In 1936, Cobb received the most votes of any player on the inaugural Baseball Hall of Fame ballot, receiving 222 out of a possible 226 votes (98.2%) no other player received a higher percentage of votes until Tom Seaver in 1992. (GNW #216) Cobb spent 22 seasons with the Detroit Tigers, the last six as the team's player-manager, and finished his career with the Philadelphia Athletics. Tyrus Raymond Cobb (Decem– July 17, 1961), nicknamed 'the Georgia Peach', was an American Major League Baseball center fielder.
Ty Cobb I started reading this Wikipedia page, and it just fascinated me, so here is a selective re-post. The greatest hitter ever in Baseball, and the first man inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Today's post is dedicated to Tyrus Raymond Cobb. We have incorporated so many biographies into these Natural Wonders, I am going to take a whole post biographical tangent. Maybe it was the time I pulled over from an Insurance claim investigation in the area, to visit the Ty Cobb Museum and heard the voice of Larry Munson doing the narration. Perhaps it was all those trips to Elberton and Bowman to see Aunt Jo and Uncle James and passing the Ty Cobb sign going through Royston. 12:41PM Georgia Natural Wonder #223 - Franklin County (Part 3) - Ty Cobb We finished Franklin County with my last post, but it felt empty.
