Ty Cobb

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-1, 175lb (185cm, 79kg)

Born: December 18, 1886 in Narrows, GA us

Died: July 17, 1961 in Atlanta, GA

Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Royston, GA

High School: Franklin County HS (Royston, GA)

Debut: August 30, 1905 (Age 18-255d, 2,754th in major league history)
vs. NYY 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 11, 1928 (Age 41-268d)
vs. NYY 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1936. (Voted by BBWAA on 222/226 ballots)
Induction ceremony in Cooperstown held in 1939.
View Ty Cobb's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1905 season

Full Name: Tyrus Raymond Cobb

Nicknames: The Georgia Peach

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

151.5

11440

4189

117

.366

2245

RBI

1944

897

OBP

.433

SLG

.512

OPS

.945

OPS+

168

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1917 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1917 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	DET		CLE	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	Apr 12	DET		CLE	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	Apr 14	DET		CLE	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
4	4	Apr 15	DET		CHW	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
5	5	Apr 16	DET		CHW	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
6	6	Apr 17	DET		CHW	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
7	7	Apr 19	DET	@	CLE	L,7-8	CG	41	8.2	0	0	0	0	0
8	8	Apr 20	DET	@	CLE	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	9	Apr 21	DET	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
10	10	Apr 22	DET	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	11	Apr 24	DET		SLB	L,2-7	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
12	12	Apr 27	DET		SLB	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
13	13	Apr 28	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	48	13.1	2	0	0	2	0
14	14	Apr 29	DET	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	15	May 2	DET	@	SLB	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
16	16	May 7	DET		CLE	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
17	17	May 8	DET		CLE	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
18	18	May 9 (1)	DET		CLE	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	19	May 9 (2)	DET		CLE	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	20	May 10	DET		BOS	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
21	21	May 11	DET		BOS	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
22	22	May 12	DET		BOS	L,0-8	CG	41	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
23	23	May 13	DET		BOS	W,2-1	CG	46	12.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	24	May 14	DET		WSH	W,3-2	CG	52	14.0	1	1	0	2	0
25	25	May 15	DET		WSH	L,5-11	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	26	May 16	DET		WSH	L,1-5	CG	45	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
27	27	May 17	DET		WSH	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
28	28	May 18	DET		NYY	L,3-7	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	29	May 19	DET		NYY	T,9-9	CG	54	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	30	May 20	DET		NYY	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
31	31	May 24	DET		PHA	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
32	32	May 25	DET		PHA	L,6-10	CG	55	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
33	33	May 26	DET		PHA	W,11-8	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
34	34	May 29	DET	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	42	9.2	0	0	0	0	0
35	35	May 30 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	36	May 30 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
37	37	May 31	DET	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	38	Jun 2	DET	@	NYY	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
39	39	Jun 3	DET		NYY	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	40	Jun 4	DET	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	38	8.2	3	0	0	3	0
41	41	Jun 5 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
42	42	Jun 5 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	43	Jun 6	DET	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
44	44	Jun 8	DET	@	BOS	W,7-4	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	45	Jun 9	DET	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
46	46	Jun 12	DET	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
47	47	Jun 13	DET	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	48	Jun 15	DET	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
49	49	Jun 16	DET	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
50	50	Jun 18	DET	@	WSH	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
51	51	Jun 19	DET	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	3	1	1	5	1
52	52	Jun 20	DET		SLB	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
53	53	Jun 21	DET		SLB	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
54	54	Jun 22 (1)	DET		SLB	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
55	55	Jun 22 (2)	DET		SLB	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
56	56	Jun 24	DET		SLB	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
57	57	Jun 26 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
58	58	Jun 26 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
59	59	Jun 27 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
60	60	Jun 27 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	61	Jun 28	DET	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	44	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
62	62	Jun 29	DET	@	SLB	W,19-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
63	63	Jun 30 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
64	64	Jun 30 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	65	Jul 1 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
66	66	Jul 1 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,9-15	CG	45	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
67	67	Jul 2	DET	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	39	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
68	68	Jul 3	DET		CHW	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
69	69	Jul 4 (1)	DET		CHW	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
70	70	Jul 4 (2)	DET		CHW	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
71	71	Jul 5	DET		CHW	W,11-6	GS	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
72	72	Jul 6	DET		CHW	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
73	73	Jul 8	DET		WSH	L,5-10	CG	48	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
74	74	Jul 9 (1)	DET		WSH	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	3	2	1	6	1
75	75	Jul 9 (2)	DET		WSH	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
76	76	Jul 10	DET		WSH	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
77	77	Jul 11	DET		BOS	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
78	78	Jul 12	DET		BOS	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
79	79	Jul 13	DET		BOS	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
80	80	Jul 14	DET		BOS	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
81	81	Jul 15	DET		PHA	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
82	82	Jul 17 (1)	DET		PHA	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
83	83	Jul 17 (2)	DET		PHA	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
84	84	Jul 18 (1)	DET		PHA	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
85	85	Jul 18 (2)	DET		PHA	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
86	86	Jul 19	DET		NYY	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
87	87	Jul 20	DET		NYY	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
88	88	Jul 21 (1)	DET		NYY	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
89	89	Jul 21 (2)	DET		NYY	W,11-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
90	90	Jul 22	DET		NYY	L,5-7	CG	55	13.0	0	0	1	1	0
91	91	Jul 25	DET	@	PHA	L,3-8	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
92	92	Jul 26 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
93	93	Jul 26 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
94	94	Jul 27	DET	@	PHA	W,11-3	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
95	95	Jul 28 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	3	1	1	5	1
96	96	Jul 28 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	41	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
97	97	Jul 30	DET	@	WSH	W,16-4	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
98	98	Jul 31	DET	@	WSH	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	2	6	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
99	99	Aug 1	DET	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	62	12.1	2	0	0	2	0
100	100	Aug 2	DET	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
101	101	Aug 3	DET	@	NYY	W,10-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
102	102	Aug 4	DET	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
103	103	Aug 6	DET	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
104	104	Aug 7	DET	@	NYY	L,1-7	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
105	105	Aug 8	DET	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
106	106	Aug 10 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	41	8.2	4	0	0	4	0
107	107	Aug 10 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
108	108	Aug 11 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
109	109	Aug 11 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
110	110	Aug 12	DET		SLB	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
111	111	Aug 13 (1)	DET		SLB	L,5-10	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
112	112	Aug 13 (2)	DET		SLB	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
113	113	Aug 14	DET		SLB	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
114	114	Aug 17	DET		WSH	L,6-9	GS	26	6.0	1	1	0	2	0
115	116 (1)	Aug 20	DET		NYY	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
116	118 (1)	Aug 22	DET		NYY	W,2-0	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
117	119	Aug 23	DET		PHA	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
118	120	Aug 24	DET		PHA	L,4-8	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
119	121	Aug 25	DET		PHA	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
120	122	Aug 26	DET		BOS	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
121	123	Aug 27	DET		BOS	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
122	124	Aug 29	DET	@	CLE	W,15-1	GS	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
123	125	Aug 30	DET	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	50	11.0	3	2	0	5	0
124	126	Aug 31	DET	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
125	127	Sep 1	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
126	128	Sep 2 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
127	129	Sep 2 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	41	9.2	0	0	0	0	0
128	130	Sep 3 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
129	131	Sep 3 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,8-14	CG	46	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
130	132	Sep 6	DET	@	SLB	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
131	133	Sep 8	DET	@	SLB	W,1-0	CG	41	12.0	2	0	0	2	0
132	134	Sep 9 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
133	135	Sep 9 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
134	136	Sep 11	DET		CLE	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
135	137	Sep 12 (1)	DET		CLE	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
136	138	Sep 12 (2)	DET		CLE	W,4-3	CG	44	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
137	139	Sep 14	DET		CHW	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
138	140	Sep 15 (1)	DET		CHW	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
139	141	Sep 15 (2)	DET		CHW	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
140	142	Sep 16	DET		CLE	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
141	143	Sep 19 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
142	144	Sep 19 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
143	145	Sep 20	DET	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
144	146	Sep 21	DET	@	WSH	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
145	147	Sep 22	DET	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
146	148	Sep 24 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
147	149	Sep 24 (2)	DET	@	WSH	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
148	150	Sep 25	DET	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
149	151	Sep 26	DET	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
150	152	Sep 28	DET	@	PHA	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
151	153	Sep 29 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
152	154	Sep 29 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,11-12	CG	48	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
							152gm			370	26	11	407	8