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Ty Cobb

Tyrus Raymond Cobb (The Georgia Peach)

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: December 18, 1886 in Narrows, GA
High School: Franklin County (Royston, GA) (All Transactions)
Debut: August 30, 1905
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Athletics 1905-1928

Final Game: September 11, 1928
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1936 (222/226 ballots).
   View Ty Cobb Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Died: July 17, 1961 in Atlanta, GA
Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Royston, GA
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Willie Mays… #3. Ted Williams… #4. TY COBB… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Hank Aaron… 

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1905 18 DET AL 41 164 150 19 36 6 0 1 15 2 10 23 .240 .288 .300 .588 86 45 0 4 O
1906 19 DET AL 98 394 358 45 113 15 5 1 34 23 19 41 .316 .355 .394 .749 131 141 3 14 O
1907 20 DET AL 150 642 605 97 212 28 14 5 119 53 24 54 .350 .380 .468 .848 167 283 5 8 *O
1908 21 DET AL 150 635 581 88 188 36 20 4 108 39 34 41 .324 .367 .475 .842 169 276 6 14 *O
1909 22 DET AL 156 651 573 116 216 33 10 9 107 76 48 45 .377 .431 .517 .947 194 296 6 24 *O
1910 23 DET AL 140 590 506 106 194 35 13 8 91 65 64 45 .383 .456 .551 1.008 206 279 4 16 *O
1911 24 DET AL 146 654 591 147 248 47 24 8 127 83 44 43 .420 .467 .621 1.088 196 367 8 11 *O MVP-1
1912 25 DET AL 140 609 553 120 226 30 23 7 83 61 34 43 31 .409 .456 .584 1.040 200 323 5 8 *O MVP-7
1913 26 DET AL 122 501 428 70 167 18 16 4 67 51 58 31 .390 .467 .535 1.002 194 229 4 11 *O/4 MVP-20
1914 27 DET AL 98 414 345 69 127 22 11 2 57 35 17 57 22 .368 .466 .513 .979 190 177 6 6 O MVP-14
1915 28 DET AL 156 700 563 144 208 31 13 3 99 96 38 118 43 .369 .486 .487 .973 185 274 10 9 *O
1916 29 DET AL 145 636 542 113 201 31 10 5 68 68 24 78 39 .371 .452 .493 .944 179 267 2 14 *O/3
1917 30 DET AL 152 669 588 107 225 44 24 6 102 55 61 34 .383 .444 .570 1.014 209 335 4 16 *O
1918 31 DET AL 111 473 421 83 161 19 14 3 64 34 41 21 .382 .440 .515 .955 193 217 2 9 *O3/145
1919 32 DET AL 124 545 497 92 191 36 13 1 70 28 38 22 .384 .429 .515 .944 166 256 1 9 *O
1920 33 DET AL 112 495 428 86 143 28 8 2 63 15 10 58 28 .334 .416 .451 .867 132 193 2 7 *O
1921 34 DET AL 128 581 507 124 197 37 16 12 101 22 15 56 19 .389 .452 .596 1.048 166 302 3 15 *O
1922 35 DET AL 137 612 526 99 211 42 16 4 99 9 13 55 24 .401 .462 .565 1.026 169 297 4 27 *O
1923 36 DET AL 145 647 556 103 189 40 7 6 88 9 10 66 14 .340 .413 .469 .882 134 261 3 22 *O
1924 37 DET AL 155 726 625 115 211 38 10 4 79 23 14 85 18 .338 .418 .450 .867 125 281 1 15 *O
1925 38 DET AL 121 490 415 97 157 31 12 12 102 13 9 65 12 .378 .468 .598 1.066 171 248 5 5 *O/1
1926 39 DET AL 79 273 233 48 79 18 5 4 62 9 4 26 2 .339 .408 .511 .918 137 119 1 13 O
1927 40 PHA AL 133 574 490 104 175 32 7 5 93 22 16 67 12 .357 .440 .482 .921 134 236 5 12 *O
1928 41 PHA AL 95 393 353 54 114 27 4 1 40 6 8 34 16 .323 .389 .431 .819 112 152 4 2 O
24 Seasons 3034 13068 11434 2246 4189 724 295 117 1938 897 212 1249 680 *.366* .433 .512 .945 168 5854 94 291
162 Game Avg. 162 698 611 120 224 39 16 6 103 48 67 36 .366 .433 .512 .945 168 313 5 16
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
DET (22 yrs) 2806 12101 10591 2088 3900 665 284 111 1805 869 188 1148 652 .368 .434 .516 .950 171 5466 85 277
PHA (2 yrs) 228 967 843 158 289 59 11 6 133 28 24 101 28 .343 .419 .460 .879 125 388 9 14

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1905 18 DET AL 164 -3 0 0 0 0 -1 5 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ O
1906 19 DET AL 394 13 1 0 0 0 -4 13 23 2.6 23 2.7 -0.1 $1,500 O
1907 20 DET AL 642 53 5 0 0 2 -8 20 72 8.4 70 7.9 0.5 $2,400 *O
1908 21 DET AL 635 42 4 0 0 -3 -8 20 55 6.7 58 6.9 -0.2 $4,500 *O
1909 22 DET AL 651 63 8 0 0 4 -8 21 88 10.6 84 9.5 1.1 $4,500 *O
1910 23 DET AL 590 65 6 0 0 8 -4 20 95 11.0 87 9.6 1.4 $9,000 *O
1911 24 DET AL 654 81 10 0 0 4 -4 21 112 11.4 108 10.9 0.5 $9,000 *O MVP-1
1912 25 DET AL 609 75 6 0 0 2 -4 20 99 10.3 97 10.0 0.3 $9,000 *O MVP-7
1913 26 DET AL 501 47 2 0 0 -1 -3 17 62 6.9 63 6.8 0.1 $11,333 *O/4 MVP-20
1914 27 DET AL 414 37 4 0 0 -4 -2 14 49 5.7 53 5.8 -0.1 $15,000 O MVP-14
1915 28 DET AL 700 73 11 0 0 -3 -4 22 99 11.1 102 11.0 0.1 $20,000 *O
1916 29 DET AL 636 58 4 0 0 -5 -4 20 73 8.6 78 8.5 0.1 $20,000 *O/3
1917 30 DET AL 669 74 6 0 0 6 -5 21 102 11.9 96 10.9 1.0 $20,000 *O
1918 31 DET AL 473 45 5 0 0 -1 -3 16 62 7.2 63 7.4 -0.2 $20,000 *O3/145
1919 32 DET AL 545 44 4 0 0 -6 -3 17 56 6.2 62 6.7 -0.5 $20,000 *O
1920 33 DET AL 495 22 2 0 0 -4 -3 15 32 3.2 36 3.6 -0.4 $20,000 *O
1921 34 DET AL 581 52 3 0 0 0 -3 17 69 6.6 69 6.7 -0.1 $35,000 *O
1922 35 DET AL 612 59 -1 0 0 -4 -4 18 68 6.8 72 7.2 -0.4 $ *O
1923 36 DET AL 647 32 0 0 0 6 -4 19 53 5.3 47 4.7 0.6 $30,000 *O
1924 37 DET AL 726 29 2 0 0 5 -4 21 53 5.2 48 4.7 0.5 $38,000 *O
1925 38 DET AL 490 52 2 0 0 -2 -3 16 65 6.2 67 6.5 -0.3 $50,000 *O/1
1926 39 DET AL 273 14 2 0 0 -6 -2 9 17 1.7 23 2.3 -0.6 $ O
1927 40 PHA AL 574 28 0 0 0 0 -5 18 41 4.0 41 4.1 -0.1 $85,000 *O
1928 41 PHA AL 393 8 -2 0 0 2 -4 13 17 1.7 15 1.5 0.2 $35,000 O
24 Seasons 13068 1063 84 0 0 0 -97 413 1463 159.4 1463 156.0 3.4 $459,233
Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
DET (22 yrs) 12101 1027 86 0 0 -2 -88 382 1405 153.7 1407 150.4 3.3 $339,233
PHA (2 yrs) 967 36 -2 0 0 2 -9 31 58 5.7 56 5.6 0.1 $120,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1907 20 DET AL WS CHC L 5 21 20 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 .200 .238 .300 .538 6 1 1 0 0 0
1908 21 DET AL WS CHC L 5 21 19 3 7 1 0 0 4 2 1 1 2 .368 .400 .421 .821 8 0 0 1 0 0
1909 22 DET AL WS PIT L 7 29 26 3 6 3 0 0 5 2 1 2 2 .231 .310 .346 .656 9 0 1 0 0 0
3 Seasons (3 Series) 17 71 65 7 17 4 1 0 9 4 3 3 7 .262 .314 .354 .668 23 1 2 1 0 0
3 WS 17 71 65 7 17 4 1 0 9 4 3 3 7 .262 .314 .354 .668 23 1 2 1 0 0

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1918 31 DET AL 0 0 4.50 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 6 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 17 68 2.000 13.5 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.00
1925 38 DET AL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2 Seasons 0 0 3.60 3 0 2 0 0 1 5.0 6 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 20 100 1.600 10.8 0.0 3.6 0.0 0.00
162 Game Avg. 0 0 3.60 68 0 45 0 0 23 113 136 45 45 0 45 0 0 0 0 453 100 1.600 10.8 0.0 3.6 0.0 0.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1918 31 DET AL 4.0 0 2 2 0 1.0 0 0.0 $
1925 38 DET AL 1.0 0 0 1 0 1.0 1 0.1 $
2 Seasons 5.0 0 2 3 0 1.0 1 0.1 $

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1905 DET AL 18 OF 41 95 85 6 4 1 .958 2.22 .953 1.86 2-39-0
1906 DET AL 19 OF 96 231 208 14 9 4 .961 2.31 .963 1.90 18-55-24
1907 DET AL 20 OF 150 279 238 30 11 12 .961 1.79 .959 1.85 0-0-150
1908 DET AL 21 OF 150 249 212 23 14 5 .944 1.57 .954 1.84 0-0-150
1909 DET AL 22 OF 156 260 222 24 14 7 .946 1.58 .951 1.85 0-0-156
1910 DET AL 23 OF 137 337 305 18 14 4 .958 2.36 .954 1.83 0-111-26
1911 DET AL 24 OF 146 418 376 24 18 10 .957 2.74 .950 1.99 0-146-0 MVP-1
1912 DET AL 25 OF 140 367 324 21 22 5 .940 2.46 .951 2.04 0-140-0 MVP-7
1913 DET AL 26 OF 118 300 262 22 16 8 .947 2.41 .953 2.01 0-116-2 MVP-20
1913 DET AL 26 2B 1 4 1 0 3 0 .250 1.00 .955 5.00 MVP-20
1914 DET AL 27 OF 96 195 177 8 10 0 .949 1.93 .956 2.00 0-96-0 MVP-14
1915 DET AL 28 OF 156 368 328 22 18 7 .951 2.24 .958 2.05 0-156-0
1916 DET AL 29 OF 143 360 325 18 17 9 .953 2.40 .963 2.12 0-143-0
1916 DET AL 29 1B 1 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 10.00 .988 11.00
1917 DET AL 30 OF 152 411 373 27 11 9 .973 2.63 .967 2.22 0-123-29
1918 DET AL 31 OF 95 243 225 12 6 0 .975 2.49 .962 2.26 0-92-3
1918 DET AL 31 1B 13 148 133 12 3 7 .980 11.15 .986 11.14
1918 DET AL 31 P 2 4.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 0.50 .950 2.92 2.85
1918 DET AL 31 2B 1 5 1 3 1 0 .800 4.00 .958 5.50
1918 DET AL 31 3B 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .950 3.40
1919 DET AL 32 OF 123 299 272 19 8 2 .973 2.37 .958 2.26
1919 DET AL 32 CF 123 123 120 299 272 19 8 2 .973 2.37 .961 2.64
1920 DET AL 33 OF 112 263 246 8 9 2 .966 2.27 .962 2.25
1920 DET AL 33 CF 112 110 106 263 246 8 9 2 .966 2.27 .966 2.55
1921 DET AL 34 OF 121 338 301 27 10 2 .970 2.71 .960 2.33
1921 DET AL 34 CF 121 121 115 338 301 27 10 2 .970 2.71 .962 2.67
1922 DET AL 35 OF 134 351 330 14 7 3 .980 2.57 .964 2.31
1922 DET AL 35 CF 134 134 127 351 330 14 7 3 .980 2.57 .968 2.70
1923 DET AL 36 OF 141 388 362 14 12 2 .969 2.67 .965 2.38
1923 DET AL 36 CF 141 140 131 388 362 14 12 2 .969 2.67 .968 2.69
1924 DET AL 37 OF 155 435 417 12 6 8 .986 2.77 .970 2.39
1924 DET AL 37 CF 155 155 144 434 416 12 6 6 .986 2.76 .975 2.80
1925 DET AL 38 OF 105 291 267 9 15 1 .948 2.63 .965 2.43
1925 DET AL 38 P 1 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 1.00 .960 2.70 2.60
1925 DET AL 38 CF 101 100 83 283 260 9 14 1 .951 2.66 .971 2.89
1925 DET AL 38 RF 4 4 3 8 7 0 1 0 .875 1.75 .966 2.08
1926 DET AL 39 OF 55 119 109 4 6 2 .950 2.05 .966 2.34
1926 DET AL 39 CF 40 40 36 95 87 3 5 2 .947 2.25 .969 2.72
1926 DET AL 39 LF 14 13 12 23 21 1 1 0 .957 1.57 .965 2.30
1926 DET AL 39 RF 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .960 2.00
1927 PHA AL 40 OF 127 260 243 9 8 2 .969 1.98 .964 2.35
1927 PHA AL 40 RF 75 75 62 130 121 6 3 1 .977 1.69 .955 1.97
1927 PHA AL 40 CF 52 52 49 130 122 3 5 1 .962 2.40 .966 2.71
1928 PHA AL 41 OF 85 167 154 7 6 0 .964 1.89 .973 2.36
1928 PHA AL 41 RF 85 85 73 167 154 7 6 0 .964 1.89 .973 1.98
24 Seasons OF 2934 7024 6361 392 271 105 .961 2.30 .960 2.13 34-2196-705
9 Seasons (incomplete) CF 979 975 911 2581 2396 109 76 21 .971 2.56 .968 2.71
4 Seasons (incomplete) RF 165 165 139 306 283 13 10 1 .967 1.79 .965 1.98
1 Season (incomplete) LF 14 13 12 23 21 1 1 0 .957 1.57 .965 2.30
2 Seasons 1B 14 158 143 12 3 7 .981 11.07 .986 11.13
2 Seasons P 3 5.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.60 0.67 .955 2.88 2.77
2 Seasons 2B 2 9 2 3 4 0 .556 2.50 .957 5.25
1 Season 3B 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .950 3.40
24 Seasons TOT 2954 5.0 7195 6507 410 278 112 .961 3.60 2.34 .961 2.88 2.17 34-2196-705
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1936 BBWAA (98.2%)
Selected to HOF in 1936 by BBWAA

Awards (yr lg award)
1909 AL Triple Crown
1911 AL MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1911 AL (1, 100%)
1912 AL (7, 27%)
1913 AL (20, 5%)
1914 AL (14, 11%)
1 MVP
1.43 Career Shares (151st)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1907 AL  8.4 (1st)
1908 AL  6.7 (6th)
1909 AL  10.6 (1st)
1910 AL  11.0 (1st)
1911 AL  11.4 (1st)
1912 AL  10.3 (5th)
1913 AL  6.9 (7th)
1914 AL  5.7 (7th)
1915 AL  11.1 (1st)
1916 AL  8.6 (4th)
1917 AL  11.9 (1st)
1918 AL  7.2 (3rd)
1919 AL  6.2 (5th)
1921 AL  6.6 (6th)
1922 AL  6.8 (4th)
1923 AL  5.3 (9th)
1924 AL  5.2 (9th)
1925 AL  6.3 (3rd)
Career  159.5 (3rd)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1907 AL  8.4 (1st)
1908 AL  6.7 (3rd)
1909 AL  10.6 (1st)
1910 AL  11.0 (1st)
1911 AL  11.4 (1st)
1912 AL  10.3 (2nd)
1913 AL  6.9 (5th)
1914 AL  5.7 (5th)
1915 AL  11.1 (1st)
1916 AL  8.6 (2nd)
1917 AL  11.9 (1st)
1918 AL  7.2 (1st)
1919 AL  6.2 (3rd)
1921 AL  6.6 (2nd)
1922 AL  6.8 (3rd)
1923 AL  5.3 (8th)
1924 AL  5.2 (5th)
1925 AL  6.2 (3rd)
1927 AL  4.0 (10th)
Career  159.4 (3rd)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1907 AL  7.9 (1st)
1908 AL  6.9 (1st)
1909 AL  9.5 (1st)
1910 AL  9.6 (2nd)
1911 AL  10.9 (1st)
1912 AL  10.0 (1st)
1913 AL  6.8 (5th)
1914 AL  5.8 (4th)
1915 AL  11.0 (1st)
1916 AL  8.5 (1st)
1917 AL  10.9 (1st)
1918 AL  7.4 (1st)
1919 AL  6.7 (2nd)
1921 AL  6.7 (3rd)
1922 AL  7.2 (2nd)
1923 AL  4.7 (8th)
1924 AL  4.7 (5th)
1925 AL  6.5 (2nd)
1927 AL  4.1 (9th)
Career  156.0 (2nd)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1909 AL  1.1 (4th)
1910 AL  1.4 (2nd)
1911 AL  0.5 (5th)
1917 AL  1.0 (2nd)

Batting Average s c a p y
1906 AL  .316 (6th)
1907 AL  .350 (1st)
1908 AL  .324 (1st)
1909 AL  .377 (1st)
1910 AL  .383 (2nd)
1911 AL  .420 (1st)
1912 AL  .409 (1st)
1913 AL  .390 (1st)
1914 AL  .368 (1st)
1915 AL  .369 (1st)
1916 AL  .371 (2nd)
1917 AL  .383 (1st)
1918 AL  .382 (1st)
1919 AL  .384 (1st)
1920 AL  .334 (10th)
1921 AL  .389 (2nd)
1922 AL  .401 (2nd)
1923 AL  .340 (8th)
1925 AL  .378 (4th)
1927 AL  .357 (5th)
Career  .366 (1st)

On-Base% s c a p y
1906 AL  .355 (9th)
1907 AL  .380 (4th)
1908 AL  .367 (6th)
1909 AL  .431 (1st)
1910 AL  .456 (1st)
1911 AL  .467 (2nd)
1912 AL  .456 (3rd)
1913 AL  .467 (1st)
1914 AL  .466 (1st)
1915 AL  .486 (1st)
1916 AL  .452 (2nd)
1917 AL  .444 (1st)
1918 AL  .440 (1st)
1919 AL  .429 (3rd)
1920 AL  .416 (6th)
1921 AL  .452 (2nd)
1922 AL  .462 (3rd)
1923 AL  .413 (9th)
1924 AL  .418 (9th)
1925 AL  .468 (2nd)
1927 AL  .440 (5th)
Career  .433 (9th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1907 AL  .468 (1st)
1908 AL  .475 (1st)
1909 AL  .517 (1st)
1910 AL  .551 (1st)
1911 AL  .621 (1st)
1912 AL  .584 (1st)
1913 AL  .535 (2nd)
1914 AL  .513 (1st)
1915 AL  .487 (2nd)
1916 AL  .493 (3rd)
1917 AL  .570 (1st)
1918 AL  .515 (2nd)
1919 AL  .515 (4th)
1921 AL  .596 (3rd)
1922 AL  .565 (6th)
1925 AL  .598 (3rd)
Career  .512 (72nd)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1906 AL  .749 (8th)
1907 AL  .848 (1st)
1908 AL  .842 (1st)
1909 AL  .947 (1st)
1910 AL  1.008 (1st)
1911 AL  1.088 (1st)
1912 AL  1.040 (1st)
1913 AL  1.002 (2nd)
1914 AL  .979 (1st)
1915 AL  .973 (1st)
1916 AL  .944 (2nd)
1917 AL  1.014 (1st)
1918 AL  .955 (2nd)
1919 AL  .944 (2nd)
1921 AL  1.048 (3rd)
1922 AL  1.026 (6th)
1923 AL  .882 (9th)
1925 AL  1.066 (1st)
1927 AL  .921 (8th)
Career  .945 (26th)

Games Played s c a p y
1908 AL  150 (10th)
1909 AL  156 (2nd)
1911 AL  146 (7th)
1915 AL  156 (3rd)
1917 AL  152 (8th)
1924 AL  155 (2nd)
Career  3,034 (5th)

At Bats s c a p y
1907 AL  605 (2nd)
1908 AL  581 (4th)
1909 AL  573 (3rd)
1911 AL  591 (3rd)
1915 AL  563 (9th)
1917 AL  588 (1st)
1924 AL  625 (4th)
Career  11,434 (5th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1907 AL  642 (7th)
1908 AL  635 (9th)
1909 AL  651 (4th)
1911 AL  654 (4th)
1915 AL  700 (2nd)
1917 AL  669 (4th)
1924 AL  726 (2nd)
Career  13,068 (5th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1907 AL  97 (3rd)
1908 AL  88 (6th)
1909 AL  116 (1st)
1910 AL  106 (1st)
1911 AL  147 (1st)
1912 AL  120 (4th)
1915 AL  144 (1st)
1916 AL  113 (1st)
1917 AL  107 (2nd)
1918 AL  83 (2nd)
1919 AL  92 (3rd)
1921 AL  124 (5th)
1922 AL  99 (7th)
1923 AL  103 (9th)
1924 AL  115 (2nd)
1927 AL  104 (6th)
Career  2,246 (2nd)

Hits s c a p y
1907 AL  212 (1st)
1908 AL  188 (1st)
1909 AL  216 (1st)
1910 AL  194 (2nd)
1911 AL  248 (1st)
1912 AL  226 (1st)
1915 AL  208 (1st)
1916 AL  201 (3rd)
1917 AL  225 (1st)
1918 AL  161 (2nd)
1919 AL  191 (1st)
1921 AL  197 (8th)
1922 AL  211 (2nd)
1923 AL  189 (8th)
1924 AL  211 (3rd)
Career  4,189 (2nd)

Total Bases s c a p y
1907 AL  283 (1st)
1908 AL  276 (1st)
1909 AL  296 (1st)
1910 AL  279 (2nd)
1911 AL  367 (1st)
1912 AL  323 (3rd)
1913 AL  229 (8th)
1915 AL  274 (1st)
1916 AL  267 (3rd)
1917 AL  335 (1st)
1918 AL  217 (2nd)
1919 AL  256 (5th)
1921 AL  302 (8th)
1922 AL  297 (4th)
1924 AL  281 (8th)
Career  5,854 (5th)

Doubles s c a p y
1907 AL  28 (6th)
1908 AL  36 (1st)
1909 AL  33 (2nd)
1910 AL  35 (2nd)
1911 AL  47 (1st)
1912 AL  30 (8th)
1915 AL  31 (2nd)
1916 AL  31 (6th)
1917 AL  44 (1st)
1919 AL  36 (3rd)
1921 AL  37 (9th)
1922 AL  42 (3rd)
1923 AL  40 (6th)
1924 AL  38 (8th)
Career  724 (4th)

Triples s c a p y
1907 AL  14 (3rd)
1908 AL  20 (1st)
1909 AL  10 (10th)
1910 AL  13 (10th)
1911 AL  24 (1st)
1912 AL  23 (2nd)
1913 AL  16 (4th)
1915 AL  13 (9th)
1917 AL  24 (1st)
1918 AL  14 (1st)
1919 AL  13 (5th)
1921 AL  16 (4th)
1922 AL  16 (2nd)
1924 AL  10 (7th)
1925 AL  12 (7th)
Career  295 (2nd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1907 AL  5 (2nd)
1908 AL  4 (6th)
1909 AL  9 (1st)
1910 AL  8 (2nd)
1911 AL  8 (2nd)
1912 AL  7 (3rd)
1913 AL  4 (8th)
1916 AL  5 (5th)
1917 AL  6 (4th)
1918 AL  3 (7th)
1921 AL  12 (9th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1907 AL  119 (1st)
1908 AL  108 (1st)
1909 AL  107 (1st)
1910 AL  91 (2nd)
1911 AL  127 (1st)
1912 AL  83 (9th)
1915 AL  99 (3rd)
1917 AL  102 (2nd)
1918 AL  64 (5th)
1921 AL  101 (9th)
1922 AL  99 (6th)
1925 AL  102 (8th)
1927 AL  93 (10th)
Career  1,938 (7th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1909 AL  48 (7th)
1910 AL  64 (4th)
1915 AL  118 (2nd)
1916 AL  78 (6th)
1924 AL  85 (5th)
1927 AL  67 (8th)
Career  1,249 (50th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1907 AL  53 (1st)
1908 AL  39 (4th)
1909 AL  76 (1st)
1910 AL  65 (2nd)
1911 AL  83 (1st)
1912 AL  61 (3rd)
1913 AL  51 (4th)
1914 AL  35 (9th)
1915 AL  96 (1st)
1916 AL  68 (1st)
1917 AL  55 (1st)
1918 AL  34 (4th)
1919 AL  28 (2nd)
1921 AL  22 (4th)
1924 AL  23 (4th)
1927 AL  22 (3rd)
Career  897 (4th)

Singles s c a p y
1907 AL  165 (1st)
1908 AL  128 (4th)
1909 AL  164 (1st)
1910 AL  138 (4th)
1911 AL  169 (1st)
1912 AL  166 (1st)
1913 AL  129 (8th)
1915 AL  161 (1st)
1916 AL  155 (2nd)
1917 AL  151 (1st)
1918 AL  125 (3rd)
1919 AL  141 (2nd)
1922 AL  149 (4th)
1924 AL  159 (3rd)
1927 AL  131 (4th)
Career  3,053 (2nd)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1906 AL  131 (8th)
1907 AL  167 (1st)
1908 AL  169 (1st)
1909 AL  194 (1st)
1910 AL  206 (1st)
1911 AL  196 (1st)
1912 AL  200 (1st)
1913 AL  194 (1st)
1914 AL  190 (1st)
1915 AL  185 (1st)
1916 AL  179 (2nd)
1917 AL  209 (1st)
1918 AL  193 (2nd)
1919 AL  166 (2nd)
1921 AL  166 (3rd)
1922 AL  169 (4th)
1923 AL  134 (9th)
1925 AL  171 (1st)
1927 AL  134 (10th)
Career  168 (10th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1907 AL  106 (1st)
1908 AL  100 (1st)
1909 AL  126 (1st)
1910 AL  126 (2nd)
1911 AL  169 (1st)
1912 AL  141 (3rd)
1913 AL  106 (5th)
1914 AL  82 (5th)
1915 AL  138 (1st)
1916 AL  125 (1st)
1917 AL  148 (1st)
1918 AL  95 (1st)
1919 AL  110 (2nd)
1921 AL  133 (4th)
1922 AL  131 (3rd)
1923 AL  105 (8th)
1924 AL  117 (4th)
1925 AL  113 (5th)
1927 AL  101 (10th)
Career  2,517 (5th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1907 AL  43 (1st)
1908 AL  42 (1st)
1909 AL  62 (1st)
1910 AL  66 (2nd)
1911 AL  76 (1st)
1912 AL  69 (3rd)
1913 AL  52 (3rd)
1914 AL  42 (3rd)
1915 AL  70 (1st)
1916 AL  56 (2nd)
1917 AL  75 (1st)
1918 AL  46 (1st)
1919 AL  43 (2nd)
1921 AL  52 (3rd)
1922 AL  56 (2nd)
1923 AL  30 (8th)
1924 AL  27 (6th)
1925 AL  48 (3rd)
1927 AL  29 (7th)
Career  1,037 (4th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1907 AL  5.0 (1st)
1908 AL  5.1 (1st)
1909 AL  7.3 (1st)
1910 AL  7.5 (2nd)
1911 AL  7.6 (1st)
1912 AL  7.2 (3rd)
1913 AL  5.6 (3rd)
1914 AL  4.8 (3rd)
1915 AL  7.8 (1st)
1916 AL  6.3 (2nd)
1917 AL  8.4 (1st)
1918 AL  5.1 (1st)
1919 AL  4.5 (2nd)
1921 AL  4.8 (3rd)
1922 AL  5.3 (2nd)
1923 AL  2.9 (8th)
1924 AL  2.6 (6th)
1925 AL  4.4 (3rd)
1927 AL  2.7 (7th)
Career  109.9 (3rd)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1907 AL  47 (3rd)
1908 AL  60 (1st)
1909 AL  52 (2nd)
1910 AL  56 (2nd)
1911 AL  79 (1st)
1912 AL  60 (4th)
1915 AL  47 (3rd)
1916 AL  46 (6th)
1917 AL  74 (1st)
1918 AL  36 (6th)
1919 AL  50 (8th)
1921 AL  65 (7th)
1922 AL  62 (6th)
1925 AL  55 (7th)
Career  1,136 (12th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1907 AL  241 (4th)
1908 AL  228 (2nd)
1909 AL  270 (1st)
1910 AL  262 (2nd)
1911 AL  300 (1st)
1912 AL  274 (4th)
1915 AL  336 (1st)
1916 AL  281 (3rd)
1917 AL  290 (1st)
1918 AL  204 (5th)
1919 AL  230 (5th)
1921 AL  256 (9th)
1922 AL  270 (3rd)
1923 AL  258 (8th)
1924 AL  297 (2nd)
1927 AL  247 (6th)
Career  5,532 (3rd)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1906 AL  .693 (9th)
1907 AL  .817 (1st)
1908 AL  .815 (1st)
1909 AL  .874 (1st)
1910 AL  .896 (1st)
1911 AL  .887 (1st)
1912 AL  .857 (1st)
1913 AL  .873 (2nd)
1914 AL  .867 (1st)
1915 AL  .859 (1st)
1916 AL  .851 (1st)
1917 AL  .889 (1st)
1918 AL  .864 (1st)
1919 AL  .822 (2nd)
1920 AL  .685 (9th)
1921 AL  .790 (3rd)
1922 AL  .793 (5th)
1923 AL  .679 (8th)
1925 AL  .805 (2nd)
1927 AL  .707 (6th)
Career  .810 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1915 AL  10 (3rd)
1927 AL  5 (9th)
Career  94 (85th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
Career  291 (12th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1912 AL  34 (1st)
1915 AL  38 (1st)
1916 AL  24 (6th)
1921 AL  15 (4th)
1922 AL  13 (6th)
1924 AL  14 (4th)
1927 AL  16 (1st)
Career  212 (4th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1907 AL  9.1 (2nd)
1908 AL  7.3 (5th)
1909 AL  16.1 (1st)
1910 AL  14.2 (1st)
1911 AL  14.6 (2nd)
1912 AL  12.6 (3rd)
1913 AL  7.4 (7th)
1916 AL  9.3 (4th)
1917 AL  10.8 (2nd)
1918 AL  5.5 (7th)
1921 AL  15.5 (5th)
1925 AL  12.5 (5th)
Career  207.0 (76th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1908 AL  14.5 (9th)
1914 AL  15.7 (10th)
1923 AL  39.7 (5th)
1924 AL  34.7 (8th)
1925 AL  34.6 (6th)
1927 AL  40.8 (7th)
Career  16.8 (207th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1907 AL  121.0 (4th)
1909 AL  63.7 (1st)
1910 AL  63.3 (2nd)
1911 AL  73.9 (4th)
1912 AL  79.0 (4th)
1913 AL  107.0 (5th)
1916 AL  108.4 (8th)
1917 AL  98.0 (8th)
1918 AL  140.3 (10th)
1921 AL  42.3 (9th)
1925 AL  34.6 (9th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1924 AL  443 (8th)
Career  7,748 (18th)

Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  979 (86th)

Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  2,396 (84th)

Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  109 (21st)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  76 (23rd)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1908 AL  150 (2nd)
1909 AL  156 (1st)
1911 AL  146 (3rd)
1915 AL  156 (1st)
1917 AL  152 (4th)
1924 AL  155 (1st)
Career  2,934 (1st)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
1910 AL  305 (2nd)
1911 AL  376 (1st)
1912 AL  324 (4th)
1913 AL  262 (5th)
1915 AL  328 (4th)
1917 AL  373 (2nd)
1923 AL  362 (5th)
1924 AL  417 (2nd)
Career  6,361 (5th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1907 AL  30 (1st)
1908 AL  23 (1st)
1909 AL  24 (2nd)
1915 AL  22 (4th)
1917 AL  27 (2nd)
1919 AL  19 (4th)
1921 AL  27 (3rd)
Career  392 (2nd)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1908 AL  14 (4th)
1909 AL  14 (4th)
1910 AL  14 (5th)
1911 AL  18 (4th)
1912 AL  22 (3rd)
1915 AL  18 (4th)
1916 AL  17 (2nd)
1923 AL  12 (4th)
1925 AL  15 (3rd)
Career  271 (14th)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1920 AL  2.27 (5th)
1921 AL  2.71 (4th)
1922 AL  2.57 (5th)
1923 AL  2.67 (3rd)
1924 AL  2.76 (3rd)
Career  2.56 (84th)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1919 AL  .973 (2nd)
1920 AL  .966 (5th)
1921 AL  .970 (3rd)
1922 AL  .980 (3rd)
1924 AL  .986 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1928 AL  1.89 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
1906 AL  2.31 (5th)
1910 AL  2.36 (3rd)
1911 AL  2.74 (1st)
1912 AL  2.46 (4th)
1913 AL  2.41 (3rd)
1917 AL  2.63 (3rd)
1918 AL  2.49 (5th)
1921 AL  2.71 (5th)
1923 AL  2.67 (4th)
1924 AL  2.77 (3rd)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1918 AL  .975 (5th)
1922 AL  .980 (3rd)
1924 AL  .986 (1st)

Oldest s c a p y
1921 AL  born 1886-12-18 (8th)
1922 AL  born 1886-12-18 (10th)
1923 AL  born 1886-12-18 (7th)
1924 AL  born 1886-12-18 (5th)
1925 AL  born 1886-12-18 (7th)
1926 AL  born 1886-12-18 (3rd)
1927 AL  born 1886-12-18 (3rd)
1928 AL  born 1886-12-18 (2nd)

Youngest s c a p y
1905 AL  born 1886-12-18 (1st)
1906 AL  born 1886-12-18 (2nd)
1907 AL  born 1886-12-18 (8th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 150 (2), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 417 (1), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 445 (2), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 75 (7), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Tris Speaker (758) *
  2. Cap Anson (665) *
  3. Honus Wagner (654) *
  4. Pete Rose (626)
  5. Paul Waner (601) *
  6. Stan Musial (590) *
  7. Paul Molitor (557) *
  8. Nap Lajoie (537) *
  9. Sam Crawford (535) *
  10. George Brett (525) *
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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  1. Paul Hines (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Sherry Magee (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Sherry Magee (925)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jimmy Sheckard (916)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Joe Kelley (892) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Joe Kelley (880) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Joe Kelley (875) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Joe Kelley (864) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Joe Kelley (870) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Joe Kelley (861) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Joe Kelley (839) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Ed Delahanty (802) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Ed Delahanty (837) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Ed Delahanty (831) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Ed Delahanty (842) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Ed Delahanty (840) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Tris Speaker (812) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  18. Tris Speaker (808) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  19. Tris Speaker (801) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  20. Tris Speaker (793) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  21. Tris Speaker (803) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  22. Tris Speaker (776) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  23. Pete Rose (635)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

  • August 24, 1905: Purchased by the Detroit Tigers from Augusta (South Atlantic). (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)
  • January 27, 1927: Released by the Detroit Tigers.
  • February 8, 1927: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Athletics.
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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
190619Detroit Tigers$1,500Celler Committee transcript at 1091
190720Detroit Tigers$2,400Celler Committee transcript at 1091
190821Detroit Tigers$4,500Celler Committee transcript at 1091
190922Detroit Tigers$4,500Celler Committee transcript at 1091
191023Detroit Tigers$9,000Celler Committee transcript at 1091
191124Detroit Tigers$9,000Celler Committee transcript at 1091
191225Detroit Tigers$9,000Celler Committee transcript at 1091
191326Detroit Tigers$11,333Celler Committee transcript at 1091$12,000 pro-rated to reflect holdout
191427Detroit Tigers$15,000Celler Committee transcript at 1091
191528Detroit Tigers$20,000Celler Committee transcript at 1091
191629Detroit Tigers$20,000Celler Committee transcript at 1091
191730Detroit Tigers$20,000Bill James Historical Abstract
191831Detroit Tigers$20,000Bill James Historical Abstract
191932Detroit Tigers$20,000Bill James Historical Abstract
192033Detroit Tigers$20,000Bill James Historical AbstractII Voigt 150 says $30,000
192134Detroit Tigers$35,000Bill James Historical Abstract
192336Detroit Tigers$30,000II Voigt at 224Player-manager
192437Detroit Tigers$38,000Bill James Historical Abstract
192538Detroit Tigers$50,000Bill James Historical Abstract
192740Philadelphia Athletics$85,000Al Stump, Cobb, p. 385
192841Philadelphia Athletics$35,000Contract at HOFII Voigt 224 and 2/22/50 TSN: $40,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$459,233
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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