A Rare Recording of Baseball Great Ty Cobb Audiobook Libro.fm

Tyrus Raymond Cobb December 18 1886 July 17 1961 nicknamed the Georgia Peach was an American Major League Baseball center fielder Born in rural Narrows Georgia Cobb spent 22 seasons with the Detroit Tigers the last six as the teams playermanager and finished his career with the Philadelphia Athletics In 1936 Cobb received the most votes of any player on the inaugural ballot for the National Baseball Hall of Fame receiving 222 out of a possible 226 votes 982 Considered one of the top three baseball players ever Cobb finished his career with a 367 batting average 4189 hits 897 stolen bases and 1944 RBIs In this recording Cobb discusses the best pitchers he ever faced and life after his baseball retirement