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Ty Cobb

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Subject(s): Ty Cobb
Sport: Baseball

Location: Detroit Tigers, Comerica Park, Detroit, MI
Unveiled: 5/4/2000
Sculptor: Julie Rotblatt-Amrany, Omni Amrany and Lou Cella
Material: Steel
Status: In Situ

Inscription(s):
Inscribed on plinth: TY COBB. "THE GEORGIA PEACH". BORN: DECEMBER 18, 1886 NARROWS, GEORGIA. DIED: JULY 17, 1961 ATLANTA, GEORGIA. DETROIT TIGERS CF 1905-1926. PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS OF 1927-1928. PERHAPS THE GREATEST PLAYER IN BASEBALL HISTORY. ACHIEVEMENTS AND HONORS. INDUCTED INTO THE NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME IN 1936. HOLDS BASEBALL'S HIGHEST LIFETIME BATTING AVERAGE AT .367. BATTED .400 OR BETTER THREE SEASONS: .420 1911, .409 1912, .401 1922. RANKS SECOND IN ALL-TIME TRIPLES 295, FOURTH IN DOUBLES 724, FOURTH IN STOLEN BASES 892. HOLDS MAJOR LEAGUE RECORD FOR CAREER RUNS SCORED AT 2,246. WON CHALMERS AWARD AL MVP IN 1911 WITH CAREER HIGH OF .420. LED THE LEAGUE IN RBI IN FOUR OF THE FIVE YEARS 1907-1911. CAPTURED 1909 TRIPLE CROWN PACING BOTH MAJOR LEAGUES IN BATTING AVERAGE .377, HOME RUNS 9 AND RBI 107. WAS PLAYER-MANAGER OF TIGERS 1921-1926. SCULPTORS: JULIE & OMRI R. AMRANY. CO-SCULPTOR: LOU CELLA. DEDICATED: APRIL 5, 2000

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