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

[kalinecountry]

February 8, 1927: Ty Cobb assigned by the Detroit Tigers to the Philadelphia Athletics.
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[kalinecountry]

Calm before the storm. Ty Cobb.
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[kalinecountry]

Ty Cobb, 1915. (Photo by William Kuenzel, from the Ernie Harwell Sports Collection at the Detroit Public Library).
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[kalinecountry]

Ty Cobb & Jim Thorpe Meet at the Ballpark back in 1912.
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[kalinecountry]

AL yearly league leader in Hits (1906-1917): Lajoie, Cobb, Cobb, Cobb, Lajoie, Cobb, Cobb/Shoeless Joe, Shoeless Joe, Speaker, Cobb, Speaker, Cobb.
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[kalinecountry]

In 1907 Ty Cobb led the AL in Hits (212), RBI (119), Stolen Bases (53), BA (.350), and Total Bases (283), He was 20.
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[kalinecountry]

Here's the one and only Ty Cobb, Tigers vs. Highlanders (later Yankees). Looks like he just swatted one down the RF line?and then would have blazed around to 3rd base.
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[kalinecountry]

Ty Cobb led the AL in an offensive category......74 times
Batting Avg 12x
OPS 10x
Hits 8x
SLG 8x
OBP 7x
Stolen Bases 6x
Total Bases 6x
Runs 5x
RBI 4x
Triples 4x
Doubles 3x
HR 1x
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[kalinecountry]

Ty Cobb shows NL president Ford Frick and Cardinals great Stan Musial his famed batting grip at a 1951 dinner honoring the 50th anniversary of the Tigers as a major league franchise.
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[kalinecountry]

Ty Cobb, original artwork courtesy of Dick Perez. This is Awesome!!
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[kalinecountry]

Ty Cobb 1906.
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[kalinecountry]

Pretty cool Ty Cobb interview. Discusses his biggest thrill playing in baseball. #MLB #Tigers
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[kalinecountry]

Ty Cobb (MLB all-time rankings):
#1 - Batting Avg (.366)
#2 - Hits (4,189)
#2 - Triples (295)
#4 - Doubles (724)
#4 - Stolen Bases (897)
#6 - Total Bases (5,854)
#9 - RBI (1,944)
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B.A. was .367
Hits was 4,192
Triples was 297
Doubles same
SB gained 5
Total Bases was 5,863
RBI was 1,961

 

[kalinecountry]

When one of the Best Hitters of All-Time speaks to you, you listen. Doesn?t matter how good you are. #respect #TyCobb #MickeyMantle #Yankees #Tigers #Athletics
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[kalinecountry]

Ty Cobb appeared in 3,034 games....and registered 4,191 hits.
That's a 1.38 hits per game, or 224 hits per 162/game season.
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[kalinecountry]

Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth. They could swing it....and they knew it.
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[kalinecountry]

Ty Cobb had 9 different types of slides. Contrary to myth, he preferred to slide away from the fielder, not into him. From Charles Leerhsen's definitive biography:
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[kalinecountry]

Tris Speaker. Ty Cobb. Baseball for the win.
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[kalinecountry]

https://www.vintagedetroit.com/blog...tting-base-stealing-crowns-season-five-times/
Ty Cobb won the batting and base-stealing crowns in the same season five times. from July 2016.
Vintage Detroit

 

[kalinecountry]

In his age 18 season (1905, rookie) Ty Cobb hit .238 (151 AB).
He then went on to post 23 consecutive campaigns of .300+, including 16 seasons of .350+, and 3 of .400+
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