Ty Cobb Autograph
date: label: date made
content: 1949
name: label: Associated Name
content: Cobb, Tyrus Raymond
label: Associated Name
content: Philadelphia Athletics
label: Associated Name
content: Detroit Tigers
notes: label: Description
content: Tyrus “Ty” Cobb (1886-1961) played Major League Baseball for 24 years, all but one spent with the American League’s Detroit Tigers. Few players dominated their sport the way Cobb ruled baseball’s diamonds from 1905-1928. Leading the league in hitting 11 (or 12, depending on your source) times, the outfielder’s .367 career batting average remains the highest in baseball’s history. Irascible and aggressive, the man known as “The Georgia Peach” set records that remain near the top of the baseball’s record board in numerous offensive categories, being second all-time in hits (4,191) and runs (2,245,) third in stolen bases (897,) and eighth in runs batted in (1,944.) On the other side of the field, Cobb was less successful, with 271 defensive errors, still the most for any outfielder.
label: Description
content: Cobb captured three consecutive American League pennants (1907-1909,) but never won a World Series. A triple crown winner in 1909, he was named the AL’s Most Valuable Player in 1911. In 1921, Cobb took on player-manager duties for the Tigers, a job he would perform until leaving Detroit in 1927, when he joined the Philadelphia Athletics. Now in his forties, Cobb would retire after two seasons with the A’s.
label: Description
content: In modern times, Cobb’s reputation has been tarnished by widely held beliefs that the prickly Southerner was a vehement racist
label: Description
content: In 1936, Cobb was the leading vote getter for the Baseball Hall of Fame’s inaugural class.
label: Description
content: The object is one of a set of 12 cards autographed by professional baseball players, primarily members of the Philadelphia Athletics.
topic: label: name of sport
content: Baseball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Sports & Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.310547.035.05
label: accession number
content: CL*310547
label: catalog number
content: CL*310547.035.05
objectType: label: Object Name
content: autograph, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in x 5 in; 7.62 cm x 12.7 cm