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Ty Cobb

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Baseball Player

The Resume

    (December 18, 1886-July 17, 1961)
    Detroit Tigers (1905-26), Philadelphia A's (1927-28)
    Lifetime .367 hitter
    Had 4,191 hits lifetime (second only to Pete Rose)
    Stole season record 96 bases (record held 45 years - 1915)
    Nicknamed the 'Georgia Peach'
    1st player to be elected to baseball's Hall of Fame (1935)
    AL batting champ 12 times
    A movie about his life, 'Cobb' starred Tommy Lee Jones

Why he might be annoying:

    He would sharpen his spikes and slide with his feet high to injure opposing players.
    He was one of the most feared and hated ball players of all time.
    At his death, only 3 baseball players attended his funeral.
    There was a warrant in Ohio for Cobb's arrest in the brutal beating of a hotel watchman (1909).
    During that year's World Series (1909), he had to travel through Canada to get to Pittsburgh, avoiding Ohio. He later plead guilty and paid a fine.
    He was an alcoholic.
    He gambled on baseball.
    He suffered from depression.
    He smoked.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He is one of the most talented baseball players of all time.
    He was so disliked even by his teammates, that they would sabotage his efforts by knocking him down when he was fielding a ball or slow down so he could not go for an extra base, yet he still became one of the greatest.
    In his second year in the big leagues, the negativity got so bad for him, he suffered a nervous breakdown.
    He told the Tigers to spend any amount of money to sign pitching great Walter Johnson, but they didn't listen and lost out on one of the greatest pitchers of all time.
    He is arguably the greatest baseball player of all time.
    When he retired, he held more records than any other player.
    He was left handed.
    Ty Cobb got the most Hall of Fame points (222 out of 226), followed by Babe Ruth and Honus Wagner who got 215 each.

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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 12 Votes: 8.33% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 22 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 32 Votes: 18.75% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 35 Votes: 22.86% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 207 Votes: 52.66% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 43 Votes: 60.47% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 23 Votes: 52.17% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 29 Votes: 55.17% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 15 Votes: 73.33% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 61 Votes: 49.18% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 51 Votes: 56.86% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 22 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 220 Votes: 79.55% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 33 Votes: 60.61% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 214 Votes: 67.29% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 87 Votes: 49.43% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 119 Votes: 39.50% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 151 Votes: 64.24% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 219 Votes: 49.77% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 266 Votes: 60.53% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 350 Votes: 62.29% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 732 Votes: 51.37% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 1981 Votes: 60.63% Annoying
    In 2001, Out of 4476 Votes: 59.14% Annoying