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  • Ty Cobb once broke up a Rube Waddell no-hitter with a bunt single

  • His nickname was "The Georgia Peach" or simply "Peach"

  • Played for the Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia Athletics

  • Never was a World Series

  • Was a center fielder for most of his career, but also played outfield, first base, second base, third base, and pitched

  • Best Season - 1911

  • Managed the Detroit Tigers from 1921-1926

  • Cobb was the first professional athlete to appear in a movie, when he appeared in Somewhere in Georgia in 1917

  • Ty Cobb wore no number, as it was not custom to do so in his playing time

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