Ty Cobb

Background

Tyrus Raymond Cobb was born on December 18, 1886, in the state of Georgia. He was raised in an affluent and religious home as a meek and honest boy who preferred hunting and baseball over his military school education. His father vehemently opposed Tyrus's participation in baseball, as he considered the sport to be vulgar.↗

One day, when Ty was 18, his mother killed his father. The incident significantly affected Ty Cobb, drastically changing his demeanor and making him more arrogant and aggressive.↗↗

History's Greatest Hitting Machine! Ty Cobb

In 1908, the Boston Red Sox play against the Detroit Tigers at Boston's Huntington Avenue Grounds stadium. Stepping up to bat, Ty Cobb openly declares his intent to steal second base during the next pitch. As the pitcher moves to throw toward second base, Cobb rushes toward the base, somehow slicing the baseman 's arm in the process. Ty Cobb is declared safe, despite the baseman's accusations that he had sharpened his cleats and used them as weapons.↗

Ty Cobb's attitude makes him hated and feared even among his teammates. One day, he is ambushed by seven or eight other baseball players on his way home, but turns the tables and mugs his muggers using the shotgun he carries in his baseball bat case. Ty Cobb is always careful with his finances; he establishes the basis of baseball contract dealings, and amasses an enormous fortune after investing early in Coca-Cola and General Motors.↗

During one of his games, amidst a crowd of angry spectators, Ty Cobb hears a voice pointing out his.250 batting average against Hollows and insinuating his rival was better than him. After spotting the spectator, Ty Cobb rushes to the man's seat and starts mercilessly beating him. For assaulting the spectator, who also happened to be paraplegic, Ty Cobb is suspended from his baseball team indefinitely.↗

In June 1912, in a game against Philadelphia Athletics, Ty Cobb faces Hollows himself, who uses a technique known as the spitball to give his balls unusual trajectories when pitched. After accruing two strikes, Ty Cobb calls a time-out. Cobbs then taunts Hollows by pointing out that his wife hasn't come to the game, and claiming he told her not to last night. To prove his story, Cobb pulls out a pair of her panties, which he facetiously uses as a handkerchief.↗

Later in life, he is diagnosed with cancer and eventually put into a hospital. When a doctor hears that Ty Cobb is hiding a gun beneath his blanket and asks him to hand it over, Cobb dares him to take it himself and see who's quicker on the draw. The doctor promptly exits the room, causing Cobb to call him a coward. He then tells his butler to take him home, insisting that he refuse to pay the medical bill.↗↗

Personality

After the death of his father, Cobb's personality radically changed, as he became more arrogant, aggressive and violent.↗

Profile details

Status: Deceased↗

Date of Death: July 17, 1961↗

Cause of Death: Cancer↗