Ty Cobb: The Best Baseball Player

Ty Cobb could be easily called the greatest baseball player of all time. His determination and persistence is what made him the best. Through the lessons and morals of hard work that his father had taught Ty Cobb as a boy, he was able to become a great hard-working baseball player. His personal life was hard at times, but nonetheless he earned astonishing achievements in the 24 season playing career in the American league. A batting record for runs scored of 2,245, runs batted in of 1,937, a record of 892 stolen bases, and his record of a batting average of .366 has still not been beaten. His record of 96 stolen bases in one season in 1915 was not beaten until 1962. No one can deny his skill in the sport, he took it further than anyone else
He was the first baseball player to study the psychology of pitchers. He practiced the “war of nerves” method of getting on base. “I always try to keep the other team on their toes, so they won’t know where the ball is going, my attack is directed at the third baseman, I try to worry him” Ty was never bother by the criticism that he received from other players and onlookers. However in 1912, he jumped into the stands and administered a “physical punishment” on an abusive and cruel spectator, who turned out to be an amputee. He was given an indefinite banishment from baseball. The ban only lasted 10 days, because the Detroit players went on strike and refused to play without him. Mostly because of the weak pitching, the Tigers dropped to seventh place in 1921. In 1921, after the manager Hugh Jennings retired, Ty Cobb became the new Detroit Tigers manager, but he kept playing and directed his team from the outfield. In 1922, he managed his team to third place, and the following year he got them to the second place. In 1926, manager George Moriarty replaced him Tiger’s dropped to sixth place. Ty finished out his career with Connie Mack’s Philadelphia Athletics, for when he played two seasons. When he retired at the end of 1928, he had played in 3,033 professional games, more than anyone else on record. When the first balloting for the Baseball Hall of Fame took place in 1936, Ty Cobb received more votes than Babe Ruth. Ty Cobb was the first plaque to be placed in the gallery of baseball immortals at Cooperstown, New York. He retired with 4,191 major league hits. As a memorial to his parents, Ty donated $100,000 in 1948 for the erection of a modern hospital in his hometown. Later Ty was diagnosed with multiple diseases. On July 17, 1961, a month after checking himself into Emory Hospital, he died in his sleep. Although most of his family did not like him, they did go to see him in his