"The greatness of Ty Cobb was something that had to be seen, and to see him was to remember him forever."

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Dead Ball Era
This is about a tight grip on the seams...

With his aggressive style of play, Ty Cobb surfaced to pose difficulties to the other great legends that dominated the leader boards during the decade of 1910s. No longer Sam Crawford, Nap Lajoie, and Honus Wagner were alone as supreme leaders in hits, average, stolen bases, and runs scored. In the same token, Walter Johnson was a pitching force during this era. Many baseball-schooled folks consider the "Great Train" as the best righthander ever.

POS HITTERS POS PITCHING
C Ray Schalk SP Walter Johnson
C Hank Gowdy SP Addie Joss
1B Fred Luderus SP Vic Willis
1B Bob Bescher SP Jack Coombs
2B Eddie Collins SP Pete Alexander
2B Johnny Evers RP Dutch Leonard
3B Home Run Baker RP Eddie Cicotte
3B Heinie Zimmerman RP Rube Marquard
SS Rabbit Maranville RP Eddie Plank
SS Dave Bancroft RP Chief Bender
OF Ty Cobb
OF Tris Speaker
OF Zach Wheat
OF Wally Pipp
OF Larry Doyle
OF Gavvy Cravath
The Lineup...
1. Ty Cobb (CF)
all-time leader in batting average (.366), and runs scored (2,245); 2nd in hits (4,189), and triples (295 ); ranks 4th in doubles (724 ); 6th in RBIs (1,938); 5th in at bats (11,434); holds the record of connecting at least 5 hits in a game (13 games); batted over .300 in 23 of 24 seasons and twice over .400 (.420 and .410); obtained 10 batting titles; league leader in hits 4 times, once in homers, twice in RBIs, and 3 times in doubles, triples, and on-base percentage; 5 times champ in runs scored, slugging average, stolen bases, and total bases; won the triple crown in 1909 (9, .377, 109)
2. Eddie Collins (2B)
ranks 10th in hits (3,315); 12th in triples (187); 22nd in batting average (.333);
3. Tris Speaker (RF)
ranks 5th in hits (3,514) and batting average (345); all-time leader in doubles (792); 6th in triples (222); 36th in RBIs (1,529); 19th in trips to the plate (10,195);
4. Wally Pipp (LF)
5. Home Run Baker (3B)
6. Fred Luderus (1B)
7. Ray Schalk (C)
8. Rabbit Maranville (SS)

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