American baseball outfielder who held the all-time MLB career batting average record above .366 and led the American League in batting average a record 12 times.
Background
Born Tyrus Raymond Cobb in Narrows, Georgia, Ty Cobb made his MLB debut with the Detroit Tigers in 1905 at age 18 after a brief minor-league career.
Career
He spent 22 seasons with the Tigers, where he set major-league hits and stolen-base records, then two final seasons with the Philadelphia Athletics. He was the leading vote-getter in the inaugural Baseball Hall of Fame election.
Style of play
A left-handed hitter who held his hands apart on the bat, Cobb relied on bat control and place-hitting rather than power, and on aggressive base-running tactics including frequent steals of home.
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