TY COBB T206 RED PORTRAIT

TY COBB T206 RED PORTRAIT, Sweet Caporal (PSA) PR-FR11909-11

Legendary Ty Cobb, baseball card over +110 years old… hands down one of the greatest cards the hobby has ever seen!

PLAYER: Ty Cobb (HOF)

 

VARIATION: Portrait – Red

 

TEAM: Detroit Tigers

 

LEAGUE: American

 

BACK: Sweet Caporal

 

GRADE: PSA 1 Fair

 

“THE GEORGIA PEACH”

 

Tyrus Raymond Cobb

 

Born: December 18, 1886 – Narrows, GA

 

Died: July 17, 1961 – Atlanta, GA

 

Batted: LH

 

Threw: RH

 

Position: OF

 

Career BA: .366

 

Managerial Record: 479–444

 

Teams:

 

Detroit Tigers AL (1905–1920; player/manager: 1921–1926)

 

Philadelphia Athletics AL (1927–1928)

 

Baseball purists still argue over who the greatest player of all time is. The two names usually mentioned are Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth. Nicknamed “The Georgia Peach,” Cobb was a .366 lifetime hitter (still an MLB record) with 11 batting titles, and he hit over .400 three times and over .300 20 times. With 4,189 hits, 892 stolen bases, 11,434 at bats, and 54 career steals of home, the argument for Cobb is hard to beat. A very complex man, Cobb was not well liked by his peers. He was surly, sometimes played dirty (legend has it that he sharpened his spikes), and was considered a racist by many. However, Cobb also was extremely generous and philanthropic, helping many people behind the scenes. Above all, he was a truly great player. Besides holding just about every major batting record at one time or another, and being considered the greatest player of all time, Cobb was also an extremely successful businessman. He was one of the early shareholders in Coca-Cola and went on to own three bottling plants and become a company spokesman. He also made very good investments in both real estate and the stock market. Cobb’s net worth of $11 million at the time would be approximately $86 million in today’s dollars. He was elected to the Hall of Fame’s inaugural class in 1936.