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Tyrus Raymond Cobb, nicknamed The Georgia Peach, was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) outfielder. He was born in rural Narrows, Georgia. Cobb spent 22 seasons with the Detroit Tigers, the last six as the team's player-manager, and finished his career with the Philadelphia Athletics. In 1936 Cobb received the most votes of any player on the inaugural Baseball Hall of Fame ballot, receiving 222 out of a possible 226 votes (98.2%); no other player received a higher percentage of votes until Tom Seaver in 1992. In 1999, editors at the Sporting News ranked Ty Cobb third on their list of "Baseball's 100 Greatest Players".
Birth Name
Tyrus Raymond Cobb
Born
Saturday, 18 December 1886
Died
Monday, 17 July 1961
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2017 |
| MLB Network Presents | Self | 2015 |
| Prime 9 | Self | 2009 |
| Costas Now | Self - Baseball Player | 2005 |
| Baseball | Self | 1994 |
| Babe Ruth: The Man, the Myth, the Legend | Self | 1990 |
| 60 Minutes | Himself - Baseball Player (segment "Andy Rooney") (archive footage) | 1968 |
| World Wide '60 | Self - Interview subject | 1960 |
| Angels in the Outfield | Ty Cobb | 1951 |
| What's My Line? | Himself - Mystery Guest | 1950 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2017 |
| MLB Network Presents | Self | 2015 |
| Prime 9 | Self | 2009 |
| Costas Now | Self - Baseball Player | 2005 |
| Baseball | Self | 1994 |
| Babe Ruth: The Man, the Myth, the Legend | Self | 1990 |
| 60 Minutes | Himself - Baseball Player (segment "Andy Rooney") (archive footage) | 1968 |
| World Wide '60 | Self - Interview subject | 1960 |
| Angels in the Outfield | Ty Cobb | 1951 |
| What's My Line? | Himself - Mystery Guest | 1950 |
| Swing with Bing | Self - Baseball Player playing Golf / Himself | 1940 |
| Somewhere in Georgia | Ty Cobb | 1917 |
| The Baseball Revue of 1917 | Self | 1917 |
