Sports
Ty Cobb
1886–1961 · baseball player, center fielder, player-manager
Widely regarded as one of the greatest hitters in baseball history, Cobb played 22 of his 24 major-league seasons with the Detroit Tigers and served as the team's player-manager for his last six.
- Born
Narrows, Georgia- Died
Atlanta, Georgia
aged 74- Birth name
- Tyrus Raymond Cobb
- Also known as
- The Georgia Peach
- Detroit years
- 1905–1926
- Field
- Sports
01 / The Detroit story
The Detroit story
Ty Cobb joined the Detroit Tigers in August 1905, a rural Georgia teenager whose father had been killed just weeks earlier. Veteran teammates hazed him mercilessly, and he later said the abuse turned him into a 'snarling wildcat' on the field. In 1911 he moved into Detroit's Woodbridge neighborhood, from which he liked to walk his dogs to Bennett Park before games, and in 1907 he had already led the Tigers to the first of three straight American League pennants, though Detroit lost all three World Series. Cobb won twelve batting titles, more than any other player, hit over .300 in a record twenty-three consecutive seasons, and still holds the career record for stolen home plate. He played at Bennett Park and its successor, Navin Field, for the whole of his Detroit career and managed the team from 1921 to 1926. In 1936 he received the highest vote share of anyone on the inaugural Baseball Hall of Fame ballot.
Highlights
- Played for the Tigers from 1905 to 1926, and managed the team from 1921 to 1926
- Won twelve American League batting titles, the most in history
- Hit .300 or better in a record 23 consecutive seasons
- Led Detroit to three straight pennants, 1907–1909
- Received the highest vote total of any player on the inaugural 1936 Hall of Fame ballot
02 / Their Detroit places
Their Detroit places 3
Where they lived, worked, performed and liked to hang out. Closed and demolished places stay here too, because they are part of the city's history.
Played here · 1905–1911
Bennett Park (site)
Demolished · 1896–1911
Cobb's home field for his first seasons; he lived nearby in Woodbridge and walked his dogs here before games.
Played here · 1912–1926
Tiger Stadium
Demolished · 1912–1999
Where Cobb played and later managed for the rest of his Detroit career; demolished in 2008–2009.
Lived here · 1911–1926
Woodbridge (neighborhood)
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Cobb lived in this historic east-side neighborhood near the ballpark from 1911.