Ty Cobb

Tyrus Raymond "Ty" Cobb (December 18, 1886 – July 17, 1961), nicknamed "The Georgia Peach," was an American Major League Baseball outfielder. He was born in The Narrows, Georgia, a small rural community of farmers that was not an official city or village at the time. 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.

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Filmography

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Selected Ty Cobb film and TV show credits.

Writer Credits

1955

The Adventures of Champion (TV Show)

1954

Annie Oakley (TV Show)

1952

Four Star Playhouse (TV Show)

1950

Racket Squad (TV Show)

Self

1960

World Wide '60

1952

I've Got a Secret (TV Show)

1951

Angels in the Outfield

1951

1951 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1950

What's My Line? (TV Show)

1940

Swing with Bing (Short Film)

1939

Touching All Bases

1930

Ty Cobb and Grantland Rice Talk Things Over

1921

Cradle of Champions

1917

Somewhere in Georgia (Short Film)

1917

Baseball Revue of 1917, The

Quotes

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List of Ty Cobb quotes.

The base paths belonged to me, the runner. The rules gave me the right. I always went into a bag full speed, feet first. I had sharp spikes on my shoes. If the baseman stood where he had no business to be and got hurt, that was his fault.

The crowd makes the ballgame.

The great American game should be an unrelenting war of nerves.

Dating History

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List of Ty Cobb relationships, in date order.

Batting Stats

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Major League batting statistics for Ty Cobb.

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG
1905	DET	41	150	19	36	6	0	1	15	2	10		0.240	0.288	0.300
1906	DET	98	358	45	113	15	5	1	34	23	19		0.316	0.355	0.394
1907	DET	150	605	97	212	28	14	5	119	53	24		0.350	0.380	0.468
1908	DET	150	581	88	188	36	20	4	108	39	34		0.324	0.367	0.475
1909	DET	156	573	116	216	33	10	9	107	76	48		0.377	0.431	0.517
1910	DET	140	506	106	194	35	13	8	91	65	64		0.383	0.456	0.551
1911	DET	146	591	147	248	47	24	8	127	83	44		0.420	0.467	0.621
1912	DET	140	553	120	226	30	23	7	83	61	43		0.409	0.456	0.584
1913	DET	122	428	70	167	18	16	4	67	51	58	31	0.390	0.467	0.535
1914	DET	98	345	69	127	22	11	2	57	35	57	22	0.368	0.466	0.513
1915	DET	156	563	144	208	31	13	3	99	96	118	43	0.369	0.486	0.487
1916	DET	145	542	113	201	31	10	5	68	68	78	39	0.371	0.452	0.493
1917	DET	152	588	107	225	44	24	6	102	55	61	34	0.383	0.444	0.570
1918	DET	111	421	83	161	19	14	3	64	34	41	21	0.382	0.440	0.515
1919	DET	124	497	92	191	36	13	1	70	28	38	22	0.384	0.429	0.515
1920	DET	112	428	86	143	28	8	2	63	15	58	28	0.334	0.416	0.451
1921	DET	128	507	124	197	37	16	12	101	22	56	19	0.389	0.452	0.596
1922	DET	137	526	99	211	42	16	4	99	9	55	24	0.401	0.462	0.565
1923	DET	145	556	103	189	40	7	6	88	9	66	14	0.340	0.413	0.469
1924	DET	155	625	115	211	38	10	4	79	23	85	18	0.338	0.418	0.450
1925	DET	121	415	97	157	31	12	12	102	13	65	12	0.378	0.468	0.598
1926	DET	79	233	48	79	18	5	4	62	9	26	2	0.339	0.408	0.511
1927	PHA	133	490	104	175	32	7	5	93	22	67	12	0.357	0.440	0.482
1928	PHA	95	353	54	114	27	4	1	40	6	34	16	0.323	0.389	0.431
Career		3034	11434	2246	4189	724	295	117	1938	897	1249	357	-	-	-

Fielding Stats

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Major League fielding statistics for Ty Cobb.

Year	Team	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
1905	DET	41	-	85	6	4	1	0.958
1906	DET	98	-	208	14	9	4	0.961
1907	DET	150	-	238	30	11	12	0.961
1908	DET	150	-	212	23	14	5	0.944
1909	DET	156	-	222	24	14	7	0.946
1910	DET	140	-	305	18	14	4	0.958
1911	DET	146	-	376	24	18	10	0.957
1912	DET	140	-	324	21	22	5	0.940
1913	DET	122	-	263	22	19	8	0.938
1914	DET	98	-	177	8	10	0	0.949
1915	DET	156	-	328	22	18	7	0.951
1916	DET	145	-	335	18	17	9	0.954
1917	DET	152	-	373	27	11	9	0.973
1918	DET	111	-	360	29	10	7	0.975
1919	DET	124	-	272	19	8	3	0.973
1920	DET	112	-	246	8	9	2	0.966
1921	DET	128	-	301	27	10	2	0.970
1922	DET	137	-	330	14	7	3	0.980
1923	DET	145	-	362	14	12	2	0.969
1924	DET	155	-	417	12	6	8	0.986
1925	DET	121	-	267	10	15	1	0.949
1926	DET	79	-	109	4	6	2	0.950
1927	PHA	133	-	243	9	8	2	0.969
1928	PHA	95	-	154	7	6	0	0.964
Career		3034	-	6507	410	278	113	-

Pitching Stats

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Major League pitching statistics for Ty Cobb.

Year	Team	W-L	ERA	G	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB
1918	DET	0-0	4.50	2	0	4	6	2	2	2
1925	DET	0-0	0.00	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
Career		0-0	-	3	1	-	6	2	2	2

First Name	Tyrus
Middle Name	Raymond
Last Name	Cobb
Full Name at Birth	Tyrus Raymond Cobb
Other Names	The Georgia Peach
Age	74 (age at death)
Date of Birth	December 18, 1886
Birthplace	Narrows, GA
Date of Death	July 17, 1961
Location of Death	Atlanta, GA
Cause of Death	Cancer
Buried	Rose Hill Cemetery, Royston, GA
Height	6' 1" (185 cm)
Weight	175 lbs (79.4 kg)
Build	Athletic
Star Sign	Sagittarius
Ethnicity	White
Nationality	American
High School	Franklin County (Royston, GA)
Occupation	Former Major League Baseball Player
Occupation Category	Baseball
Position	Centerfielder
Bats	Left
Throws	Right
MLB Debut	30 August 1905
Last MLB Game	11 September 1928
Hall of Fame	Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1936 (222/226 ballots).
Claim to Fame	The Georgia Peach
Friends	Mickey Cochrane, Joe E. Brown, Sid Keener, Ray Schalk, Nap Rucker