This Day in Baseball: Cobb’s First Plate Appearance

By Precious Sanders @pdsanders99

On August 30, 1905, an 18-year-old Ty Cobb came up in his first Major League at-bat against Jack Chesbro of the Highlanders.  Cobb doubled in the first inning of a 5-3 victory for the Detroit Tigers at Bennett Park.  Cobb went on to collect 4,189 hits over his 24-year career.

Ty Cobb in 1907 (baseball-fever.com)