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Who is Ty Cobb?
Ty Cobb was a center fielder for the Detroit Tigers and the Philadelphia Athletics. He still holds the record for the highest career batting average and the most career steals of home.
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Was cobb county ga named after ty cobb?
No. I actually had the same question. The county was named after Thomas Willis Cobb, who was a senator and state representative in Georgia in the 1800's.
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Was Ty Cobb a Native American?
Yes, Cobb was born in Narrows, Georgia, making him a native of America. He was not a Native American in the modern use of the term in that he was not an American Indian.
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Did Ty Cobb have any siblings?
Ty Cobb was born in Narrows, Georgia, in 1886, the first of three children to Amanda Chitwood Cobb and William Herschel Cobb.
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Is ty cobb still alive?
No ... Ty Cobb passed away in 1961.