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Historical player · 1905–1928 · ★ Hall of Fame 1936

Ty Cobb

B/T L/R · HT 73 · WT 175 · Born 12/18/1886 · From Narrows, GA USA · Debut 1905-08-30 · Final 1928-09-11

Career · batting

3,035

11,436

4,189

117

RBI

1,944

896

1,249

AVG/OPS

0.366 · 0.945

Career · pitching

5.0

W-L

0-0

ERA

3.60

WHIP

1.60

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Detroit Tigers · 1905–1926

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111

#28 on the Tigers

↑ 1 M. Tettleton

↓ 2 V. Wertz

Hits

3,900

#1 on the Tigers

↓ 893 A. Kaline

RBI

1,811

#1 on the Tigers

↓ 228 A. Kaline

869

#1 on the Tigers

↓ 469 D. Bush

Runs

2,089

#1 on the Tigers

↓ 315 C. Gehringer

1,148

#4 on the Tigers

↑ 38 C. Gehringer

↓ 23 D. Bush

Career with the Philadelphia Athletics · 1927–1928

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#334 on the Athletics

↑ 1 M. Bellhorn

↓ 1 R. Warstler

Hits

289

#167 on the Athletics

↑ 1 H. Baines

↓ 1 E. Plank

RBI

133

#161 on the Athletics

↑ 4 R. Davis

↓ 2 J. Phegley

#103 on the Athletics

↑ 1 G. Burns

↓ 1 Y. Cespedes

Runs

158

#153 on the Athletics

↑ 1 J. Tartabull

↓ 1 J. Bleday

101

#166 on the Athletics

↑ 1 S. Piscotty

↓ 3 L. Butler

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

117

#845 all-time MLB

↑ 1 M. Adams

↓ 1 C. Sabo

Hits

4,189

#2 all-time MLB

↑ 67 P. Rose

↓ 418 H. Aaron

RBI

1,944

#9 all-time MLB

↑ 7 S. Musial

↓ 22 J. Foxx

896

#4 all-time MLB

↑ 18 B. Hamilton

↓ 88 T. Raines

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1905	Tigers	AL	41	151	19	36	6	0	1	15	2	10	23	0.238	—	0.298
1906	Tigers	AL	98	358	45	113	15	5	1	41	23	19	40	0.316	—	0.394
1907	Tigers	AL	150	605	99	212	28	14	5	119	53	24	55	0.350	—	0.468
1908	Tigers	AL	150	580	88	188	36	20	4	108	39	34	42	0.324	—	0.476
1909	Tigers	AL	156	573	115	216	33	10	9	107	76	48	45	0.377	—	0.517
1910	Tigers	AL	140	508	106	194	35	13	8	91	65	64	46	0.382	—	0.549
1911	Tigers	AL	146	591	147	248	47	24	8	127	83	44	42	0.420	—	0.621
1912	Tigers	AL	140	553	120	226	30	23	7	83	61	43	30	0.409	—	0.584
1913	Tigers	AL	122	428	70	167	18	16	4	67	51	58	31	0.390	—	0.535
1914	Tigers	AL	98	345	69	127	22	11	2	57	35	57	22	0.368	—	0.513
1915	Tigers	AL	156	563	144	208	31	13	3	99	96	118	43	0.369	—	0.487
1916	Tigers	AL	145	542	113	201	31	10	5	68	68	78	39	0.371	—	0.493
1917	Tigers	AL	152	588	107	225	44	24	6	102	55	61	34	0.383	—	0.570
1918	Tigers	AL	111	421	83	161	19	14	3	64	34	41	21	0.382	—	0.515
1919	Tigers	AL	124	497	92	191	36	13	1	70	28	38	22	0.384	—	0.515
1920	Tigers	AL	112	428	86	143	28	8	2	63	15	58	28	0.334	—	0.451
1921	Tigers	AL	128	507	124	197	37	16	12	101	22	56	19	0.389	—	0.596
1922	Tigers	AL	137	526	99	211	42	16	4	99	9	55	24	0.401	—	0.565
1923	Tigers	AL	145	556	103	189	40	7	6	88	9	66	14	0.340	—	0.469
1924	Tigers	AL	155	625	115	211	38	10	4	78	23	85	18	0.338	—	0.450
1925	Tigers	AL	121	415	97	157	31	12	12	102	13	65	12	0.378	—	0.598
1926	Tigers	AL	79	233	48	79	18	5	4	62	9	26	2	0.339	—	0.511
1927	Athletics	AL	134	490	104	175	32	7	5	93	22	67	12	0.357	—	0.482
1928	Athletics	AL	95	353	54	114	27	4	1	40	5	34	16	0.323	—	0.431
Career			3,035	11,436	2,247	4,189	724	295	117	1,944	896	1,249	680	0.366	0.433	0.512

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	ERA	WHIP
1918	Tigers	AL	2	0	4.0	6	2	2	4.50	2.00
1925	Tigers	AL	1	1	1.0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
Career			3	1	5.0	6	2	2	3.60	1.60

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
OF	2,934	725	6,422.0	6,361	392	271	107
1B	14	0	0.0	143	12	3	6
P	3	0	0.0	0	2	0	0
2B	2	0	0.0	2	3	4	0
3B	1	0	0.0	1	1	0	0

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
1936	BBWAA	222	170	Inducted