Complex sentence: At the start of the final day of the 1910 season, Ty Cobb of the Detroit Tigers held a slim lead in the race for the American League batting title, just a few percentage points ahead of the Cleveland Indians' Nap Lajoie.
Split into simpler sentences: At the start of the final day of the 1910 season, Ty Cobb held a small lead in the race for the American League batting title. He was just a few percentage points ahead of the Cleveland Indians' Nap Lajoie.