Ty Cobb (1886–1961)
Author of My Life in Baseball: The True Record
About the Author
Ty Cobb played major league baseball from 1905 to 1928 and is considered by many the greatest player of all time. And one of the smartest
Disambiguation Notice:
Full name: Tyrus Raymond "Ty" Cobb; nicknamed The Georgia Peach
Image credit: Baseball card, 1912
(Benjamin K. Edwards Collection,
LoC Prints and Photographs Division,
LC-USZC4-6987)
(Benjamin K. Edwards Collection,
LoC Prints and Photographs Division,
LC-USZC4-6987)
Works by Ty Cobb
Associated Works
The Baseball Anthology: 125 Years of Stories, Poems, Articles, Photographs, Drawings, Interviews, Cartoons, and Other Memorabilia (1994) — Contributor — 62 copies
Baseball, the Perfect Game : An All-Star Anthology Celebrating the Game's Greatest Players, Teams, and Moments (2005) — Contributor — 22 copies
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Cobb, Ty
- Legal name
- Cobb, Tyrus Raymond
- Other names
- The Georgia Peach
- Birthdate
- 1886-12-18
- Date of death
- 1961-07-17
- Gender
- male
- Occupations
- baseball player
baseball manager
businessman - Organizations
- Detroit Tigers ( [1905, 1921])
Philadelphia Athletics ( [1927])
Coca-Cola Company (spokesman|stockholder|plant owner) - Awards and honors
- Baseball Hall of Fame (Player|1936)
Chalmers Award (1911)
Most Valuable Player (AL|1911)
Major League Baseball All-Century Team (OF) - Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Narrows, Georgia, USA
- Places of residence
- Augusta, Georgia, USA
- Place of death
- Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Disambiguation notice
- Full name: Tyrus Raymond "Ty" Cobb; nicknamed The Georgia Peach
- Associated Place (for map)
- Georgia, USA
Members
Reviews
Ty Cobb has always been my favorite baseball player so I was always interested in his story.
controversial writer, fictionalized material, possessed many forged ty cobb documents, pro cobb version
Awards
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Statistics
- Works
- 6
- Also by
- 2
- Members
- 131
- Popularity
- #154,466
- Rating
- 3.6
- Reviews
- 3
- ISBNs
- 11
