Ty Cobb

Tyrus Raymond "Ty" Cobb (December 18, 1886 ? July 17, 1961), nicknamed "The Georgia Peach", was an American baseball player generally considered to be the greatest player

Pre-professional career

Tyrus Raymond Cobb was born in Narrows, Georgia, the first of three children. His mother Amanda

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(Chitwood), who had married William Herschel Cobb when she was 12, was 15 when she gave birth to Ty. In 1893, W.H. Cobb, a teacher by profession, bought a 100 acre (400,000 m²) farm in Royston, Georgia to supplement his teaching income. It was on this farm that Ty?s father taught him the values of hard work and perseverance. It was also in those fields that Ty grew strong and developed his relationship with his father. When W.H. saw that Ty displayed a knack for farming and its economics, the two grew closer. Cobb once said, "It was the sweetest thing in the world to be fully accepted by my father. All at once, he was willing to hear my ideas, discuss them, and even exchange opinions."

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1893 - Royston, Georgia

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W.H. Cobb became a very well respected man in the community, getting elected to the Georgia State Senate. When Ty was not

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working the farm for his father, he was honing his baseball skills by playing for the Royston Rompers and the semi-pro Royston Reds during

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Royston Rompers - Royston Reds

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his early and mid-teens. W.H. greatly disapproved of Ty playing baseball, fearing that his firstborn would become a drunken womanizer like the

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stereotypical big league ballplayers of the day. However, when Ty, at 17, approached his father to ask for his blessing to try out for the South Atlantic League (Sally League) team in Augusta, W.H. reluctantly acquiesced. He figured that it would be best for his son to get the baseball out of his system and return home to pursue a career as a doctor, lawyer, or military man.

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South Atlantic League - Augusta

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