No. 20 -- Ty Cobb ESPN SportsCentury : Season 1 Episode 40
ESPN Classic int(0)
Aired: September 17th, 1999 @ 11:00 AM EST on ESPN Classic
Ty Cobb, nicknamed The Georgia Peach, was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) outfielder. Cobb spent 22 seasons with the Detroit Tigers and finished his career with the Philadelphia Athletics. Cobb is widely credited with setting 90 MLB records during his career. His combined total of 4,065 runs scored and runs batted in is still the highest ever produced by any major league player. He still holds several records as of the end of the 2019 season, including the highest career batting average and most career batting titles.