Ty Cobb stats

Last played for the Athletics, 1928

Age 139

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Ty Cobb played 24 MLB seasons, 1905 to 1928.

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
3,035
AB
11,434
R
2,246
H
4,189
HR
117
RBI
726
SB
892
AVG
.366
Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.
1905DET411501936102.240
1906DET98358451131023.316
1907DET150605972125049.350
1908DET150581881884039.324
1909DET1565731162169076.377
1910DET1405061061948065.383
1911DET1465911472488083.420
1912DET1405531202267061.409
1913DET122428701674051.390
1914DET98345691272035.368
1915DET1565631442083096.369
1916DET1455421132015068.371
1917DET1525881072256055.383
1918DET111421831613034.382
1919DET124497921911028.384
1920DET1124288614326315.334
1921DET1285071241971210122.389
1922DET137526992114999.401
1923DET1455561031896889.340
1924DET15562511521147823.338
1925DET121415971571210213.378
1926DET7923348794629.339
1927ATH13449010417559322.357
1928ATH95353541141405.323

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Career Postseason

GP
17
AB
65
R
7
H
17
HR
0
RBI
0
SB
4
AVG
.262

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
13,072
TB
5,854
XBH
1,136
HBP
94
IBB
0
GIDP
0
P/PA
0.00
Expanded by season
PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included.TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run.XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs.HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base.IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose.GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better.P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter.
1905DET1644570000
1906DET394141213000
1907DET646283475000
1908DET635276606000
1909DET651296526000
1910DET590279564000
1911DET654367798000
1912DET609323605000
1913DET501229384000
1914DET414177356000
1915DET7002744710000
1916DET636267462000
1917DET669335744000
1918DET473217362000
1919DET545256501000
1920DET495193382000
1921DET581302653000
1922DET612297624000
1923DET647261533000
1924DET726281521000
1925DET490248555000
1926DET273119271000
1927ATH574236445000
1928ATH393152324000

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
139.2
RC
2,637.6
RC/27
9.20
ISOP
.146
SECA
.317
BB/K
3.50
AB/HR
97.7
GO/FO
0.00
Advanced by season
WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in.RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced.RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs.ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count.SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat.BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline.AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power.GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out.
1905DET0.114.13.2.0600.101500
1906DET2.357.15.9.0780.203580
1907DET6.6116.97.8.1170.201210
1908DET5.8110.27.3.1510.30145.30
1909DET9.5141.110.1400.4063.70
1910DET10.1137.911.4.1680.4063.30
1911DET10.6174.213.3.2010.4073.90
1912DET8.9150.412.1.1750.40790
1913DET7.111611.5.1450.41.91070
1914DET5.284.69.5.1450.42.6172.50
1915DET9.3146.29.8.1170.42.7187.70
1916DET7.8127.29.1.1220.32108.40
1917DET11.115411.1870.41.8980
1918DET6.4100.610.1.1330.32.0140.30
1919DET5.3112.59.6.1310.31.74970
1920DET3.183.47.5.1170.32.12140
1921DET6.4128.210.2.2070.33.042.30
1922DET6.3128.49.8.1630.32.3131.50
1923DET5.1109.57.4.1290.24.792.70
1924DET5.2122.67.5.1120.34.7156.30
1925DET5.5111.211.2190.45.434.60
1926DET1.549.47.8.1720.31358.30
1927ATH0.0105.28.3.1240.35.6980
1928ATH0.059.66.5.1080.22.13530

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
139 yearsDec 18, 1886
Debut
1905

What were Ty Cobb's career stats?

Ty Cobb played 24 seasons for the Tigers and the Athletics. He was a career .366 hitter with 4,189 hits, 117 home runs and 726 RBI. His best season was 1911: a .420 batting average, 8 home runs and 0 RBI.

League leaderboards and awards

24 seasons, 3 postseasons, 1905 to 1928

Ty Cobb sits top 10 all time in hits and stolen bases.

All-time career rank

  • 2nd in hits (4,189)
  • 4th in stolen bases (892)

Among the 10,544 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

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