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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