Ty Cobb Marquee Hall of Fame 1936

b. December 18, 1886 · Detroit Tigers 1905–1926, Philadelphia Athletics 1927–1928, Philadelphia Athletics

Ty Cobb batted .366 across 24 seasons, which no one has matched, and collected 4,189 hits, 2,247 runs and 896 stolen bases. He led the American League in hits eight times, in stolen bases six times, and in runs five.

He played as though every game were a grievance. He sharpened his spikes in view of the opposing dugout, fought teammates, and went into the stands after a heckler in 1912, which got him suspended and his team to strike in support. Much of what has been written about him since is exaggerated and some of it is invented, but the parts that are documented are bad enough.

He was the leading vote-getter in the Hall of Fame's first election in 1936, ahead of Ruth. He spent two final seasons with Philadelphia, retired after 1928, and left an estate largely directed to a scholarship fund in Georgia.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
Baseball Magazine All-Star	15	1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1922, 1924
Most Valuable Player	1	1911
Triple Crown (batting)	1	1909

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1905	DET	41	151	19	36	6	0	1	15	10	23	2	.238
1906	DET	98	358	45	113	15	5	1	41	19	40	23	.316
1907	DET	150	605	99	212	28	14	5	119	24	55	53	.350
1908	DET	150	580	88	188	36	20	4	108	34	42	39	.324
1909	DET	156	573	115	216	33	10	9	107	48	45	76	.377
1910	DET	140	508	106	194	35	13	8	91	64	46	65	.382
1911	DET	146	591	147	248	47	24	8	127	44	42	83	.420
1912	DET	140	553	120	226	30	23	7	83	43	30	61	.409
1913	DET	122	428	70	167	18	16	4	67	58	31	51	.390
1914	DET	98	345	69	127	22	11	2	57	57	22	35	.368
1915	DET	156	563	144	208	31	13	3	99	118	43	96	.369
1916	DET	145	542	113	201	31	10	5	68	78	39	68	.371
1917	DET	152	588	107	225	44	24	6	102	61	34	55	.383
1918	DET	111	421	83	161	19	14	3	64	41	21	34	.382
1919	DET	124	497	92	191	36	13	1	70	38	22	28	.384
1920	DET	112	428	86	143	28	8	2	63	58	28	15	.334
1921	DET	128	507	124	197	37	16	12	101	56	19	22	.389
1922	DET	137	526	99	211	42	16	4	99	55	24	9	.401
1923	DET	145	556	103	189	40	7	6	88	66	14	9	.340
1924	DET	155	625	115	211	38	10	4	78	85	18	23	.338
1925	DET	121	415	97	157	31	12	12	102	65	12	13	.378
1926	DET	79	233	48	79	18	5	4	62	26	2	9	.339
1927	PHA	134	490	104	175	32	7	5	93	67	12	22	.357
1928	PHA	95	353	54	114	27	4	1	40	34	16	5	.323
Career	—	3035	11436	2247	4189	724	295	117	1944	1249	680	896	.366

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	G	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	ERA
1918	DET	2	0	4.0	6	2	2	4.50
1925	DET	1	1	1.0	0	0	0	0.00
Career	—	3	1	5.0	6	2	2	3.60

On this day & linked events

1886

Born December 18, 1886

Narrows, GA, USA

1961

Died July 17, 1961

1905

Major-league debut: Ty Cobb

Ty Cobb made a major-league debut on August 30, 1905.

1921

Ty Cobb's 3,000th Hit

Ty Cobb, in his first season as Detroit's player-manager, collects three hits against Boston to pass 3,000 for his career.

1925

Ty Cobb's Three-Home-Run Game, 1925

Ty Cobb hit three home runs for the Detroit Tigers against the St. Louis Browns on May 5, 1925.

1928

Final major-league game: Ty Cobb

Ty Cobb played a final major-league game on September 11, 1928.

1936