Ty Cobb
American baseball player (1886-1961) · United States · On the map · Athletes · Died at 74
Tyrus Raymond Cobb, nicknamed "the Georgia Peach", was an American professional baseball center fielder. A native of rural Narrows, Georgia, Cobb played 24 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB).
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Faded sign at Narrows, Georgia, celebrating it as the birthplace of Ty Cobb, "The Georgia Peach"
Cobb ends a 1908 holdout by signing a $5,000 contract (equivalent to $179,170 today)
Cobb (left) and Honus Wagner, his National League rival for greatest position player in the game, during the 1909 Detroit-Pittsburgh World Series
Charles M. Conlon's famed picture of Cobb stealing third base during the 1909 season
T-206 Ty Cobb baseball card
Cobb and "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, a top American League rival, in Cleveland (1913)
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He spent 22 years with the Detroit Tigers and served as the team's player-manager for the last six, and he finished his career with the Philadelphia Athletics. In 1936, Cobb received the most votes of any player on the inaugural ballot for the National Baseball Hall of Fame, receiving 222 out of a possible 226 votes (98.2%); no other player received a higher percentage of votes until Tom Seaver in 1992. In 1999, The Sporting News ranked Cobb third on its list of "Baseball's 100 Greatest Players."
