Cobb, Tyrus "Ty" Raymond 1886-1961

MASTER HITTER AND BASE RUNNER

Champion and Psychotic.

Tyrus "Ty" Raymond Cobb, "the Georgia Peach," was arguably the greatest and certainly one of the most controversial baseball players in the history of the game. His biographer, Al Stump, asserts that Cobb was probably psychotic throughout his adult life; he clearly exhibited psychotic behavior, for he played with a hostile aggressiveness that provoked fistfights with opposing players, fans, umpires, managers, and his team-mates. He was a brilliant hitter and base stealer.

Records.

Cobb began his baseball career in the so-called "dead ball" era, a time when baseball was primarily a game of strategic hits, bunting, and base stealing. Cobb elevated these skills to a fine art, especially as a singles hitter. He gripped the bat with his hands wide apart in order to control placement of hits. During his twenty-four seasons he played in 3,033 games, in the course...

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