- Born
- Died
- Birth nameTyrus Raymond Cobb
- Nickname
- The Georgia Peach
- Height6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
- Ty Cobb was born on December 18, 1886 in Narrows, Georgia, USA. He was an actor, known for Somewhere in Georgia (1917), The Baseball Revue of 1917 (1917) and Ty Cobb and Grantland Rice Talk Things Over (1930). He was married to Frances Fairbairn Cass and Charlotte Lombard. He died on July 17, 1961 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
- SpousesFrances Fairbairn Cass(September 24, 1949 - 1956) (divorced)Charlotte Lombard(August 8, 1908 - June 19, 1947) (divorced, 5 children)
- .300 batting average
- An early investor in Coca-Cola, he was worth over $12 million when he died.
- In 1918, he borrowed $10,800 to purchase 300 shares of Coca-Cola stock. He acquired additional shares of Coca-Cola over the years, eventually owning 24,000 shares. During his lifetime, he earned over $4 million from his investment in Coca-Cola. His initial investment would be worth over $1.6 billion in today's terms.
- An authority on the Civil War.
- In 1906, Cobb had a nervous breakdown and entered a sanitarium.
- Former teammate Dutch Leonard claimed that he, Cobb, Smokey Joe Wood and Tris Speaker fixed a 1919 Detroit Tigers - Cleveland Indians game. Kenesaw M. Landis later exonerated the players. However, many believed Leonard and thought Landis ruled as he did because he didn't want another gambling scandal to taint baseball.
- The base paths belonged to me, the runner. The rules gave me the right. I always went into a bag full speed, feet first. I had sharp spikes on my shoes. If the baseman stood where he had no business to be and got hurt, that was his fault.
- To get along with me, don't increase my tension.
- I may have been fierce, but never low or underhand.
- The crowd makes the ballgame.
- The great American game should be an unrelenting war of nerves.
- Somewhere in Georgia (1917) - $10,000
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