Ty Cobb
Chronology
| 1886 | Born in Narrows, Georgia |
| 1904 | Joins Augusta Tourists of the South Atlantic League |
| 1905 | Joins Detroit Tigers |
| 1905 | W.H. Cobb is shot to death by Amanda Cobb |
| 1906 | Amanda Cobb found innocent of manslaughter |
| 1907 | Tigers win the first of three American League pennants |
| 1907-19 | Cobb wins 12 American League batting titles |
| 1908 | Marries Charlie Marion Lombard |
| 1909 | Causes uproar when he spikes Philadelphia's Frank Baker |
| 1910 | Cobb's first child, Tyrus Raymond Cobb Jr., born |
| 1912 | Enters stands in New York City to attack heckler Claude Lucker |
| 1912 | Plays lead in stage play The College Widow |
| 1915 | Cobb sets long-standing record of 96 stolen bases in single season |
| 1915 | Becomes highest paid player in baseball |
| 1916 | Stars in film Somewhere in Georgia |
| 1918 | Joins Chemical Warfare Service |
| 1921 | Becomes player-manager of Detroit Tigers |
| 1926 | Resigns as player and manager |
| 1926 | Accused of game-fixing and betting on baseball games |
| 1927 | Signs with Philadelphia Athletics |
| 1928 | Leaves baseball for good |
| 1936 | Becomes first player inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame at Cooperstown |
| 1945 | Endows the Cobb Memorial Hospital in Royston, Georgia |
| 1947 | Divorces Charlie Cobb |
| 1949 | Marries Francis Fairburn |
| 1953 | Establishes the Cobb Educational Fund |
| 1955 | Divorces Francis Fairburn |
| 1960 | Starts working on his autobiography with Al Stumpf |
| 1961 | Dies in Atlanta |
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