| 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.
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