Who made it onto the Mount Rushmore of Detroit Tiger Greats and who was left off

[kalinecountry]

Detroit manager Bill Armour talks with Ty Cobb on August 30, 1905 prior to his first major league game.
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First time I have seen this historical baseball photo.

 

[kalinecountry]

A more substantial jersey D was worn on the home jersey of the Detroit Tigers for well over 100 years, until the latest version debuted in 2018.
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[kalinecountry]

Ty Cobb and his dog that looks like matched his intensity.
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[kalinecountry]

Ty Cobb could have gone 0 for his next 2,529 ABs and would have still been a career .300 hitter.
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[kalinecountry]

At age 20 Ty Cobb hit .350

At age 40 Ty Cobb hit .357

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[kalinecountry]

I hardly saw the pitch, but I heard it... Every one of us knew we'd met the most powerful arm ever turned loose in a ballpark. - Ty Cobb.
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[kalinecountry]

Joe DiMaggio, Ty Cobb, Dom DiMaggio and Lefty O?Doul. Picture from early '30's.
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[kalinecountry]

Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth and Eddie Collins.

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[kalinecountry]

The Tigers should wear this cap design at least once a season.

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[kalinecountry]

Cobb, Veach, and Crawford. Baseball Historians call this Tigers Outfield one of the greatest in MLB history, along with Cobb, Veach, and Heilmann.

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[kalinecountry]

Starting Fast: Baseball’s Best Hitters Out of the Gate |

Starting Fast: Baseball’s Best Hitters Out of the Gate.
High Heat Stats

 

[kalinecountry]

The Georgia Peach and Splendid Splinter are number 6 and 14 in all-time Baseball Reference WAR.

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[kalinecountry]

If you go by Baseball Reference WAR the Tigers Mount Rushmore is: Ty Cobb - 145.1 Al Kaline - 92.8
Charlie Gehringer - 84.7 Lou Whitaker - 75.1

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[kalinecountry]

The Detroit Tigers don’t deserve any more patience. This is unacceptable

The Detroit Tigers don’t deserve any more patience from the fan base. What we’re seeing on the field is unacceptable.

www.clickondetroit.com

The Detroit Tigers don’t deserve any more patience. This is unacceptable.
Click On Detroit

 

[kalinecountry]

Ty Cobb once hit .400 over a span of 800 games...

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[kalinecountry]

One thing that made me fall in love with baseball history is pictures like this. Doesn’t get much better than this picture of Ty Cobb and Shoeless Joe Jackson having a conversation.

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[kalinecountry]

Willie Mays meeting his all-time favourite player, Ty Cobb.

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[kalinecountry]

June 25, 1941: Baseball legends Ty Cobb & Babe Ruth play a charity golf match in Newton, Massachusetts!
Ty won the match, 3 and 2. The trophy was donated by movie star Bette Davis!

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[byco42]

One thing that made me fall in love with baseball history is pictures like this. Doesn’t get much better than this picture of Ty Cobb and Shoeless Joe Jackson having a conversation.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GPbiUCxXEAA2uk5?format=jpg&name=medium

That was either 1915 or 1916.

 

[kalinecountry]

Ty Cobb had over 11,000 career at-bats and only 357 career strike outs.

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