Cobb cube "ty-cobb".
- Ty_Cobb dateOfBirth "1886-12-18".
- Ty_Cobb dateOfDeath "1961-07-17".
- Ty_Cobb deathDate "1961-07-17".
- Ty_Cobb deathPlace Atlanta.
- Ty_Cobb debutdate "--08-30".
- Ty_Cobb debutteam "Detroit Tigers".
- Ty_Cobb debutyear "1905".
- Ty_Cobb fangraphs "1002378".
- Ty_Cobb finaldate "--09-11".
- Ty_Cobb finalteam "Philadelphia Athletics".
- Ty_Cobb finalyear "1928".
- Ty_Cobb hasPhotoCollection Ty_Cobb.
- Ty_Cobb highlights "* 1911 AL MVP * Fourth 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. * 3,000 hit club * Name honored by the Detroit Tigers * Major League Baseball All-Century Team * Led AL with a .350 average at age 20 MLB Records * .366 career batting average * Won 12 batting titles, including 9 in a row from 1907 to 1915. * 54 career steals of home * 8 steals of home, single season * Batted over .400 three times".
- Ty_Cobb hofdate "1936".
- Ty_Cobb hofvote "98.2".
- Ty_Cobb imageSize "275".
- Ty_Cobb name "Cobb, Ty".
- Ty_Cobb name "Ty Cobb".
- Ty_Cobb placeOfBirth "Narrows, Georgia".
- Ty_Cobb placeOfDeath "Atlanta, Georgia".
- Ty_Cobb position Outfielder.
- Ty_Cobb qalign "center".
- Ty_Cobb quote ""...the most sensational player of all the players I have seen in all my life..."".
- Ty_Cobb quote ""I often tried plays that looked recklessly daring, maybe even silly. But I never tried anything foolish when a game was at stake, only when we were far ahead or far behind. I did it to study how the other team reacted, filing away in my mind any observations for future use."".
- Ty_Cobb quote ""The greatness of Ty Cobb was something that had to be seen, and to see him was to remember him forever."".
- Ty_Cobb quote "And made all the basemen".
- Ty_Cobb quote "C is for Cobb,".
- Ty_Cobb quote "Who grew spikes and not corn,".
- Ty_Cobb quote "Wish they weren't born.".
- Ty_Cobb rank "20".
- Ty_Cobb serviceyears "1918".
- Ty_Cobb shortDescription "American baseball player".
- Ty_Cobb source "--07-18".
- Ty_Cobb source "— Ogden Nash, Sport magazine".
- Ty_Cobb source "—George Sisler".
- Ty_Cobb source "—Ty Cobb in The New York Times".
- Ty_Cobb stat1label Batting_average.
- Ty_Cobb stat1value "0.366".
- Ty_Cobb stat2label "Hits".
- Ty_Cobb stat2value "4191".
- Ty_Cobb stat3label "Home runs".
- Ty_Cobb stat3value "117".
- Ty_Cobb stat4label Run_batted_in.
- Ty_Cobb stat4value "1938".
- Ty_Cobb stat5label "Stolen bases".
- Ty_Cobb stat5value "892".
- Ty_Cobb stat6label On-base_plus_slugging.
- Ty_Cobb stat6value "0.945".
- Ty_Cobb team "Detroit Tigers".
- Ty_Cobb teams "As player *Detroit Tigers *Philadelphia Athletics As manager *Detroit Tigers".
- Ty_Cobb throws "Right".
- Ty_Cobb title Hit_(baseball).
- Ty_Cobb title List_of_Detroit_Tigers_owners_and_executives.
- Ty_Cobb title List_of_Major_League_Baseball_batting_champions.
- Ty_Cobb title List_of_Major_League_Baseball_home_run_champions.
- Ty_Cobb title List_of_Major_League_Baseball_runs_batted_in_champions.
- Ty_Cobb title List_of_Major_League_Baseball_stolen_base_champions.