TY COBB·1910

1910, and the Georgia Peach is full bloom in Detroit. Cobb hits .382, but the number never tells the whole tale. He reaches at a .455 clip, then turns the bases into a track meet — 65 steals, 106 runs, thirty-five doubles and thirteen triples keeping the outfielders honest. Ninety-one driven in across 140 games, each one played like it owed him money. Next: three frames of pure Cobb, where the ballpark becomes hunting ground.

.382

A .382 clip with line-drive smoke — the contact machine humming in Detroit flannel.

.455 OBP

He reaches at a .455 clip — free passes and hard grins while the pitcher shrugs ball four.

65 STEALS

Sixty-five steals — first base as a runway, the bases turned into a track meet.

Ty Cobb, Detroit Tigers, 1910. Bain News Service / Library of Congress / Wikimedia Commons. Public domain (US).