Pete Rose vs Ty Cobb

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Pete Rose and Ty Cobb compared on their MLB careers: Pete Rose played 24 seasons, 1963 to 1986, Ty Cobb 24 seasons, 1905 to 1928. Pete Rose has .303 batting average to Ty Cobb's .366. Pete Rose won 3 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Ty Cobb leads in 6 of the 9 lines, Pete Rose in 3. Bold marks the better figure; playing time — games, minutes, at-bats, innings — is not scored.

Pete Rose and Ty Cobb career totals

3,562	GP	3,035
14,053	AB	11,434
2,165	R	2,246, better
4,256, better	H	4,189
160, better	HR	117
1,314, better	RBI	726
198	SB	892, better
0.3	AVG	0.4, better
0.4	OBP	0.4, better
0.4	SLG	0.5, better
0.8	OPS	0.9, better

How do they compare in the postseason?

Pete Rose and Ty Cobb postseason

67	GP	17
268	AB	65
30, better	R	7
86, better	H	17
5, better	HR	0
22, better	RBI	0
2	SB	4, better
0.3, better	AVG	0.3
0.4, better	OBP	0.3
0.4, better	SLG	0.4
0.8, better	OPS	0.6

Where each stands all time

Pete Rose and Ty Cobb all-time places

1st (4,256), better	Hits	2nd (4,189)
92nd (1,314), better	RBI	—
—	Stolen bases	4th (892), better

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

Pete Rose and Ty Cobb titles and awards

3, better	Championships	—
1, better	NL Rookie of the Year	—
2, better	NL Gold Glove	—
1, better	NL MVP	—
1, better	World Series MVP	—
1, better	NL Silver Slugger	—

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Pete Rose and Ty Cobb season by season

1st	1963	.273, better	6, better	41, better	1905	.240	1	0
2nd	1964	.269	4, better	34, better	1906	.316, better	1	0
3rd	1965	.312	11, better	81, better	1907	.350, better	5	0
4th	1966	.313	16, better	70, better	1908	.324, better	4	0
5th	1967	.301	12, better	76, better	1909	.377, better	9	0
6th	1968	.335	10, better	49, better	1910	.383, better	8	0
7th	1969	.348	16, better	82, better	1911	.420, better	8	0
8th	1970	.316	15, better	52, better	1912	.409, better	7	0
9th	1971	.304	13, better	44, better	1913	.390, better	4	0
10th	1972	.307	6, better	57, better	1914	.368, better	2	0
11th	1973	.338	5, better	64, better	1915	.369, better	3	0
12th	1974	.284	3	51, better	1916	.371, better	5, better	0
13th	1975	.317	7, better	74, better	1917	.383, better	6	0
14th	1976	.323	10, better	63, better	1918	.382, better	3	0
15th	1977	.311	9, better	64, better	1919	.384, better	1	0
16th	1978	.302	7, better	52	1920	.334, better	2	63, better
17th	1979	.331	4	59	1921	.389, better	12, better	101, better
18th	1980	.282	1	64	1922	.401, better	4, better	99, better
19th	1981	.325	0	33	1923	.340, better	6, better	88, better
20th	1982	.271	3	54	1924	.338, better	4, better	78, better
21st	1983	.245	0	45	1925	.378, better	12, better	102, better
22nd	1984	.286	0	34	1926	.339, better	4, better	62, better
23rd	1985	.264	2	46	1927	.357, better	5, better	93, better
24th	1986	.219	0	25	1928	.323, better	1, better	40, better

What the columns mean: AVG · HR · RBI