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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 HS (Royston, GA)(All Transactions)
Debut: August 30, 1905 (Age 18)
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Athletics 1905-1928

Final Game: September 11, 1928 (Age 41)   vs. NYY 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1936 (222/226 ballots). Induction ceremony in Cooperstown held in 1939.
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Died: July 17, 1961 in Atlanta, GA
Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Royston, GA
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Career Home Runs

For all seasons after 1973, the play-by-play data is complete (summary of missing data for pre-1974). For some games from 1954 to 1973, we do not have complete play-by-play.

Ty Cobb: 117 Career Home Runs

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 0 tying, 6 go ahead, 98 lacking some details
2 Tms
DET111
PHA6
 
vs RHP87
vs LHP29
vs ?HP1
 
Away82
Home35
7 Opps
SLB26
NYY23
WSH16
CLE15
PHA13
BOS13
CHW11
86 Pitchers
Urban Shocker5
Elam Vangilder4
Carl Mays4
Fred Blanding3
Curt Fullerton3
Bullet Joe Bush3
Ray Fisher2
Jim Bagby2
Ted Blankenship2
Earl Hamilton2
Ed Walsh2
Charlie Smith2
Jack Chesbro2
Ernie Wingard2
Charlie Robertson2
Rube Waddell2
Dave Danforth2
Jack Warhop2
Stan Coveleski2
Bob Groom2
17 Parks
Sprtsmn3/Busch19
Bennett Pk16
Tiger Stad16
Shibe Pk13
League Pk II8
Polo Grounds8
Yankee Stad7
GriffithStad7
Fenway Pk6
AmerLg Pk23
Comiskey Pk3
Hilltop Pk3
HuntingtonAv2
SouthSide Pk2
League Pk I2
SportsmanPk21
Columbia Pk1
Where Hit
Unk117
General field locations when available.
 
46 Inside the Park
 
3 Bounced
Game Totals
1·HR gms104
2·HR gms5
3·HR gms1
Gms w/ this # = 0 are not shown.
 
OrderPos
3rd57
Unk33
4th26
2nd1
Outs
Unk76
118
014
29
 
DefPos
CF94
RF23
Bases
Unk117
 
222 RBI
0 on38
1 on57
2 on18
3 on4
Any on79
Inning
120
26
313
49
515
618
78
814
911
Extra3
 
1-339
4-642
7-end36
RelScore
+4..5
+32
+14
Tied6
-4..2
Unk98
 
Ahead11
Tied6
Behind2
Unk98
Before event, for batter

Play By Play

View Pitches · WE and WPA Explanation
1905 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RBI BOP Pos WPA Notes
1 1 1 1 1905-09-23 (1) DET @ WSH Cy Falkenberg t 4 1 3 8 IPHR
1906 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RBI BOP Pos WPA Notes
2 2 1 1 1906-10-01 DET @ CLE Bob Rhoads t 1 2 4 8
1907 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RBI BOP Pos WPA Notes
3 3 1 1 1907-05-30 (2) DET @ CLE Addie Joss t 3 1 9
4 4 2 1 1907-07-09 DET BOS Jesse Tannehill b 9 1 4 9 IPHR
5 5 3 1 1907-09-03 DET @ CHW Frank Owen t 7 2 4 9 IPHR
6 6 4 1 1907-09-30 DET @ PHA Rube Waddell t 9 2 9
7 7 5 1 1907-10-05 DET @ SLB Jack Powell t 9 2 2 4 9
1908 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RBI BOP Pos WPA Notes
8 8 1 1 1908-04-14 DET @ CHW Frank Smith t 8 0 1 4 9
9 9 2 1 1908-07-08 DET @ NYY Jack Chesbro t 1 2 9 IPHR
10 10 3 1 1908-07-14 DET @ BOS George Winter t 10 2 9 IPHR
11 11 4 1 1908-07-21 DET @ WSH Bill Burns t 8 2 2 4 9 IPHR
1909 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RBI BOP Pos WPA Notes
12 12 1 1 1909-06-20 (1) DET @ SLB Rube Waddell t 5 2 2 9 IPHR
13 13 2 1 1909-07-15 (2) DET WSH Charlie Smith b 1 3 9 IPHR
14 14 3 2 1909-07-15 (2) DET WSH Charlie Smith b 5 2 9 IPHR
15 15 4 1 1909-07-19 DET NYY Pete Wilson b 5 2 4 9 IPHR
16 16 5 1 1909-07-29 DET @ NYY Slow Joe Doyle t 7 1 9 IPHR
17 17 6 1 1909-08-06 DET @ PHA Harry Krause t 2 1 9 IPHR
18 18 7 1 1909-08-27 DET NYY Jack Chesbro b 4 3 3 9 IPHR
19 19 8 1 1909-09-01 DET BOS Eddie Cicotte b 1 2 9 IPHR
20 20 9 1 1909-09-13 DET SLB Chuck Rose b 8 3 9 IPHR
1910 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RBI BOP Pos WPA Notes
21 21 1 1 1910-05-28 DET CHW Doc White b 4 2 3 8 IPHR
22 22 2 1 1910-05-29 DET @ SLB Bill Grahame t 3 3 3 8
23 23 3 1 1910-07-14 DET WSH Doc Reisling b 2 3 3 8 IPHR
24 24 4 1 1910-07-26 DET @ NYY Jack Warhop t 1 2 1 3 8 IPHR
25 25 5 1 1910-07-31 DET @ CHW Ed Walsh t 5 1 3 8 Bounced
26 26 6 1 1910-08-14 DET WSH Dixie Walker b 6 2 3 8 IPHR
27 27 7 1 1910-08-25 DET @ WSH Bob Groom tied 2-2 t 11 0 1 3 8 IPHR
28 28 8 1 1910-09-20 (1) DET WSH Ed Moyer b 6 1 3 8 IPHR
1911 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RBI BOP Pos WPA Notes
29 29 1 1 1911-04-13 DET CHW Ed Walsh ahead 1-0 b 3 1 1 3 8
30 30 2 1 1911-04-24 DET SLB Earl Hamilton b 3 3 3 8 IPHR
31 31 3 1 1911-04-27 DET @ CLE Vean Gregg t 6 2 8 IPHR
32 32 4 1 1911-05-13 DET BOS Ed Karger b 3 1 4 3 8
33 33 5 1 1911-06-21 DET CLE Fred Blanding b 1 1 2 3 8
34 34 6 1 1911-07-22 DET NYY Jack Warhop b 1 1 2 3 8 IPHR
35 35 7 1 1911-08-01 DET @ PHA Jack Coombs ahead 4-0 t 2 1 3 3 8 IPHR
36 36 8 1 1911-09-19 DET @ BOS Ray Collins t 1 1 8
1912 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RBI BOP Pos WPA Notes
37 37 1 1 1912-04-25 DET @ SLB Earl Hamilton t 5 3 8
38 38 2 1 1912-05-09 DET @ BOS Charley Hall t 5 1 2 3 8
39 39 3 1 1912-06-25 DET @ CLE Fred Blanding t 6 0 2 3 8
40 40 4 1 1912-07-04 (1) DET SLB George Baumgardner b 3 1 2 3 8 IPHR
41 41 5 1 1912-07-19 (1) DET @ PHA Boardwalk Brown t 8 0 1 3 8
42 42 6 2 1912-07-19 (1) DET @ PHA Herb Pennock tied 6-6 t 9 0 2 3 8
43 43 7 1 1912-08-23 (2) DET @ WSH Carl Cashion t 9 1 4 8
1913 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RBI BOP Pos WPA Notes
44 44 1 1 1913-06-09 DET @ WSH Tom Hughes t 5 1 4 8
45 45 2 1 1913-06-11 DET @ WSH Bert Gallia t 7 2 4 8
46 46 3 1 1913-09-05 DET @ CLE Fred Blanding t 6 0 1 4 8 IPHR
47 47 4 1 1913-09-17 (2) DET @ WSH Joe Boehling t 1 0 4 4 8 IPHR
1914 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RBI BOP Pos WPA Notes
48 48 1 1 1914-05-03 DET @ CLE Allan Collamore t 5 2 8 IPHR
49 49 2 1 1914-10-04 DET CLE Willie Mitchell b 6 1 8 IPHR
1915 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RBI BOP Pos WPA Notes
50 50 1 1 1915-04-15 DET CLE Bill Steen b 6 1 8 IPHR
51 51 2 1 1915-06-05 DET @ NYY Ray Fisher t 8 2 3 8 IPHR
52 52 3 1 1915-09-17 DET @ BOS Dutch Leonard t 9 2 8
1916 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RBI BOP Pos WPA Notes
53 53 1 1 1916-06-12 DET NYY Ray Fisher b 4 2 3 8 IPHR
54 54 2 1 1916-07-07 DET @ PHA Elmer Myers t 1 2 4 8 Bounced
55 55 3 1 1916-08-10 DET PHA Marsh Williams b 8 3 3 8 IPHR
56 56 4 1 1916-09-12 DET @ CLE Stan Coveleski t 1 1 2 3 8
57 57 5 2 1916-09-12 DET @ CLE Jim Bagby t 9 1 2 3 8 IPHR
1917 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RBI BOP Pos WPA Notes
58 58 1 1 1917-06-08 DET @ BOS King Bader t 4 2 3 8
59 59 2 1 1917-06-24 DET SLB Eddie Plank b 3 2 3 8 IPHR
60 60 3 1 1917-06-30 (2) DET @ SLB Bob Groom t 5 4 3 8
61 61 4 1 1917-08-03 DET @ NYY Urban Shocker t 7 2 3 8 IPHR
62 62 5 1 1917-08-04 DET @ NYY Ray Caldwell t 1 1 2 3 8
63 63 6 1 1917-09-22 DET @ WSH Walter Johnson t 3 2 3 3 8 IPHR
1918 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RBI BOP Pos WPA Notes
64 64 1 1 1918-07-12 DET @ WSH Jim Shaw t 1 1 2 3 8 IPHR
65 65 2 1 1918-08-24 (1) DET @ NYY Happy Finneran t 3 2 3 8
66 66 3 1 1918-08-26 DET @ BOS Carl Mays t 8 2 3 8 IPHR
1919 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RBI BOP Pos WPA Notes
67 67 1 1 1919-08-30 (2) DET @ SLB Dave Davenport t 8 1 2 3 8
1920 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RBI BOP Pos WPA Notes
68 68 1 1 1920-05-17 DET @ PHA Walt Kinney t 1 2 3 8
69 69 2 1 1920-07-11 DET @ NYY Carl Mays t 6 2 8
1921 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RBI BOP Pos WPA Notes
70 70 1 1 1921-05-05 DET @ SLB Urban Shocker t 6 2 8
71 71 2 1 1921-05-08 DET @ SLB Emilio Palmero t 1 1 8
72 72 3 1 1921-05-19 DET BOS Hank Thormahlen b 5 2 8 IPHR
73 73 4 1 1921-05-20 DET BOS Curt Fullerton b 8 1 8 IPHR
74 74 5 1 1921-05-22 DET PHA Eddie Rommel b 5 1 8
75 75 6 1 1921-05-30 (2) DET CLE Jim Bagby b 5 1 3 8
76 76 7 1 1921-06-02 DET @ PHA Bob Hasty t 10 2 8 IPHR
77 77 8 1 1921-06-06 DET @ PHA Dave Keefe t 4 3 8
78 78 9 1 1921-06-14 DET @ NYY Rip Collins behind 0-5 t 6 0 1 3 8
79 79 10 1 1921-08-04 DET @ NYY Bob Shawkey ahead 3-0 t 3 1 1 3 8
80 80 11 1 1921-08-14 DET @ SLB Urban Shocker t 9 3 8
81 81 12 1 1921-08-26 DET NYY Carl Mays behind 1-7 b 6 1 1 3 8 IPHR
1922 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RBI BOP Pos WPA Notes
82 82 1 1 1922-05-07 DET CHW Red Faber b 7 3 3 8
83 83 2 1 1922-06-03 DET @ CLE Guy Morton tied 3-3 t 7 1 1 3 8 IPHR
84 84 3 1 1922-07-17 DET @ BOS Curt Fullerton t 9 3 3 8
85 85 4 1 1922-07-21 DET @ NYY Bullet Joe Bush ahead 1-0 t 3 2 3 3 8
1923 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RBI BOP Pos WPA Notes
86 86 1 1 1923-05-07 DET @ CHW Ted Blankenship t 1 3 8
87 87 2 1 1923-05-24 DET CHW Charlie Robertson b 4 1 8
88 88 3 1 1923-06-09 DET @ PHA Rollie Naylor t 5 2 8
89 89 4 1 1923-06-18 DET @ NYY Carl Mays ahead 7-0 t 4 0 1 4 8 Bounced
90 90 5 1 1923-08-26 DET WSH Tom Zachary b 1 1 3 8 IPHR
91 91 6 1 1923-09-22 (1) DET @ BOS Curt Fullerton t 6 2 3 8
1924 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RBI BOP Pos WPA Notes
92 92 1 1 1924-05-25 DET @ NYY Sad Sam Jones t 6 2 8
93 93 2 1 1924-06-01 DET @ CLE George Edmondson t 6 2 8
94 94 3 1 1924-08-24 DET @ NYY Bullet Joe Bush t 7 2 3 8
95 95 4 1 1924-08-31 DET @ SLB Elam Vangilder t 3 1 3 8
1925 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RBI BOP Pos WPA Notes
96 96 1 1 1925-05-05 DET @ SLB Bullet Joe Bush ahead 1-0 t 1 0 2 3 8
97 97 2 2 1925-05-05 DET @ SLB Elam Vangilder tied 4-4 t 2 2 2 3 8
98 98 3 3 1925-05-05 DET @ SLB Milt Gaston ahead 11-8 t 8 0 1 3 8
99 99 4 1 1925-05-06 DET @ SLB Dave Danforth ahead 2-1 t 5 1 2 3 8
100 100 5 2 1925-05-06 DET @ SLB Chet Falk ahead 8-4 t 9 2 3 3 8
101 101 6 1 1925-06-02 DET CHW Ted Blankenship tied 15-15 b 9 1 1 4 8 Walk-Off
102 102 7 1 1925-06-09 DET @ PHA Slim Harriss t 8 2 4 8
103 103 8 1 1925-06-10 DET @ WSH Stan Coveleski t 6 1 4 8
104 104 9 1 1925-06-17 DET @ NYY Hank Johnson ahead 9-0 t 6 0 4 4 8
105 105 10 1 1925-06-18 DET @ NYY Urban Shocker tied 3-3 t 8 0 1 4 8
106 106 11 1 1925-06-25 DET SLB Dave Danforth b 1 2 2 4 8
107 107 12 1 1925-10-04 (1) DET @ SLB Ernie Wingard t 8 1 4 8
1926 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RBI BOP Pos WPA Notes
108 108 1 1 1926-04-29 DET @ SLB Tom Zachary t 2 1 4 8
109 109 2 1 1926-05-02 DET @ SLB Charlie Robertson t 6 1 4 8
110 110 3 1 1926-05-09 DET @ NYY Urban Shocker t 2 2 4 8
111 111 4 2 1926-05-09 DET @ NYY Myles Thomas t 6 1 4 8
1927 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RBI BOP Pos WPA Notes
112 112 1 1 1927-05-16 PHA @ SLB Elam Vangilder t 7 1 3 9
113 113 2 1 1927-06-10 PHA SLB Ernie Wingard b 3 2 3 9
114 114 3 1 1927-07-11 PHA @ SLB Elam Vangilder t 5 2 3 9
115 115 4 1 1927-07-15 (2) PHA @ CHW Tommy Thomas t 1 2 3 9
116 116 5 1 1927-07-30 PHA CHW Sarge Connally b 8 2 4 8
1928 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RBI BOP Pos WPA Notes
117 117 1 1 1928-05-16 PHA CLE Mel Harder ahead 6-1 b 4 0 2 2 9

About the SABR Home Run Encyclopedia

Much of the data on Baseball-Reference.com's Home Run Logs comes from the Tattersall/McConnell Home Run Log, a database of all homers hit in the major leagues since 1876. This project was begun in the 1940's by John C. Tattersall and was continued after Tattersall's death in 1981 by Bob McConnell, one of SABR's original 16 members. David Vincent, another SABR member, has since assumed the leadership of the project. Baseball-Reference.com has licensed this remarkable database from the Society for American Baseball Research. All credit for the data therein goes to the intrepid researchers who digitized this data from archival sources.

For years from 1916 to 2013, RetroSheet play-by-play data has been used whenever the home run occurred in a game for which we have complete play-by-play data.

There are a handful of cases where the home run logs totals do not agree with the totals on our player pages. We are working to reconcile all of those differences, but believe that in all cases the Home Run Encyclopedia is correct.