One of the coolest guys ever was Ty Cobb. He held more records than any other player, ever. He batted over .400 three times, had the highest lifetime batting average ever.
Casey Stengel said “Cobb was the best ever, no one else was even close”. Cobb beat up some of the toughest guys in baseball including an ump who outweighed him by 40 pounds.
Ty also served in WWI and was wounded, well I guess being gassed counts as wounded.
Most of his records which were eventually broken were done so in many more games.
One of the more interesting honors was that Pete Rose named his Son “Ty”.
One of the more interesting honors was that Pete Rose named his Son “Ty”.
some honor that is