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

Records and achievements

• Highest lifetime major-league batting average (.366)
• Most career batting titles (12)
• Most career steals of home (54)
• Second in career hits (4,189 – first in AL and first when retired)
• Second in career runs scored (2,246 – first in AL and first when retired)
• Third in career steals (892 – first when retired)
• Led the American League in hits 8 times
• Led the American League in runs scored 5 times
• Scored 100 runs 11 times in his career
• Reached 1,000 hit level by the age of 24 -- the youngest of any major league player
• Batted under .320 only once in his career -- his first season
• Batted over .400 three times (1911, 1912 & 1922)
• Batted over .320 for 23 straight seasons
• Had two consecutive game hitting streaks of 35 games or more (35 in 1917 and 40 in 1911), the only player to do so; his two streaks rank 6th and 11th on the all-time list; (George Sisler had streaks of 41 and 34 games)
• One of only two people to hit a home run before his 20th birthday and after his 40th birthday (the other is Rusty Staub)
• Won the prestigious Triple Crown in 1909
• First player to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame