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1993 TSN Conlon Collection - Ty Cobb
| Name: | Ty Cobb | Position: | Outfield |
| Team: | Detroit Tigers | Card Year: | 1993 |
| Card Brand: | TSN Conlon Collection | Card Number: | 1000g |
| Condition: | Fair | Date Entered: | 2011-09-27 |
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| Info for Ty Cobb from the Baseball-Reference.com Bullpen |
| Ty Cobb, The Georgia Peach, was an extremely unusual personality who became one of the greatest ballplayers ever. By the Gray Ink method and the Hall of Fame Monitor, he ranks # 1 all-time. By the Black Ink method he ranks # 2, and by the Hall of Fame Standards, he ranks # 6. He has the highest major league batting average of all time (of any long-time player) and once led the league in OPS+ nine times in a row. No player is at all similar to him, with the similarity scores method showing only one player with a score higher than 670 - that player being Tris Speaker at 760, a contemporary player who was often compared to him when they were active. |