Ty+Cobb

This page is for one of the great talents from baseballs past Ty Cobb    Tyrus or better know as Ty Cobb was born December 18, 1886 in Narrows, Georgia. In 1893, the family moved to Royston, Ga., and Ty grew up under the dominant influence of his demanding father, who expected him to attend college and become a professional. But Ty preferred baseball to books, and finally his father relented. His mother who gave birth to him was only fifteen, had killed his father August 8, 1905 right before Ty reached the majors. As for what the alleged story says that "his father had suspected his wife of infidelity and had told her that he was going out of town but then later returned after midnight. Instead of coming in through the door he tried to enter throw their bedroom window from the roof, and when Amanda (Ty's mother) saw his shadow she grabbed the shotgun in the room and shoot him in the chest" ( Larry Schwartz). Ty has been known to be nasty and a pain but the tragedy of his fathers death could have been the cause of it. Even though Ty's aggression caused most opponents and teamates to hate him he was a outstanding ball player. Cobb had played for the Detroit Tigers and by the time he retired in 1928 when he was signed with the Athletics he set 90 records and still holds many of them, also nobody has yet bettered his lifetime average of .367, 12 batting titles, batting .320 for 23 consecutive seasons, or his 2,245 runs scored.Ty led the American League in slugging percentage and hits eight times, in steals six, in runs five, in triples and RBI four, in doubles three, and in homers once. Three times he batted above .400 and in one four-year span he averaged .401. Gone, though, is the treasured record of 4,191 hits, broken by Pete Rose 57 years later. Finally in 1936 Ty was picked for the Hall of Fame were he received the most ballots out of anybody 222 votes out of 226. Tragicly he had died of cancer at the age of 74 on July 17, 1961. Sadly only for people from baseball attended his funeral. One of Ty's quotes was "In legend I am a sadistic, slashing, swashbuckling despot who waged war in the guise of sport.", this quote totally represents him because it shows hes nastiness and racial attitude towards others including teammates. Ty Cobb would compare to Babe Ruth, the two were not the same with there personalities but their success they during the time they have played in the professional baseball league. Ty and Babe were two outstanding players of their time and they both were outstanding batters and where great assets to their teams leading them to national titles.