This day in baseball: Cobb’s first plate appearance
Posted: August 30, 2014 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: Baseball, Detroit Tigers, history, Jack Chesbro, New York Highlanders, Ty Cobb Leave a commentOn 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)
