Baseball· United States· 1900s
Ty Cobb
Tyrus Raymond Cobb, nicknamed "the Georgia Peach", was an American professional baseball center fielder.
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- Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award
- National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
- Michigan Sports Hall of Fame
- Major League Baseball All-Century Team
Background
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). 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."
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