The Ty Cobb Scrapbook

Author:

By Marc Okkonen

Format:

Hardback

Availability:

Out of print. Try our second hand search facility.

Price:

£8.50

Tagged with:

Baseball, Biography, Ty Cobb, Detroit Tigers

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Further Details

• Published: 1st Aug 2002
• ISBN: 1402700784
• Pages: 240

From Word of Sport:

An illustrated chronology of significant dates in the twenty-four year career of the fabled Georgia Peach. There are over 800 games featured, spanning Cobb'scareer from 1905 to 1928. For each one, there are brief game summaries, and the book also features a number of archive photographs and cartoons.

From the Publisher:

Relive the thrill of 24 years in the career of the fabled Georgia Peach-one of the greatest, most colorful, and simply larger-than-life baseball players who ever lived. Arranged in a visually exciting scrapbook format, packed with pictures and memorabilia that illustrate every significant date and more than 800 games, it takes you from April 26, 1904, when the 17-year-old Tyrus Raymond Cobb stepped up to the plate for the first time professionally, till his final turn on the field in 1928.

The focus is on his playing, rather than on his oft-discussed personality and private life, with commentary culled from contemporary accounts that reveal how Cobb's swift throwing arm and fine batting skills contributed to every game. A generous sampling of photographs, cartoons, and ads from the period-many not seen since their original publication-provides a rare and enlightening vision of this ever-intriguing hero of baseball.