Ty Cobb Biography

Tyrus Raymond "Ty" Cobb, nicknamed "The Georgia Peach," was an American Major League Baseball 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 and most career batting titles with 11. He retained many other records for almost a half century or more, including most career hits until 1985, most career runs until 2001, most career games played and at bats until 1974, and the modern record for most career stolen bases until 1977. He still holds the career record for stealing home, and was 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 outfielder. Source: Wikipedia

Marriages

• 1948-09-24
  American Major League Baseball outfielder Ty Cobb (61) weds Frances Cass (40)

Ty Cobb Timeline

• 1904-04-21
  Ty Cobb makes his pro debut for Augusta (South Atlantic League)
• 1905-08-09
  Mistaking her husband for a burglar, Ty Cobb's mother kills him
• 1905-08-30
  Tiger Ty Cobb makes his debut, doubling off Yank Jack Chesbro
• 1909-07-15
  Ty Cobb hits 2 inside-the-park HRs
• 1909-09-13
  Ty Cobb clinches AL HR title with his 9th HR (all inside-the-park)
• 1909-10-09
  Ty Cobb steals home in World Series game
• 1910-10-09
  Nap Lajorie challenges Ty Cobb batting avg with 8 hits, 6 were bunts as Brown's 3rd baseman Red Corriden played deep, Cobb still won
• 1911-07-03
  Ty Cobb hits in his 40th straight game. Does not get a hit next day
• 1911-07-04
  White Sox Ed Walsh stops Ty Cobb's 40-game hitting streak as Cobb goes 0 for 4
• 1911-10-11
  Ty Cobb (AL) & Frank Schulte (NL) are 1st MVPs, each gets an auto
• 1912-05-15
  Ty Cobb rushes a heckler at a NY Highlander game & is suspended
• 1912-05-19
  AL Pres Ban Johnson tells Tigers if they continue protest of Ty Cobb's suspension, they will be banned from baseball
• 1918-09-01
  Ty Cobb pitches 2 innings against Browns
• 1921-08-19
  Ty Cobb, is 4th to get 3,000 hits
• 1922-07-17
  Ty Cobb gets 5 hits in a game for record 4th time in a year
• 1925-05-05
  Ty Cobb goes 6 for 6, (16 total bases)
• 1925-05-06
  Ty Cobb hits his 5th HR in 2 games tying Cap Ansons record of 1884
• 1925-05-26
  Tigers' Ty Cobb is 1st to collect 1,000 extra-base hits (ends 1,139)
• 1925-10-04
  Harry Heilmann's 6 hits edges Ty Cobb .393 to .389 as batting champ
• 1926-11-03
  Ty Cobb resigns as Detroit Tigers manager
• 1927-07-18
  Ty Cobb's 4,000th career hit
• 1927-07-19
  Ty Cobb gets his 4,000th hit
• 1928-06-15
  Ty Cobb, 41, steals home for 50th & final time
• 1928-09-03
  Baseball Hall of Famer Ty Cobb got his 4,191th & final career hit
• 1928-09-11
  Ty Cobb last hitting appearance, pops out against Yankees
• 1936-01-29
  1st players elected to Baseball Hall of Fame: Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson & Walter Johnson
• 1937-03-26
  Joe DiMaggio takes Ty Cobb's advice & replace his 40 with 36 oz bat
• 1951-07-30
  Ty Cobb testifies before the Emanuel Celler committee, denying that the reserve clause makes peons of baseball players
• 1977-08-29
  St Louis Cardinal Lou Brock eclipses Ty Cobb's 49-year-old career stolen bases record at 893 as Padres win 4-3
• 1984-09-25
  NY Met Rusty Staub joins Ty Cobb, who hit HRs as a teen & in 40s
• 1985-09-11
  Pete Rose of Cin Reds gets career hit 4,192 off Eric Show of San Diego Padres, eclipsing Ty Cobb's record

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