Re: Jim re: Ty Cobb (595 Views)
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HP (IP Logged)
Date: January 12, 2004 01:45PM
Last four seasons played
Cobb - 24 seasons, started at age 19
525 hits
averages - .378, .339, .357 and .323
Rose - 25 seasons, started at age 21
266 hits
.365 (29 games), .259, .264 and .219
Rose broke the record by stinking up the joint. Anyone who saw him play in those years knows he STANK beyond belief! You can say Pete Rose belongs in the Hall of Fame based on his playing career, but in my opinion it has little to do with him breaking Ty Cobb's record and more to do with the great 15 year stretch he had before the awful last "record breaking" years.
HP