MLBMLB Detroit Tigers1905–1928Hall of Fame · 1936

Ty Cobb

The Georgia Peach on the wall — for the Tigers fan who knows .366 hasn't been touched.

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Career snapshot

Hitting: .366 AVG · 117 HR · 1,944 RBI · 4,189 hits

Accolades

★ Inaugural Baseball Hall of Fame inductee (1936) — most votes of the original five

★ .366 career batting average — highest in modern MLB history

★ 12× AL batting champion (including 9 consecutive: 1907–1915)

★ 1909 AL Triple Crown winner

★ 1911 AL MVP

★ 4,189 career hits — most in MLB history until Pete Rose passed him in 1985

★ 897 career stolen bases

★ Detroit Tigers franchise leader in hits, runs, and batting average

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The card collector's view

Cobb's rookie cards are the legendary T206 White Border issues from 1909-11 — among the most chased pre-war baseball cards in the hobby, with multiple back variations driving collector interest. The T205 Gold Border, T207 Brown Background, and various tobacco-era Cobb cards offer more chase pieces from his prime. Modern Topps Allen & Ginter, Topps Gypsy Queen, and retrospective Tigers releases give collectors accessible Cobb pieces to build around the vintage core.

About Ty Cobb at FreshDCards

.366. That's Ty Cobb's career batting average, and nobody has touched it in nearly a century. The Georgia Peach spent 22 of his 24 seasons in Detroit from 1905 to 1928, racking up 4,189 hits, 897 stolen bases, and 12 AL batting titles — nine of them consecutive from 1907 to 1915. He played a brand of baseball that scared opponents off the bases and out of the box. In 1936 he received more votes than anyone in the inaugural Hall of Fame class.

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