# AC402 - 2000 Legends of Baseball - Ty Cobb (3408d) Commemorative First Day Picture Card (8x10)

Get A Frame-Worthy Ty Cobb Commemorative First Day Picture Card

Ty Cobb (1886-1961) did not play baseball just for fun. “Play every game as hard as you can...as aggressively as you can,” he once said. “You can’t worry about the next play or tomorrow because you don’t know what tomorrow is going to bring.” His intense style and desire to win earned Cobb the respect of fellow players.

Tyrus Raymond Cobb was nicknamed the “Georgia Peach,” after his home state. His 24-year professional baseball career began in 1905 with the Detroit Tigers. Cobb played for the Tigers until 1926, doubling as the team’s manager for the last five years. He finished up his career with the Philadelphia Athletics.

Cobb’s intimidating, spikes-high slide was notorious in the major leagues. Some said that he filed his spikes on the dugout steps before each game. But few can dispute Cobb’s immense contributions to the game of baseball. His career total 4,189 hits stood as a major league record until 1985. He won nine consecutive American League batting titles, and 12 overall. His career batting average was .366, and he stole 892 bases.

In 1936, Ty Cobb was one of the famous “First Five” inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Ty Cobb, who felt that “baseball was one hundred percent of my life,” won more votes than any other candidate that year.

This is your chance to add a piece of Cobb’s impressive career to your collection.  This commemorative picture card measures 8x10 inches and features a great photo of Cobb in his Tigers uniform.  It has the 2000 Legends of Baseball stamp honoring Cobb, tied to the cover by a pictorial first day of issue cancellation.  A must-have for any sports collector – order now.